News & updates released in 2025
These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
[CLZ News] Catalog Toys-to-Life with CLZ Games, improved details panels in CLZ Web
This is CLZ Alwin, with your CLZ News for June 2025.
THE big release this month was of course the long awaited Toys-to-Life (TtL) support in CLZ Games web and mobile. You can now finally catalog your amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity and other TtL figures.
This whole TtL endeavour took quite a bit longer than anticipated. Lots of work on our own Core TtL database, modifying the cloud database and CLZ Games Web software, creating server side endpoints for the mobile apps to access that, then finally adding all the new features to the CLZ Games mobile apps, including the cool new (for us) technology of adding toys by scanning the figure’s NFC tag with your mobile device.
But… it is all finally here and early feedback has been awesome!
The other update this month is basically an extension of last month’s “more compact” update of the CLZ Web software, as we continued our re-design work, focusing on the “details panels” of all five CLZ Web flavors. You know, the area of the screen where it shows all information of the selected movie, comic, book, etc…
Read on below to find out what has changed.
With all that out of the way, our mobile and web developers are continuing on the “new fields” project for CLZ Music, and… we started 3 other projects too. Check out the “Coming up” section below:
The topics today:
- Now live: CLZ Games mobile and web: Catalog your amiibo, Skylanders, etc..
- Now live: CLZ Web, improved design, layout and performance for item details panels.
- Coming up: CLZ Music updates with new fields (listening history, matrix nrs, etc.)
- Coming up: CLZ Movies updates with new fields (editable discs/episodes, watch history, etc..)
- Coming up: CLZ Comics 10.3: Improved adding by Cover and by Barcode
- Coming up: automatic eBay search links for CLZ Web
Cowabunga, it’s NCBD!
New History of the DC Universe #1In celebration of 90 years of DC, super fan and writer Mark Waid turns back time to the very beginning of the DC Universe in a four-issue miniseries drawn by some of DC’s greatest artists and told by the newest chronicler of time, Barry Allen, the Flash! In our debut issue, Barry takes us from the very birth of the DC Universe to the rise of the Justice Society. The Golden Age of heroes begins here!
The Blue Bomber is back! Mega Man: Timelines #1 Mega Man returns in five connected 1-shot comics spanning five different eras of robotic heroes! In this first issue, the original Mega Man squares off against two explosive and fiery Robot Masters bent on city-wide destruction! Fight, Mega Man! For everlasting peace! Written by Travis Maiden and art by Kenny Ruiz.
Spider-Boy, Vol. 1 #20. Spider-Boy’s greatest battle lies ahead! Spider-Man is down! And with Mr. Negative and his inner demons closing in, Spider-Boy makes a last, desperate stand! Look out, Bailey — it’s all the friends (and foes) you made along the way! Spider-Girl! Hulkette! Madame Monstrosity and more! But are they here to help Bailey or Mr. Negative?!
Happy Reading!
Three weeks ago, we did a huge “more compact design” update. Today, we are continuing with another update that improves the design, layout and performance of your album details panel.
Here’s what has changed:
- Flexible layout: the layout now fully adapts to the width of your details panel.
- Fields moved: we moved some fields around, to make sure the most important fields are at the top.
- Faster loading: the details panel now loads much faster, as it now delays the loading of the backdrop.
Three weeks ago, we did a huge “more compact design” update. Today, we are continuing with another update that improves the design, layout and performance of your book details panel.
Here’s what has changed:
- Flexible layout: the layout now fully adapts to the width of your details panel.
- Fields moved: we moved some fields around, to make sure the most important fields are at the top.
- Faster loading: the details panel now loads much faster, as it now delays the loading of the backdrop.
Three weeks ago, we did a huge “more compact design” update. Today, we are continuing with another update that improves the design, layout and performance of your game details panel.
Here’s what has changed:
- Flexible layout: the layout now fully adapts to the width of your details panel.
- Fields moved: we moved some fields around, to make sure the most important fields are at the top. For example, the Index field has been moved down to the “Personal” block.
- New (or updated) Platform icons: Platform icons are now available for a lot more platforms and are now displayed on a white background to make them stand out more.
- Youtube trailers: trailer videos now show up as a video thumbnails that links to the video on the Youtube site. No more embedded videos, as these often did not work (embed not allowed) and made the details panel load very slow.
- Faster loading: the details panel now loads much faster, as it now delays the loading of the backdrop and because the trailer video is not embedded anymore
Three weeks ago, we did a huge “more compact design” update. Today, we are continuing with another update that improves the design, layout and performance of your comic details panel.
Here’s what has changed:
- Flexible layout: the layout now fully adapts to the width of your details panel.
- Fields moved: we moved some fields around, to make sure the most important fields are at the top.
- Publisher icons are now displayed on a white background to make them stand out more.
- Faster loading: the details panel now loads much faster, as it now delays the loading of the backdrop.
Three weeks ago, we did a huge “more compact design” update. Today, we are continuing with another update that improves the design, layout and performance of your movie details panel.
Here’s what has changed:
- Flexible layout: the layout now fully adapts to the width of your details panel.
- Fields moved: we moved some fields around, to make sure the most important fields are at the top. For example, the Index field has been moved down to the “Personal” block.
- New Format icons: format icons are now available for a lot more formats and are now displayed on a white background to make them stand out more.
- Youtube trailers: trailer videos now show up as a video thumbnails that links to the video on the Youtube site. No more embedded videos, as these often did not work (embed not allowed) and made the details panel load very slow.
- Faster loading: the details panel now loads much faster, as it now delays the loading of the backdrop and because the trailer video is not embedded anymore
Fixed:
- After adding a comic the “Add Manually” screen would pop up
NCBD has arrived once again!
Bring on the Bad Guys: Doom #1An ancient artifact known as the SOUL FORGE has the power to collect all the souls on Earth! Doctor Doom must stop it at all costs! Who is the mysterious Sister Sorrow, and what is her connection to Doom? Written by Marc Guggenheim and art by Stefano Raffaele & Neeraj Menon.
Kong returns in: Return to Skull Island #1 A ragtag group of castaways must return to an island steeped in dark secrets and danger!
After Kong’s battle with the Kraken, survivors soon discover that far worse lurks in the shadows… and that their unlikely ally may not be able to protect them from Skull Island’s horrors!
Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1. There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helping him fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains — a day when this dog will save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted him by Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet. Today, Krypto is a normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day alongside his family: Jor-El, Lara, and baby Kal-El. But when a rocket test goes wrong, Krypto finds himself lost in space — and soon crash-landing, all alone, on a strange and alien world called Earth.
Happy Reading!
v10.0.3: Better sorting for Toys-to-Life / Add Manually now easier to access
New:
- New sort options for Toys: When browsing your list of toys, tap the AZ button top right to select one of these 3 new sorting options:
- Toy Type, then Title
- Toy Type, then Subtype, then Title
- Toy Type, then Series, then Title
- Sort order is now remembered per collection type (games, hardware or toys)
- A small text link to “Add Manually” has been added on the Title tab in the Add Games / Add Hardware screens
- Add Hardware Manually is now accessible again for “grandfathered” users. Just choose Add Hardware from the menu
Good news for CLZ Games Web users who collect amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity or other Toys-to-Life (TtL) figures. The CLZ Scanner app has been updated to support scanning TtL barcodes into the Barcode queue of your Add Toys from Core screen.
Here’s how to add toys by scanning their box barcodes with CLZ Scanner.
Fixed:
- Add Comics by scanning covers: after 20-30 scans the screen could hang
- Scanning covers/barcodes: front camera was used instead of the back camera on some devices
- Syncing: Covers would sometimes sync up when it wasn’t needed
- Manage Pick Lists: it wasn’t possible to save a characters without a real name
- Check Value: Collection Status highlights were missing
- Re-link Core Variant: With “download back covers” switched off, the back cover was still being downloaded
What’s new:
- Added support for Toys-2-Life barcodes (like amiibo, Skylanders, etc.)
- Android only: Edge-to-edge support
These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
Fixed:
- Completeness field was not set correctly when adding/editing items
- Toys: barcodes with multiple results didn’t work
- Updated messaging/wording
- Toys: Updated Values screen didn’t show the “total” (iOS only)
Boom! NCBD!
Silver Surfers’ Final Voyage?! Death of the Silver Surfer #1 The Silver Surfer returns to defend a war-ravaged Earth, but Norrin has a galaxy-sized target on his back. A new enemy will stop at nothing to steal away everything the Surfer is or ever will be. A single human life may be all that decides the Surfer’s salvation… or damnation. If the Surfer falls, who then wields the awesome Power Cosmic? And what of the Surfer’s old master, Galactus, Devourer of Worlds?! Brought to you by writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Sumit Kumar, Frank D’Armata.
The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1 After the mass release of The City’s greatest foes and the chaos that followed in Hotel Oblivion, the Umbrella Academy faces their most fearsome challenge to date — their other brothers and sisters. Known only as The Sparrows, they share a different connection to Sir Reginald Hargreeves and Mom. No one knows how to hurt each other more than family, and this powerful, ruthless brood will spare no brutality in favor of their sole objective — control and the obedient glare that comes with it.
Back by popular demand and now with her own miniseries…Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #1. It all begins when the daughter of Wonder Woman embarks on her most dangerous adventure yet to enter the timeline to find her father. As the young hero knows, messing with time has its consequences, but that doesn’t mean she learned her lesson the first time. Things are about to get ruff and the Super Sons have gone to the dogs. Prepare for a Crisis of Infinite Corgis!
Writer Tom King and artist Belén Ortega return to Trinity after their celebrated run of backup stories in the pages of Wonder Woman. Trust us, you won’t want to miss Lizzie’s first full-size adventure!
Happy Reading!
Catalog your Toys-to-Life figures: amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
It’s live, the promised big update for your CLZ Games Web web-based software. You can now finally use the software to catalog your Toys-to-Life figures! The app comes with full support for:
- amiibo
- Skylanders
- Disney Infinity
- Lego Dimensions
- Starlink
- Rumble U
- UB Funkeys
This has been quite a project. First, our content team has worked for many months to create our own Toys-to-Life database in Core, including images of both the loose figures and the boxes. Nicely grouped into series for easy cataloging and browsing. When that Core database was close to completion, the development team started on the online search engine, the Web software and the mobile apps. And today, we can finally release the big new updates and show it to you all!
If you are into amiibo figures, or Skylanders or any other toy type, I am sure you will love this update.
Here’s what’s new:
v10.0: Catalog your Toys-to-Life figures: amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
It’s live, CLZ Games v10.0! You can now finally use the app to catalog your Toys-to-Life figures! The app comes with full support for:
- amiibo
- Skylanders
- Disney Infinity
- Lego Dimensions
- Starlink
- Rumble U
- UB Funkeys
This has been quite a project. First, our content team has worked for many months to create our own Toys-to-Life database in Core, including images of both the loose figures and the boxes. Nicely grouped into series for easy cataloging and browsing. When that Core database was close to completion, the development team started on the online search engine, the Web software and the mobile apps. And today, we can finally release the big new updates and show it to you all!
If you are into amiibo figures, or Skylanders or any other toy type, I am sure you will love this update.
Here’s what’s new:
All rise! It’s NCBD
A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial #1 is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Brought to you by writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini & Federico Blee.
Space Ghost Annual #1 After the thrilling events of issue #12’s second-story-arc finale, the fine-tuned creative team of David Pepose and Jonathan Lau pull out all the stops for their very first Space Ghost Annual! With the Council of Doom seemingly defeated, our heroes now face a terrifying new threat, one that strikes from beyond the fourth dimension! To have any hope of survival, Space Ghost and his crew must find a way to break the dominion of… Tempus the Time-Master!
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #1 Last time we got Green Lantern Godzilla, this time the Justice League returns to Legendary Earth! In the aftermath of last year’s Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, Task Force X launches a plan to develop hybrid Titans that Amanda Waller can control to guard against future titan attacks on our Earth. To stop Task Force X, the Justice League travels to Legendary Earth and must face the dangers of the Hollow Earth, Kong, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Happy Reading!
These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
This is CLZ Alwin, with the newsletter for May 2025.
Obviously, the big news for this month is the HUGE update for all 5 flavors of the CLZ Web web-based software, dramatically improving the look and usability.
A more compact design and layout to help you fit more collection data on screen.
The first feedback from users has already arrived. Some examples:
“SO MUCH BETTER!!”, “I like it”, “It works a treat…..”, “The new updates are phenomenal.”, “FANTASTIC!! Thank You”, “The whole application looks more refined now. Thanx for the great job.”, “you all continue to surprise and impress me year after year” and finally…
“Just wanted you to know that i love the new visual redesign of the Web app(s).
It just flows better, i get more info on less area. Impressive work, and still it feels like it always has, just better.”
Thanks all for the praise! As is to be expected, the new design came with some bugs and annoyances too, which we fixed right away. (hint: since today, the Add button is back on the toolbar 🙂 ).
Full details about the CLZ Web re-design below.
Of course, the other big project at the “distributed CLZ HQ” (yes, we’re all working remotely), is the addition of Toys-to-Life support in CLZ Games (both web and mobile).
This one is taking a bit longer than expected, but… it’s very close now. We are planning to go live with the Web edition next week, with the mobile app following a week later.
Finally… I am happy to announce that we have hired a new web-developer, Michiel. Which means we can make even faster progress on the Web editions and other server side projects.
Michiel’s first project: a big update for CLZ Music, with many new data fields!
The topics today:
- CLZ Web: More compact design and layout: fit more collectibles on screen
- Very close now: the new CLZ Games, with NFC scanning for amiibo!
- Coming up: CLZ Music 10.0 with extra data fields
Coming up soon: CLZ Games 10.0, with support for cataloging amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
For amiibo (and possibly Skylanders on Android only), we are introducing a super cool new way to add your figures:
Just scan their NFC with your phone!
Check out the Sneak Preview video below:
It’s that time of the week again…NCBD!
History will never be the same!: Giant-Size X-Men #1. Ever since she discovered she was a mutant, Kamala Khan has been balancing her previous life as Ms. Marvel with her role as a leader in the new community, but her conflicted identity has come at a deep personal cost. Now, pulled into the distant past by an unhinged villain with deep ties to mutant history, Ms. Marvel will witness the iconic birth of the Uncanny X-Men and their first encounter with Krakoa from an all-new, all-different perspective. But when history begins to change… can either Kamala Khan or the X-Men themselves survive the experience?
England, 1349. Sir Hugh de Grey, the Pale Knight, returns from war to find a land ravaged by the Black Death, and his son dying of the plague. When he prays to God to save his son’s life, it is not God who answers, but Death himself. And Death is willing to cut a deal.The Pale Knight #1 Written by Peter Milligan and art by Val Rodrigues & Cris Peter.
As My Mothers Made Me, Part 1: Absolute Wonder Woman #8
The Tetracide was a much greater threat than Wonder Woman had imagined for her first battle on the surface, but The Tetracide was child’s play compared to negotiating the complexities and evils of man’s world. The mysterious Area 41 and its Black Box Maze will be Diana’s greatest test yet… and what she finds inside will shock you!
Happy Reading!
A huge update for your CLZ Movies Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:
- A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
- Improved layout of the “movie details” panel, with better support for back covers