You mean like the Archie Sonic "Archive" issues? I had a few of them.
Kinda but TPB consisted one story arc taken from 4-7 montly issues with hardcover / softcover.
The softcover still uses strong carton paper) so it isn't easily damaged.
Its size is also has to be the same with the monthly issues.
Archives usually doesn't care about its size (they could even be pocket size), its cover quality, or whether the story between issue's connected to other or not.
That's why right now every arc in comic's usually took around 6 issues so that it could be made into TPB.
For people who lives outside USA, pre-ordering TPB every six months is more common than buying single issues every month (which sometimes the cost of shipping is more expensive than the comic itself).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRck7PMWoWgI predicted Blaze as Starfire.
Yep, I remember that. Seeing the lineup now, Big the Cat as Aquaman's kinda strange though, I thought cat hates water or swimming (but loves fish).