What's new in CLZ Comics?
A special update for the slab collectors!
Three years ago, we introduced a new look for slabbed comics, with generated “slab frames” around the cover images, with blue/yellow/green labels at the top the grade at the top left, even showing actual Custom Labels. Making it super easy to spots your slabs between your raw comics.
For several reasons, that feature was only implemented in the Vertical Card View and on the comic details pages. Not in Horizontal Cards View (we figured it would be too small) and in Cover View and Shelves View (technically complex because of the configurable size).
However, our Web developer Michiel gave it another try and did make it work this time.
So that’s what’s new in today’s update:
The generated slab frames are now visible in Horizontal Cards, Covers and Shelves View too!
Such a good week for comics! With DC taking the crown of most releases this week compared to Marvel. We saw Absolute Wonder Woman #17 in our Most Wanted on Monday. But it looks like Detective Comics #1106 beat that today! Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Are you ready for a new Punisher #1? I sure am always in the mood for it.The Punisher #1. Written by Benjamin Percy and art by José Luis Soares Pinto, Oren Junior and Frank D’Armata. It sees the return of Jigsaw and Frank Castle hunting for answers after his memory is damaged once again. Definitely getting the Alex Maleev Variant!
Boom! Another new volume of anything and everything Massive-Verse. Across the Massive-Verse TP Vol. 2. This time it features Radiant Red, Radiant Pink, No/One and Cowl. I’d say a perfect entry point for new readers!
New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident #1. From what we’ve seen and has been teased so far, this is going to be a solid read! It’s about a murder that leads to an all out war between the heroes of Dakota City and the US government. Surely that won’t be troubling? Static & Rocket and likely other Milestone character will hopefully safe the day here!
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 when you hit your comic shop or when you’re back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
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 it, THE main feature release for 2026. A huge step forward in the customizability of the software. And I am not talking about tweaking the look and feel here, like layout, colors, fonts, etc… No… this time we are giving you the ability to actually customize the database itself!
Yep, today is the launch of the “Custom Fields” feature (previously known as “User Defined Fields”).
The Custom Fields feature will let you create your own data fields, to catalog any information for which the software does not have a built-in field. You can create text fields, number fields, date fields, Yes/No toggles, pick list fields and much more.
All fields you create can be edited on a special Custom Fields tab of the Edit screen and their data will nicely appear in a special section in the comic details panel in the main screen. And of course, you will be able to use the fields like any built-in fields, use them as columns, sort on them, use pick list fields as folders, add the fields to printed list, exports, etc..
Are you ready for the next step in customizing your CLZ Web software?
Coming up next Monday:
Create your own Custom Fields!
The Custom Fields feature will let you create your own database fields, to catalog any information for which the software does not have a built-in field.
Fill in your custom fields on the special tab of the Edit screen and their data will nicely appear in a special section in the details panel in the main screen. And of course, you will be able to use the fields like any built-in fields, use them as columns, sort on them, use pick list fields as folders, add the fields to printed list, exports, etc..
Lots of fun books to choose from this week. From continuous issues to new number ones. NCBD has it all! Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
It’s time to cue the music, it’s time to dim the lights. It’s time to get things started as the Muppets return tonight! Legendary cartooning talent and Muppets comics veteran Roger Langridge bellies up to the drawing table once more for an all-new tale of crime and pun-ishment with The Muppets Noir #1, where he’s going to have to solve the baffling mystery of the Snoozing Sleuth. Check that wonderful Declan Shalvey cover!
Who doesn’t love Marvel’s baby shark? I sure can’t get enough of him. It’s Jeff Meets Daredevil. Jeff the Land Shark learns the meaning of courage from on other then the man without fear! Love the Jaws homage variant by Nic Klein.
I Hate Fairyland #48. Are you caught up yet to this series? In this issue Gert and Larry find themselves merged together into a fly-hybrid creature. Yuck! As a massive Garbage Pail Kids fan, I couldn’t help myself and had to snag the B variant for this issue. Such a cool homage!
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 when you hit your comic shop or when you’re back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
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!
Another stacked new comic book bay this week! With many #1’s by both Marvel, DC and the indie publishers. Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
A new superhero universe is born! Written by the legendary Larry Hama and art by Mark D. Bright with Josh Burcham. Without spoiling the plot: It takes place in a world where superheroes have become commonplace, heroes are required to join a union or else face serious financial liability for the damage caused during battles. And though the delicate balance of mitigating damage while saving lives is already tough enough, they’ve got their own worries with a constant stream of villains rising up to challenge them. The Center Holds #1 with 48 pages of story!
Fan or not, Jar Jar Binks has his #1 releasing this week. Star Wars: Jar Jar #1. This time co-written by the actor Ahmed Best. Art by Laura Braga, Kieran McKeown and Mike Atiyeh. It tells the story of the formation of the Rebel Alliance and has a fun guest star in the form of Kelleran Beq. That’s got to be meta in some way right?
Vertigo is back! Bleeding Hearts #1. The zombies won and ten years after the fall of humanity, they’re the dominant form of life (or not-life) on Earth. They’ve developed their own cultural practices, their own language, their own society. This seems like such a fun read with a slight twist to what we’ve seen before with zombies. It’s written by Deniz Camp and has the art done by Stipan Morian and Matt Hollingsworth. Definitely a pick up for me!
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 when you hit your comic shop or when you’re back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
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 week’s new comic book bay is absolutely stacked! Truly feels like February is the month that publishers have started back up again after the New Years. Note-worthy comics that have been hand picked by our content managers:
DC releasing their crossover issue with the likes of Scorpion, Homelander, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and many more. All can be found fighting to the death in DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1.
Is this Red Ghost’s dream comic? It might possibly be! It has Marvel’s First Family who find themselves stranded on the Planet of the Apes world. Planet of the Apes vs. Fantastic Four #1. Oh and check out the Germán Peralta Variant!
It’s not a secret that Taco’s a big fan of anything Massive-verse related. He was able to meet and drink a beer with the creative crew in NY! That’s pretty cool right? So this weeks pick isn’t a total shocker, it’s: Inferno Girl Red, Vol. 2 #3. This weeks issue has Inferno Girl Red missing and it’s the conclusion to book two with 45 pages of story. What’s not to love here?
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 when you hit your comic shop or when you’re back home adding your stack you’ve just come home with!
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 going to be THE main feature for 2026: Custom Fields!
The Custom Fields feature will let you create your own data fields, to catalog any information for which the software does not have a built-in field.
All fields you create will appear on a special Custom Fields tab of the Edit screen. And of course, you will be able to use the fields like any built-in fields, use them as columns, sort on them, use custom pick list fields as folders, add the fields to printed list, exports, etc..
And once the Custom Fields feature has been released for both the Web software and mobile apps, you will be able to sync them back and forth too!
Manage your Custom Fields
Use the Custom Fields screen to manage your custom fields, that is, add new ones, remove them, rename them, etc…
Adding a new Custom Field:
Choose from a wide range of field types. Create simple text fields, number fields, currency fields, yes/no toggles, big text areas (like Notes), even pick list fields and multi-value pick list fields.
- Text
Single line text field (for max. 250 characters) - Textarea
Big text field (for lots more characters) - Toggle
Toggle between Yes and No - Number
Whole numbers only - Decimal
Whole number with 2 decimals - Currency
Monetary value as a whole number or with 2 decimals - Percentage
Percentage as a whole number or with 2 decimals - Weight
Weight as a whole number or with 2 decimals - Size
Dimensions as a whole number or with 2 decimals - Pick List
Pick a single value from dropdown with manageable list - Multi-Value Pick List
Checkbox multiple values from a manageable list - Fixed Button Bar
Choose one from max. 4 options - Fixed List
Choose one from a pre-defined fixed list of max. 20 options - Date
Date controller for full or partial date - Time
In hours and minutes
Fill in your Custom Fields using the special tab in the Edit screen
ETA ?
The Custom Fields feature is in the final phase for the CLZ Web web-based software. We will release it for Web first, then later on bring the same feature to the CLZ mobile apps, allowing full syncing of Custom Fields between the Web and mobile!
ETA for Web: Feb 2026. Then for mobile a few months later?
Again, this is going to be THE killer feature for 2026!
By the power of Grayskull… it’s New Comic Book Day!
Iron Man #1 The unapologetic Iron Man is a once-in-a-lifetime hero — but the beating heart behind the armor is a once-in-a-century genius. Years ago, Tony Stark was knocking on death’s door, so he created the Iron Man armor to survive! What happens the next time death comes calling? What weapon does he create then? What if… someone else creates it first? These questions have haunted Tony for years, a ticking time bomb inside of him waiting to explode. Femme fatale Madame Masque has also asked these questions, and with the power of Advanced Idea Mechanics behind her… she’s ready to create the next great weapon.
Escape from Skull Island #1.Trapped on Skull Island, a desperate band of survivors struggles against the land’s relentless horrors while an ancient threat rises from below. But as chaos unfolds, flashbacks reveal Kong’s turbulent youth: his battles, losses, and the primal instincts that shaped him into the island’s sovereign. Now, as hordes of monstrous beasts close in on the stranded humans, the most dangerous enemy of all regains strength to once more challenge Kong’s throne.
DC’s Supergirl Next Door #1. There’s something about Kara. She’s effortlessly cool, adored by all, and looks great in a cape — she’s truly all that! She could have fifty first dates lined up in a minute, but love actually wasn’t on her radar… until now! In this hot new anthology, join Supergirl and a host of lovestruck heroes and villains as they bravely embark on quests for love, even if it means running through every rom-com trope to get there. You’d be hard pressed to find ten things to hate about this book, so pick it up this Valentine’s Day — and place it on the shelf next to all the books you’ve loved before!
Happy Reading!
Fixed:
- Crash: When series or comic couldn’t be located/selected on start-up or after editing the app could crash
- iPad: series sometimes wouldn’t be scrolled to after picking it from a search in your own collection
- Collection bar at the bottom could disappear on closing the sync screen
- Collection bar didn’t appear immediately when adding a new collection for the first time
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!
Oh yeah baby, it’s New Comic Book Day already!
Street Fighter Masters: Elena #1 Elena, the Capoeira kick-fighter, stars in her very own one-shot — just in time for her upcoming appearance in Street Fighter 6! Elena heads back to her home village in Kenya, with her fellow martial artists Ibuki and Makoto in tow! Are these three BFF fighters enough to put a damper of Vortex’s latest scheme…?
Armageddon starts here: Captain America #6. Doom’s fall — and a violent incursion by Thunderbolt Ross — have brought Latveria to the brink of civil war! Captain America deploys to protect civilians and investigate rumors of a weapons stockpile, but when Nick Fury Jr.’s unpredictable new version of S.H.I.E.L.D. joins the mission, it becomes clear that everyone wants a piece of Latveria — no matter the cost. With warring factions tearing the country apart and a squad of unconventional S.H.I.E.L.D. agents pursuing unknown agendas, can Captain America hope to bring peace to Latveria? And is that even what his own handlers want?
DC K.O.: Green Lantern Galactic Slam #1.
As the K.O. tournament rages on Earth, the cosmos holds its collective breath as the heroes of our planet fight for the survival of the very universe. But the cavalry is on the horizon! Kyle Rayner, in a bid to provide cover for his fellow Green Lanterns, has found himself pummeled across the galaxy and into the ring of… a wrestling federation?! Oh no… oh dear heavens no… is Omega Bam Man about to enter the DC K.O. fray?! Oh mah gawd! An entire cavalcade of brawlers is right behind him! Are there tables? Somebody get the tables!
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!
Fixed for iOS:
- The scroll position in the list could be wrong after searching in own collection and tapping a result from the suggestions
- Images view: Pinch to zoom in images view was broken
- Edit screen: tapping “next” or “previous” on the Links tab would crash the app
- When opening Add Comics via Missing Comics and checkboxing issues to add, the list could show duplicates
Come out, come out, wherever you are. It’s New Comic Book Day!
Return of the king!: Knull #1 Weakened from his last death, trapped by the enemy he never expected, the God of the Void waits in a cage once again. His captors think Knull has nothing to fight back with — but in Knull’s hands, nothing is a weapon. And there’s a greater weapon out there, waiting for the King in Black to take it… and take his revenge.
Our Soot Stained Heart #2. Peggy Stones has come far on her own, but not a step further! Will she make it long enough to find out if the mythical Baron of Stories is real? Who are they, and will they help young Peggy to stop Fuel’s Day, or are they just another obstacle in her way? Find out what lies at the far reaches of the north, and whether Peggy’s journey was worth it!
Chapter Three: DC K.O. #3. As the Omega Tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test — confronted with a decades-long stay in their own personal hell! Emotions run high as heroes falter, villains revel, and the Heart of Apokolips eyes its new King Omega. In the end, only the final four will remain…
Happy Reading!
Fixed for Android:
- Scrolling comic lists / tapping buttons / selecting comics in a list / removing comics could suddenly stop working
- Enlarging a cover caused the image to stay “zoomed in”, even when going back and selecting a different issue
- Selecting: Tapping “Select All” in didn’t show comics being selected in images view
- When adding your own image to a comic by taking a photo, the app could crash, resulting in an empty comic entry in the database
How to update to version 10.7.2 on Android
Your app may have updated itself already (check the menu top left, the version number is at the top). If it hasn’t updated itself yet, here’s how to force the update:
- On your device, open the Play Store app.
- Search “CLZ” and select your CLZ app.
- Tap “Update” to update the 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!
A special update for the slab collectors!
Three years ago, we introduced a new look for slabbed comics, with generated “slab frames” around the cover images, with blue/yellow/green labels at the top the grade at the top left, even showing actual Custom Labels. Making it super easy to spots your slabs between your raw comics.
For several reasons, that feature was only implemented in the Card View and on the comic details pages. Not in List View (we figured it would be too small) and in Images View (technically complex because of the configurable size).
However, our mobile developers Pim and Bernard gave it another try and did make it work this time.
So that’s what’s new in today’s 10.7 update:
The generated slab frames are now visible in List View and Images View too!
New year, new books, new New Comic Book Day!
Absolute Batman: Ark M Special #1 The origins of the enigmatic Ark M are explored! What terrible secrets lie within its walls, and just who is assigned to protect it from discovery?! Written by Scott Snyder and Frank Tieri, art by Josh Hixson and Roman Stevens.
Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man #1 Facsimile. Lex Luthor. Doctor Octopus. Two diabolical geniuses have joined forces to blackmail the world — and exact revenge upon their two most hated foes! With the Man of Steel and the amazing wall-crawler manipulated into battling one another, can the heroes break free and unite in time to turn the tide on their archenemies?
Once a Goblin: The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #1. It all begins with the unveiling of Dr. Finkelstein’s newest creation, specially designed to be the scariest creature ever to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve. But something has gone awry in the process, and the final result is more cute and cuddly than fearsome and menacing. The disappointed scientist hands the newcomer over to Sally for safekeeping, who dubs it Shiver for its freezing breath.
Meanwhile, the Mayor has tasked Lock, Shock, and Barrel with teaching the residents of Christmas Town how to trick-or-treat, as the two realms have embarked on a new campaign to share their holiday traditions. With Christmas Town celebrating Halloween for the first time ever, the trio are taking their assignment seriously — perhaps a bit too seriously! In an effort to make their pranks extra lifelike and terrifying, they decide to “borrow” some ingredients from Dr. Finkelstein’s lab — and end up with much more than they bargained for in the form of the deceptively adorable Shiver!
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!