News & updates released in 2026 (page 3)
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!
Another big update for your CLZ Music Web software today, which brings further ways to customize your album entries.
This updates adds a new My Images tab, that lets you add up to 5 extra images to each album entry! That is next to the existing customizable Front and Back cover. You can use it to store more images/photos of your collectibles, e.g. of the disc(s), the booklet, the gatefold for vinyl, the obi strip, or that signed cover, etc..
Another big update for your CLZ Games Web software today, which brings further ways to customize your games entries.
This updates adds a new My Images tab, that lets you add up to 5 extra images to each game entry! That is next to the existing customizable Front and Back cover. You can use it to store more images/photos of your collectibles, e.g. of the cartridge, the disc, the manual, the included map, or the full contents of that big special box edition?
Another big update for your CLZ Books Web software today, which brings further ways to customize your book entries.
This updates adds a new My Images tab, that lets you add up to 5 extra images to each book entry! That is next to the existing customizable Front and Back cover. You can use it to store more images/photos of your collectibles, e.g. of the dust cover, the signature(s), interior art, etc..
Another big update for your CLZ Comics Web software today, which brings further ways to customize your comic book entries.
This updates adds a new My Images tab, that lets you add up to 5 extra images to each comic entry! That is next to the existing customizable Front and Back cover. You can use it to store more images/photos of your collectibles, e.g. of your actual book (showing its condition/defects), or your slabbed copy, a close-up of the signature on the cover, interior art, the CoA, etc…
Another big update for your CLZ Movies Web software today, which brings further ways to customize your movie entries.
This updates adds a new My Images tab, that lets you add up to 5 extra images to each movie entry! That is next to the existing customizable Front and Back cover. You can use it to store more images/photos of your collectibles, e.g. of the disc(s), the inlay, the slipcover, the extras (figurines, cards, etc…).
Our content managers have worked hard to get all the new titles from the April catalogs into Core.
Some new titles include:
- Dark Knights of Steel, Vol. 2
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 3
- Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker
- …and much more!
In total, we counted around 2200 new entries for this month!
They are now all available to add to your “On Order” list in the CLZ Comics app.
It’s that day again. NCBD! A bunch of new titles for you to choose from by all of the major publishers. Here are a few books that were handpicked by our content managers:
My pick (CLZ Rowdy) for this week is: If Destruction Be Our Lot #1. Humanity is extinct and all that remains are the robots who once helped us. The robots who once helped us are happier now, doing their work without human interference. But not Abe. He believes there must be something more out there.
Finally a new Avatar comic!! My pick (CLZ Taco) this week is Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Kyoshi Warriors #1 Really looking forward to what this story has in petto for us. Only 3 issues unfortunately but hopefully a good read!
A fresh take on a 21st Century classic! Ben 10 #1 So basically Absolute Ben10? Take my money!! This is supposed to be the definitive take on Ben 10 from the team that created him. This is definitely my (CLZ Justin) pick this week. Loved the first animated series and alien force? Then this is a must read for you.
All comics releasing this week can be found in the NCBD tab in your add comics screen. All new releases have been carefully cleaned up, with lots of info added! Be sure to check them out in the app. Either when you hit your comic shop or, when back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
Happy reading!
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Fixed:
- Sync with CLZ Cloud: Updates: Custom covers did not download correctly
Fixed:
- Sync with CLZ Cloud: Updates: Custom covers did not download correctly
- Sync screen could open when tapping Edit during image downloads
- Details view not fully visible in some cases
- “Downloading images” bar could appear when nothing was downloading
Fixed:
- Sync with CLZ Cloud: Updates: Custom covers did not download correctly
- Sync screen could open when tapping Edit during image downloads
- Details view not fully visible in some cases
- “Downloading images” bar could appear when nothing was downloading
Fixed:
- Sync with CLZ Cloud: Updates: Custom covers did not download correctly
- Details view not fully visible in some cases
- “Downloading images” bar could appear when nothing was downloading
Fixed:
- Sync with CLZ Cloud: Updates: Custom covers did not download correctly
- Sync screen could open when tapping Edit during image downloads
- Details view not fully visible in some cases
- “Downloading images” bar could appear when nothing was downloading
- Book template: eye icon showed as “Not Read” incorrectly with 1 read event
Today is Free Comic Book Day, and at CLZ we’re ready for it! And as if that wasn’t enough, this year also includes Comics Giveaway Day — a nice little bonus for comic fans everywhere.
Looks like it’s a good time to pick up something new (or a few extra things).
Our comic content team has worked hard to ensure that all the free 2026 comics are available in our Core online comic database, so you can easily add them to your collection.
CLZ Alwin here, with the CLZ Newsletter for April 2026.
This month, one big and powerful update for all 5 Web editions: the ability to easily filter your collection by clicking hyperlinks in your item details panel. E.g. click a Genre name and instantly find all your collectibles in that genre.
And judging from early feedback, you all are absolutely loving it! 🙂 (some feedback examples below).
One other release this month: a small “customizability” update for the CLZ Games mobile app, you can now add your own YouTube trailer links!
Plus a CLZ Core for Comics improvement related to Vampirella comics, requiring a simple Update from Core action. Instructions below.
Also, some nice “mentions” online this month, for both CLZ Movies and CLZ Games, which has caused a huge flow of new sign ups, nice! Read about them below.
What about future releases? What is cooking, what is coming up soon (or later)?
The main things the CLZ team is working on at the moment are the “Add more images” feature for Web (ETA next week!!) and the Custom Fields for the mobile apps (ETA: within 2 months?). But we have some other “secret” projects too, will tell you more about those later.
The newsletter topics today:
- CLZ Web: Easily filter your collection by clicking hyperlinks
- CLZ Games mobile app: Add your own YouTube trailer links
- For collectors of Vampirella comics: Core Update required!
- Tracy Letts mentions CLZ Movies on the Blank Check podcast!
- Metal Jesus Rocks uses CLZ Games while shopping!
- What’s cooking?
- CLZ Web: Add more images to your entries (next to front and back)
- CLZ mobile apps: Create (and Sync!!) your own Custom Fields
A somewhat smaller week of the new comic releases. Few solid #1’s out this week by multiple publishers. With a good bunch of exclusives for Zatanna #1. FCBD & CGD around the corner, make sure you visit your LCS on May 2nd! Here are a few books that were handpicked by our content managers:
The Punisher #3D. Punisher making an end to Jigsaw once more. Written by Benjamin Percy and art by José Luis Soares Pinto, Jonas Trindade, Oren Junior and Frank D’Armata. With the Gerardo Sandoval variant being the one I will be picking up this week.
Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes #1. A cozy visit with retired B.P.R.D agents Archie and Margaret takes a chilly turn when Hellboy and Anastasia investigate the local ghost. Surely nothing will go wrong here right?
Generation X-23 #3C. Laura taken out by the new X-numbers! Can Scout (Gabby) find the allies needed to stop the death and destruction?! Find out with me this week! Definitely seems intriguing by the looks of it but this was a total cover buy pre-order :).
All comics releasing this week can be found in the NCBD tab in your add comics screen. All new releases have been carefully cleaned up, with lots of info added! Be sure to check them out in the app. Either when you hit your comic shop or, when back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
Happy reading!
Read more
Fixed:
- Further tweaks to the down-syncing from CLZ Cloud
- Add, Edit and Action buttons could sometimes not be used if images were still downloading in the background
Here’s one suggested by one of our users: “why can’t we just click on a genre in the album details and then see all albums in that genre?”
That definitely makes sense, and it makes sense for a lot more fields too! So today we’re releasing a new feature which makes it much easier to move through your collection straight from the details panel: Browsing and deepdiving into your collection just became a lot more fun!
While viewing an album, you can now click on many of the fields in the details panel to instantly find all albums in your database that match that same artist, composer, genre, label, and more.
Here’s one suggested by one of our users: “why can’t we just click on a genre in the game details and then see all games in that genre?”
That definitely makes sense, and it makes sense for other fields too! So today we’re releasing a new feature which makes it much easier to move through your collection straight from the details panel: Browsing and deepdiving into your collection just became a lot more fun!
While viewing a game, you can now click on many of the fields in the details panel to instantly find all games in your database that match that same developer, platform, series, genre, and more.
Here’s one suggested by one of our users: “why can’t we just click on creator name from a comic and then see all comics by that creator?”
That definitely makes sense, and it makes sense for other fields too! So today we’re releasing a new feature which makes it much easier to move through your collection straight from the details panel: Browsing and deepdiving into your collection just became a lot more fun!
While viewing a comic, you can now click on many of the fields in the details panel to instantly find all comics in your database that match that same character, creator, series, story arc, grading info, and more.
Here’s one suggested by one of our users: “why can’t we just click on an actor name from a cast list and then see their movies?”
That definitely makes sense, and it makes sense for other fields too! So today we’re releasing a new feature which makes it much easier to move through your collection straight from the details panel: Browsing and deepdiving into your collection just became a lot more fun!
While viewing a movie, you can now click on many of the fields in the details panel to instantly find all movies in your database that match that same actor, director, series, genre, and more.
Here’s one suggested by one of our users: “why can’t we just click on a Genre or Subject in the book details and see all books in that category?”
That definitely makes sense, and it makes sense for other fields too! So today we’re releasing a new feature which makes it much easier to move through your collection straight from the details panel: Browsing and deepdiving into your collection just became a lot more fun!
While viewing a book, you can now click on many of the fields in the details panel to instantly find all books in your database that match that same author, illustrator, series, genre, and more.
Quick note for all Vampirella collectors:
We have changed the series titles for the main Vampirella series in Core, to better match their indicia. To update your local entries, use Update from Core with the Series field set to REPLACE.
NCBD! Big comic week! No surprise to seeing this issue being the most populair title this week: Marvel and DC are teaming up with their Spider-Man / Superman crossover. Image is releasing 3 new #1’s. Here are a few books that were handpicked by our content managers:
Head Lopper #1 New volume, new heads that need to be rolling. Witness Andrew Maclean’s masterclass in kinetic action and dark humor. Looking forward to seeing what Andrew has in store for us with Norgal in 80 pages of comic-goodness.
Marvel / DC: Spider-Man / Superman #1. This has to be THE biggest crossover we’ve had in ages. Continuation from Superman / Spider-Man, has you exploring this crossover with multiple different characters across both publishers. Tons of covers, with the Peach Momoko being the most notable for me. Which cover or covers are you getting?
All comics releasing this week can be found in the NCBD tab in your add comics screen. All new releases have been carefully cleaned up, with lots of info added! Be sure to check them out in the app. Either when you hit your comic shop or, when back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
Happy reading!
Read more
Fixed:
- Further tweaks to the down-syncing from CLZ Cloud
- Add, Edit and Action buttons could sometimes not be used if images were still downloading in the background