Every fandom has their own comfort zone. Look at Dragon Ball.

It’s more or less been settled that most fans prefer Z over all other iterations of DB. That’s why Super is a direct continuation of the period after Buu was defeated but before Uub actually shows up.

Most fans don’t even care that Super greatly contradicts canon because it takes place in their favorite time period.

It’s also why Future Trunks still exists despite there being a Present Day Trunks.


I could go on and on, but the point is, it’s not exclusive to western based comics.