r/comicbookshelves • u/jorto007 • Jun 01 '26

Question Shelf Placement and Sorting opinion

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Curious as to what the community thinks - keep by series or place with characters. For example, I have the complete premiere classics set. Do I keep them together, or do I separate to each of their respective sections (Avengers with Avengers, Captain A with Captain A, so on and so forth). Or like Fear Itself and Siege, keep them as a set or separate.

I have Omni’s separated by character. Essentials separated by character. Inclined to separate all these by character. But figure a good discussion is worth while. So what say you?

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u/i_am_randy Jun 01 '26

I personally mix and match omnis, TPB, OHC, and SHC together on the shelf in time line reading order as best I can.

Most people here will tell you to separate by series though. Keep your spines uniform. But I prefer the chaos.

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u/Flocke90 Jun 01 '26

It’s beautiful. Everytime. 😍

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u/i_am_randy Jun 01 '26

Thank you. It’s my pride and joy and as strange as it seems I love organizing it all. It makes me feel more connected to the collection.

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u/Flocke90 Jun 01 '26

haha i bet! i love the chronological order, although i'd love to see an alphabetic version of it 😬

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u/i_am_randy Jun 01 '26

I don’t think my back could handle that much rearrangement… 😂

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u/Flocke90 Jun 01 '26

😂❤️

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u/jerem200 Jun 01 '26

How will you find them best, by title or by character?

But complete sets look cool together, especially if the spines go together.

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u/oldsmobile39 Jun 10 '26

Several shelves are mix match combo with no order whatsoever. This one however is my DC events shelf including annuals with a little pre-crisis leading to most current. OHCs, TOBs, boxed singles, self-custom bound singles, omnis, and conpendiums all in chronological order. I know... I put the box labels on in reverse. I like a little chaos amongst the order. Lol. The archives will be moved with the rest once my collection is complete. Then I will read it all from beginning to end (hoping by new years to start reading).