his abilities in the comics are pretty inconsistent
THIS. A lot of new fen seem to not ken the concept that Daredevil, the comic, has been written by several creative teams over the last 50 years. And new collaborators will come in and are given free reign to recreate, upgrade, or change the characters to any degree they like (within reason). The rub here is that sequential art tends to be a very incestuous industry so the biggest reason most new teams will try to respect older character traits or abilities is out of respect for the other creators (many whom they know or have worked with before). But, yes, sometimes a new team comes in and retcons the heck out of something, whether it's the billy clubs or an ability like reading paper with his fingertips or the colour of Matt's hair (he hasn't always been a Ronald McDonald ginger) or Foggy's weight.
So far the most consistent Matt Murdock in existence is the one on the show, but we'll have new showrunners next season so things might change there, too.
Re: Things series Matt can do vs comics Matt?
THIS. A lot of new fen seem to not ken the concept that Daredevil, the comic, has been written by several creative teams over the last 50 years. And new collaborators will come in and are given free reign to recreate, upgrade, or change the characters to any degree they like (within reason). The rub here is that sequential art tends to be a very incestuous industry so the biggest reason most new teams will try to respect older character traits or abilities is out of respect for the other creators (many whom they know or have worked with before). But, yes, sometimes a new team comes in and retcons the heck out of something, whether it's the billy clubs or an ability like reading paper with his fingertips or the colour of Matt's hair (he hasn't always been a Ronald McDonald ginger) or Foggy's weight.
So far the most consistent Matt Murdock in existence is the one on the show, but we'll have new showrunners next season so things might change there, too.