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!
Up, Up and Away! NCBD!
It’s about time we get something new regarding the Invincible universe. Out now! Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1! Cursed with an unquenchable thirst for violence, Battle Beast searches the universe for the one warrior mightier than him — and a glorious death, his only reward. But even in a universe of mighty Viltrumites like Invincible and Omni-Man, it seems that no one may be able to stop the galaxy’s deadliest warrior… unless he does the unthinkable.
Enter: Hell Hulk. A new demon sets foot on Earth. Will Hellverine even be powerful enough to stop its rampage? Come and see in: Hellverine #6 Written by Benjamin Percy and art by Raffaele Ienco & Bryan Valenza.
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s…. Supergirl #1! Follow Kara as she returns to her roots in Midvale… home of Supergirl! But how could this be?! Our hero has not been back in years, and the protector of that town has been saving the day for weeks. Can Supergirl stop the impostor before they steal her fresh start and life?
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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!
All aboard the NCBD train!
Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Heart. With their powers combined, they summon Earth’s greatest champion: Captain Planet. But they need to learn to trust each other first. Gaia, the latest High Priestess of the Earth has been kidnapped! Our Planeteers are forced to come together against the newly formed might of Lucian Plunder! Even with Captain Planet on their side, will it be enough to save the very Earth itself? Find out in: Captain Planet #1, Written by David Pepose, art by Eman Casallos.
Fantastic Four Fanfare #1 In this special, full-color anthology series, each issue focuses on a particular member of the team! For this inaugural outing, Mark Waid and Ramon Rosanas depict an escalating prank war between the Human Torch and the Thing, Alan Davis sends the team into hazards deep underground, Andrew Wheeler and Sara Pichelli reveal what happens when the Mole Man interrupts Johnny Storm’s star-making turn on reality television!
Set in a far future where Earth has integrated alien species into a new society, Blood & Thunder #1 plays by a whole new set of rules… and a whole load of new crimes to solve. Bounty hunter Akeldama “Blood” Bledsoe and her cantankerous talking gun, Thunder, are the best there is at bringing in the bad guys. However, when the galaxy’s most dangerous criminal breaks out of prison, Blood’s hunt delivers her down a path that will unlock secrets about her past, present, and future… and that’s when things get REALLY BAD.
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[CLZ News] Automatic values in CLZ Books, sneak preview of upcoming CLZ Web and CLZ Games updates
CLZ Alwin here, with the April 2025 edition of the CLZ newsletter.
Of course, *the* main event this month was the huge update for CLZ Books, in which we introduce the automatic delivery of book values.
Next to that, the team is still work on two projects I have announced before, but… today I can finally show you some sneak preview screenshots of both!
Read on below to find the sneak preview links.
- Now live: Automatic book values for CLZ Books Mobile and Web
- Sneak preview: Toys-to-Life support for CLZ Games Mobile and Web
- Sneak preview: More “compact” look and layout for CLZ Web
Cue the music! It’s NCBD!
Haven’t you heard? The big jolly grey giant is back in town. He has been terrorising New York for the last few crossover titles and now he’s here to fight Spider-Man in: Godzilla vs. Spider-man #1, Written by Joe Kelly art by Nick Bradshaw. Don’t miss the two most popular characters in pop culture history going at it in this kaiju-sized slugfest for the ages!
Lost Fantasy #1 There is a world of magic, myth, and monsters that exists beneath the surface of our own. Since first contact was made over 100 years ago, The Great Hunters have kept us safe from the creatures that lurk in the shadows. But last night something broke through, and it’s up to rookie monster hunter Henry Blackheart to stop it…
We Are Yesterday: Chapter 3 – Batman / Superman: World’s Finest 2025 Annual #1. The secret origin of the single most unholy union in DCU history is at last revealed! The Legion of Doom has set in motion a scheme to lay waste to not only the World’s Finest Team — but to the present-day Justice League Unlimited! How is this possible? All will be revealed… Written by Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell and art by Dan McDaid.
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Our web-based software has been around since 2009, first called “Connect”, but renamed in Oct 2024 to simply “CLZ Web”. The Web software is currently the most popular solution for use on your computer, far exceeding the number of users of the legacy “Collector” desktop software.
However, through the years, there is one particular piece of feedback we kept receiving from both new users *and* from users who switched from the desktop software, but phrased in different ways:
“It is all so BIG!” or “I can’t fit a lot of items on my screen”
And they’re right. CLZ Web has been designed to be “big and bold”, as is common with web-based software. Large fonts, big buttons, etc… It looks nice, but the side effect can be that you can fit less collectibles in your on-screen list. Especially when:
- Using a low-res laptop screen
- Using a tablet device
- Using several layers of toolbars in your browser
To resolve this, we were initially planning to introduce an optional “Compact View” or “Compact Skin”.
But when we starting working on that, we liked the results so much that we decided to make it THE new look of CLZ Web for everyone. It looks so much better, more compact, more items on screen. But never too small to read.
Here’s what we did:
- New font style to fit the new CLZ styling
- Slightly smaller fonts everywhere
- In the main screen, we combined toolbars and made them “lower” overall
- Lower list rows in List View, by slightly reducing the spacing
- Reduced the height and width of all input boxes in the Edit screens
- Reduced the height of the screen titles of all popup screen
- Reduced the height of the collection tabs at the bottom
This new compact look is going live for CLZ Web within a few weeks. But today, I can share more sneak preview screenshots of the most important screens, with a nice BEFORE (left) and AFTER (right) comparison. Enjoy!
Main screen
Edit screen
Sneak Preview of CLZ Games 10.0: catalog your amiibo, skylanders, infinity figures
As announced earlier, a big update is coming for both the mobile and web editions of CLZ Games, in which we will introduce the ability to catalog your “toys to life” figures. That is:
- amiibo
- Skylanders
- Disney Infinity
- Lego Dimensions
- Starlink
- Rumble U
- UB Funkeys
Today, we can finally show you the first sneak preview screenshots of the CLZ Games 10.0 mobile app!
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!
Toss a coin to your Witcher…NCBD!
The Witcher: The Bear and The Butterfly #1, Written by Simon Spurrier and art by Stephen Green has Geralt traveling to a remote town where a vampire is rumored to be killing the townspeople. The bounty has amassed all manner of monster hunters — and among them is another witcher, from the school of the Bear, a fierce competitor for the reward.
Youngblood Deluxe #1 The Blood is back! Rob Liefeld is doing it again: The ultimate collector’s edition you’ve been waiting for. Re-scripted, re-colored, and re-lettered, this fully remastered historic first issue of the original Youngblood #1 is ready to take comic stores by storm just like it did in 1992.
Hush 2 Chapter 2 is ready for serving. Batman #159. The dynamic duo Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee: After the shocking events of the last issue, Batman must make the hardest decision of his life!
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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!
Up, Up and Away! NCBD!
Web of Venomverse: Fresh Brains #1, The existence of Venom and symbiotes across the entire Venomverse will be at stake if they go head-to-head with their Spidery counterparts to defend the Symbiote Hive-Mind from the Spider-Verse! As an eight-legged fight creeps to the surface, meet the three new symbiotes who could put the Spiders at the edge of their webs! Which of them has what it takes? Could it be the devious Venomouse? The disorderly Katie Power? Or a whole new Eddie Brock? Read and find out!
Friday the 18th will be Superman Day! To celebrate such occasion DC is releasing Summer of Superman Special #1 and a few other reprints. This specific is has the Man of Steel and his universe of friends, family, allies, and rogues is in for some big changes, and it all starts in the Summer of Superman Special! It also features (making his grand entrance to the world of tomorrow) Dan Slott, this special oversize issue will set the stage for all the major events exploding throughout the Superman titles. Go visit your LCS on Friday to get these Superman Day specials!
Are you into western stories and Spawn? Look no further: Deadly Tales of the Gunslinger Spawn #5. The Gunslinger has been taken prisoner and forced to survive against a sadistic Carnival Ringmaster and his Four Horsemen. Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Chad Hardin
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Fixed:
- Main screen: Sniper button wasn’t working in some cases (+ it will now select issues “close” to a number you type if you don’t have that exact issue)
- Main screen: Add/Sync buttons weren’t responsive after they were hidden and unhidden (Android 15 only)
- Edit Comic: was using the phone layout on tablets
- Manage Pick Lists: “Back” button wasn’t working after editing/merging pick list items
- Details panel: didn’t refresh correctly after exiting the edit screen via the back button
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!
Coming up for CLZ Games: catalog your amiibo, Skylanders and Infinity toys
A major upgrade is coming up for the CLZ Games mobile app (as v10.0) and the CLZ Games Web web-based software, with one big new feature:
Catalog your Toys To Life figures:
amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
It’s that time of the week again…NCBD!
Amazing Spider-Man #1, The next era of Amazing Spider-Man has arrived! Peter is, shockingly, without a job and looking for gainful employment, but his job search is interrupted by a Rampaging Rhino who is but the tip of a sinister iceberg. What major Spider-Villain is working behind the scenes weaponising other Spider-Villains including one we haven’t seen in over seven years?! Also, what is that Goblin-free Norman Osborn up to anyway? Joe Kelly writting and art by Pepe Larraz
C’mon, grab your friends Adventure Time is BACK. “Best of Buds” starts here with a brand-new adventure nearly a decade in the making! When Finn and Jake save the newly installed Computer Princess from the clutches of the evil Ice King — he just wants a bride, OK, is that too much to ask?! — the two escort her back to the Computer Kingdom, where she gives our totally mathematical adventurers a new quest: find the powerful guide for heroes — the Enchiridion — and bring it back to her, so she can scan it for her digital archive! But where are they going to find it? And how?! An epic journey awaits Finn and Jake, but can they remain best of buds throughout their quest? Or is their friendship about to be put to the test?! Adventure Time #1. Written and drawn by Nick Winn
One that doesn’t need an introduction: Superman #233 Facsimile! This classic cover by Neal Adams is getting reprinted this week. If you don’t have the original, don’t worry DC got you covered!
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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!
Live today: a huge v10.2 update for your CLZ Books mobile app, with one big new feature:
Automatic book values
You can now get get values for your books from CLZ Core, based on average prices on various online used book stores. Values are automatically filled in when you Add Books from Core.
To get values for your existing books, use Update Values from the menu.
You can also use this, e.g. weekly, to get updates for the values.
Live today: a huge update for the CLZ Books Web web-based software, with one big new feature:
Automatic book values
You can now get get values for your books from CLZ Core, based on average prices on various online used book stores. Values are automatically filled in when you Add Books from Core.
To get values for your existing books, use Update Values from the menu.
You can also use this, e.g. weekly, to get updates for the values.
It’s that time of the week again…NCBD!
Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1, written by Charles Soule and art by Steve McNiven. We get an old Matt Murdock, and his powers have faded to nothing. Matt will not, however, sit by and watch his fellow New Yorkers suffer, so instead of swinging around the city from his billy club line, he slings soup at a food center for the poor. But when a mysterious wrinkly old man interrupts a secret convoy causing an explosion, a deadly gas fills Hell’s Kitchen and this tale takes a turn that will change how you look at the Man Without Fear.
Thirteen years ago, Orin McCabe was a family man living a privileged life in the suburbs. Today, he’s condemned to death row for murdering his entire family in an unexpected fit of hammer-wielding brutality. In the aftermath of his heinous crime, it’s fallen to a trio of eclectic, but dedicated, ghost hunters—Jacob, the holy man; Holland, the skeptic; and their leader, Del, a true believer in the occult and worlds beyond—to surveil the abandoned McCabe home in search of proof for the existence of the undead . . . and whatever supernatural source may have possibly fueled McCabe’s inhuman massacre. But this ill-matched and uneasy squad of investigators is about to discover something much more terrifying than any ordinary spirit. . . . Something much more pernicious, much more contagious, that if not contained, could take full advantage of America’s unquenchable appetite for violence and deliver a plague of blood unto us all . . . Plague House #1. Written by Michael Conrad, Art by Dave Chisholm
He’s back! Brought to you by writer Ram V. and artist Butch Guice: Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #1! Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man, has led thousands of lives and with each unexpected death and resurrection comes a new superpower. But after living a life to its natural conclusion, Mitch Shelly is awoken by a new purpose and power… saving the universe. Follow the Resurrection Man through time as he fights against a monster of his own creation: Gashadokuro — a sadistic WWII internment-camp commander who has inherited a twisted version of Shelley’s powers. The lines of cosmic order will begin to blur as no good deed goes unpunished. And whatever the cause, whatever the consequence, this much is true… he’s dying to save you!
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We’ve all been there, at an LCS, or at a comic con… you wanna check CLZ Core and bam… no internet, no data, no nothing.
Sadly, there is nothing our tech guys can do to resolve that problem, there’s no app for that 🙁
UNLESS… we go offline, oldskool and back to PAPER!
Available today: CLZ Core in 12 leather bound books
- Purchase this beautiful set of 12 leather bound books for just US $495!
The full CLZ Core database, all series, all issues, all variants, in actual paper books for your offline browsing. - Keep track of your comic collection. All issues are listed with checkboxes, so just use a pencil to checkbox the issues you own.
- Wanna stay up-to-date with all new releases? We’ve got you covered! Subscribe to the monthly “Update from Core” paperbacks, for only US $5.95 per month, or US $60 per year. Receive all NCBD releases in compact booklets, sent to you on a monthly basis.
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] Coming up: values for CLZ Books mobile and web / catalog your Amiibo’s, Skylanders, etc…
This is CLZ Alwin, with another “what’s cooking” version of our CLZ Newsletter.
Again, with the entire content and dev team working on three big upcoming releases, the month of March saw no feature releases whatsoever.
We did do some important maintenance builds though.
So… this is what’s cooking:
- Various maintenance updates for CLZ iOS and Android apps
- Coming up: Automatic book values for CLZ Books Mobile and Web
- Coming up: Toys-to-Life support for CLZ Games Mobile and Web
- Coming up: More “compact” look and layout for CLZ Web
- Available tomorrow: CLZ Core for Comics in 12 leather bound books!
Variant hunters, get ready! We’ve got a SPECTACULAR amount of NEW SERIES premiering this week.
Hush is back! Batman, Vol. 3 #158 – or rather Batman #158 Hush 2 – not only reintroduces us to iconic characters, but also gives us the art of Jim Lee, Hush’s original artist. Prepare for a mysterious and action-filled story.
Vampirella is back in Vampirella, Vol. 8 and she’s bringing her infant son. Little does she know she’s indirectly responsible for a nuclear inferno waiting to happen somewhere in the near future. In order to prevent this she receives help from somebody unexpected.
And if you can’t get enough of Deadpool, then you definitely can’t go wrong with Pooluminati.
We all know the Illuminati supposedly is a highly secret organization, protecting Earth from evil forces and threatening menaces. Throw in a mix of ‘Pools, and the Merc with A Mouth and his daughter Ellie themselves, and you get a heart-warming story. Artwork by Todd Nauck!
So get ready for this massive list with big-name releases and plenty of cover options, making it the BIGGEST week of the year so far!
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Fixed an issue where new subscriptions to CovrPrice weren’t registering correctly for some users.