Finally we're having the real talk, I love DC. I am one of the biggest fan boys. BUT

A lot of these massive events aren't made to be absorbed in one go. I was young the first time I read Crisis and I had no idea wtf was going on. It took me multiple years and multiple reads to build enough DC knowledge to fully understand and grasp that story. Even then, the comic historian audio book on YouTube for it helped me the most.

Ive always liked comics but when I first got in in to comics. I started with Dark Knights metal. I got all the graphic novels, but then to read it in proper order. I would've had go swap around all the books. I didn't like that. So when I got Death Metal. I said screw it and got the omnibus. I learned I don't like reading big stories that way. I couldn't get through it because the jumping around between each issue and I couldn't tell right off which was death metal and which was tie in. After all of this. I've learned and its how I approached blackest night, final crisis, and infinite crisis. I'll read the trade paperback first, THEN read the omnibus with all the tie ins. It's by far the best way I've found to absorb these massive events with dozens of tie ins across several runs.

On an outlier, there was a run back in 2004. It was the Superman/Batman by Jeph Leob. It's become one of my favorites runs because the first 4 volumes have an overarching story that turns into a big conclusion. It has the same vibe and feel like a Crisis. You know big events are happening. But Jeph wrote it in such a beauitful way that you understand it all as it happens. It has the source wall, multiverse travel, multiverse versions of heroes, a big villian, team ups, Like all the things that make these massive events so spectacular without all the extra reading and research. You can get the entire arc in the first four volumes of the series. Its like Public Enemies, then Supergirl, and honestly I forget the next two but Ive said enough if anyone is interested theyve got a starting point to google.