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Yea I seen the show makers in convention and basically what they mean when they say that is the show doesn't follow what the books or what the comics but the comics and books follow them. (They have mentioned the books before)

I don't see why they shouldn't be canon (besides some continuity errors). There are many great stories in there that the show could have piggy backed off. The only reason they say it's not necessarily canon is so that no one feels compelled to have...

...to buy everything and be able to understand everything (less exposition)

I consider everything in comics and books canon

Fair enough.