Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31125534-20180905200322

I think a "Collected Editions by Character/Team" category would be helpful.

It would be easier to find out if an issue has been collected or not. The last time I wrote summaries for some Bronze Age issues I wanted to note if they had been collected. But because there are so many different collections (Showcase, Omnibus, Anniversary editions...) I had to check at least five different categories before ascertaining that, no, they hadn't been collected in anywhere. Fact-checking would be quicker if there was a "Superman/Collected", "Flash/Collected" -or something like that- category where I was able to find and look over all Superman trades, regardless if they are Showcase, Archives, Omnibus, Anniversary or whatever.

Let's say I'm a new fan who is getting in Green Lantern and wants to read more. Unfortunately there're many different editions and volumes... Maybe I'll buy an Archive edition because I haven't heard about the Omnibus editions. Or maybe I want Geoff Johns' complete run but I don't know what to trades buy. What if I buy a trade collecting issues 1-8 and then I find out there're a cheaper and newer book collecting 1-12? And why there are three Vol. 1 and two Vol. 2? A "Green Lantern/Collected" category would solve those problems.

Just to be clear, I'm not advocating that we replace and ditch the current categories. I'm suggesting to create a new one.

I can imagine several drawbacks to my idea. For example, there are dozens of trades. Creating a category for every character and team and then indexing each trade would be... a long, tiresome task. I myself can imagine getting tired after doing a couple of characters. I'm sure the mods can come up with more flaws or reasons because it hasn't been done.

It doesn't help I'm sure my explanation is borderline unintelligible due to my awful English...

So... Thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea? 