What's new in CLZ Comics?
Fixed:
- Converting/Optimizing Database process was slow/crashing for some users. We have now fixed this and made the database conversion much faster
- Sync with CLZ Cloud: The progress bar for images didn’t count the images that had to be downloaded correctly
New comics! Invincible, The Boys, Daredevil and Darth Maul Shadow Lord and NCBD. We sure are eating good these days. Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Final issue…Power Rangers Prime #16. Rangers vs the Legion Ravager. Going to be the last PR we get for a little bit, they’ll be back in May though!
Cover Girl, Jinx, and Dawn are running out of time to complete a deadly mission. Let’s see what the Blue Ninja’s have in store for them in: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #327C. I’ll definitely be picking up the Steve Beach variant.
DC’s. newest Next Level title has arrived: The Fury of Firestorm #1. Firestorm has turned buildings to sand and people to glass with no remorse and no warning. But what exactly provoked Ronnie Raymond to commit this heinous act, and can anyone contain the fury that is Firestorm?
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!
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No new features here, but an important improvement to an existing one: the CLZ Cloud syncing. Our mobile developers Pim and Bernard have implemented three changes that will make the down-syncing of new items from the CLZ Cloud to your app a LOT faster!
- The syncing now down-syncs the *data* first, while queuing the *image* downloads. This will make the data sync super fast.
- Downloading the images is much quicker too, especially on fast connections, as it downloads multiple images at the same time.
- As soon as the data download has completed, you can close the Sync screen and start using the app. The image downloads will continue at the bottom of the main screen, prioritising images that are “in view”.
The improvement in speed will be most noticeable when re-downloading your complete CLZ Cloud database, e.g.
- After installing the app on a new device
- After removing and re-installing the app
- After Clearing the Database
However, even during normal use, e.g. when syncing between devices, or between the app and the CLZ Web software, you will find the down-syncing to be much faster than before.
Yeah baby, it’s new comic book day! Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Batman / Superman: World’s Finest, Vol. 2 #50D
Bizarro Year None #1D
Eternals 50th Anniversary Special 1B
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!
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The Shake feature is a popular gimmick of the CLZ Comics app: just shake your phone to make it show a random comic from your collection.
This cool tool has even resulted in a recurring trend in the “CLZ Comics” group on Facebook: The Shake of the Day.
Members shake their phone and post a screenshot of the random comic that appears, marking it with the #shakeoftheday hashtag. It’s a fun way to show interesting comics from your collection that you would not have picked yourself.
However… it has come to our attention that some members of this group are being, let’s say, “less than honest” with their shakes!
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!
Our content managers have worked hard to get all the new titles from the April catalogs into Core.
Some noteworthy new titles include:
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 3 (Boom! Studios)
- Spider-Man: Long Way Home
- Gun Honey: Doubles Down
- …and much more!
In total, we counted around 1,700 new entries for this month!
They are now all available to add to your “On Order” list in the CLZ Comics app.
With MegaCon behind us, now we are gearing up for C2E2. There’s still time for some new comics right? Right?! Tons of freshly printed comics for you to digest. Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5. Rangers and Turtles must now face off against Super Zedd, with help from an unexpected new Ranger. Who will that be? Ito’s cover #5G and I are a teaser for that. So that’s my pick for sure!
Iron Man vs M.O.D.O.K.Iron Man #3. Total cover buy for me: Matteo Lolli’s April Pool’s Day Variant. Cardboardpool!
Jigsaw is back! Punisher #2, especially the C cover by Dev Pramanik. It’s been a while since these foes have fought each other, looking forward to seeing in what way he will try to defeat Frank this time.
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!
A Stacked week with tons of exclusives for MegaCon starting tomorrow (hope you’ll have fun if you’re attending!). DC starting off with all of their Next Level #1’s. Spider-Man teaming up with Carnage & Venom to fight Torment in their Death Spiral event. Optimus Prime in G.I. Joe!? That and the Spider-Man Brand New day trailer all on the same day. Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Autobots, roll out! G.I. Joe #20, especially the B cover by Joshua Cassara. Really looking forward to their first interaction within the Energon Universe.
Invincible #1. Yes, another reprint but this time, with a nice InHyuk Lee cover for MegaCon. I’ve been reading the trade paperbacks and it’s been amazing so far. Perfect time to get me a regular copy of issue 1 even though it’s not the first print.
Lobo #1. Skottie Young on Lobo? Sold
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!
Fixed:
- Renamed “Store” to “Purchase Store”
- Clearer link to investigate a value on CovrPrice
- Check Value: Key reason wasn’t always fully displayed
- Edit Comic: Links tab: Tapping next/previous comic when waiting for link description could crash the app
- iPad: Edit screen: Tab titles weren’t always shown in full
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!
Isn’t any week great to be a comic book fan? Two events going on at the moment, Death Spiral started at the end of February. This week Reign of the Superboys takes off from DC. Any big expectations? Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Usagi Yojimbo: Kaito ’84 #1. This story takes you to 1984 in Osaka which gives you a heist story with a descendant of Usagi Yojimbo thrown in there. Jared Cullum’s watercolor art compliments to story very well. Definite NCBD pick up for CLZ Taco.
Has the green orc hype caught up to him? Probably.. CLZ Rowdy’s pick for this week is D’Orc #2, especially the B cover by Riley Rossmo. We really enjoyed issue 1, so we can’t wait to give this one a read!
Imperial Guardians #1. Cosmic Ghost Rider is back! Along with a crew this time around. Darkhawk, Amadeus Cho, Captain Marvel and Gamora? Sign me up! From what was teased this is Suicide Squad in space ordered by the Inhuman Maximus to fight against the Kree. Written by Dan Abnett and art by Marcelo Ferreira, Jay Leisten % Rachelle Rosenberg.
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!
Our content managers have worked hard to get all the new titles from the March catalogs into Core.
Some noteworthy new titles include:
- Absolute Green Arrow #1
- Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1
- BRZRKR: Light Draws Breath #1
- …and much more!
In total, we counted around 1,500 new entries for this month!
They are now all available to add to your “On Order” list in the CLZ Comics app.
Tons of books out this week! Lots of later printings for both Marvel and DC’s most populair titles. Some beautiful covers and great stories to be read. Here are a few books that were hand picked by our content managers:
Daredevil and Punisher fight to protect New York City! Will their tentative alliance survive this ordeal, or will the final battle be with each other? Daredevil / Punisher: The Devil’s Trigger #5. The Peach Momoko variant is an instant buy for me!
This was a total cover buy for me. The KyuYong Eom variant for Batgirl #17, is a killer cover! Start of a new story arc titled “The Curse of the Blood” which spins directly out of the DC K.O. event.
Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #1. Are you hyped yet for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord? I sure am! Janix, a neon-lit, shadow-soaked maze of a planet that lies beyond the reach of the Empire. Captain Brander Lawson crossing paths with a looming threat of the shadow lord, Maul. This is my pick for this week, hope this amps up the excitement for you too.
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!
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!