COMICBASE INFO

Current Official Version:
26.0.1
Latest Interim Build:
v26.0.1.1958
Last Content Update:
Thursday, October 9, 2025 6:02:07 PM

Titles: 80,285
Comics: 1,379,313
Publishers: 9,750

Archive Edition Pictures: 1,157,727
Total value of comics listed: $82,652,032.00

NEW IN COMICBASE 2025

  • Information and actual market pricing for over 1.3 million comics—virtually every English-language comic published since 1878. Foreign comics too!
  • All editions now include hundreds of thousands of cover thumbnails to assist in variant identification--and over 1.1 million full-sized covers in the Archive Edition
  • Weekly content and price updates based on actual market values—keep you up to date with the latest information.
  • FASTER: Most functions now run from 40% to 400% faster than before.
  • Go beyond comics: ComicBase 2025 now lets you manage your book, magazine, and newspaper collections too!
  • New: ComicBase Compressed Backups protect your data while using a tiny fraction of the disk space
  • New: Works with the free ComicBase Mobile app for iOS and Android to let you view your collection and add new purchases from your phone or tablet (Now available in all editions!)
  • Integrates with Atomic Avenue to let you locate hard-to-find comics; also sell comics only with your own online store!
  • Works with new comic distributors including Lunar, Penguin Random House, and Philbo.
  • Hundreds of speed-ups, optimizations, and interface improvements.
  • Compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11.

TOP CONTRIBUTORS

These great folks are making ComicBase even better by sending in new information and pictures using ComicBase's Submit New or Corrected Data command. You can help too! Get one point for each new picture submitted, or correction/addition accepted.

Name Pts.
1. Andre JCC Bouchard 3,557,043
2. Frank Colasurdo 2,071,626
3. Aaron Stile 902,904
4. Robert Wood 711,361
5. Brian J. Stewart 253,872
6. Barry John Shepherd 204,327
7. Robert A. Weinberg 198,183
8. Alan DeCamp 163,123
9. Moshe Leimberg 141,319
10. Steven L. Dasinger 107,318

ComicBase Livestream #218: Introducing Smart Fill

Wow, so it's been a whole week since Metropolis's debut, and we're already bringing cool new stuff to it! In this week's livestream, we'll introduce you to a a very cool new Smart Fill feature which takes the work out of entering cover dates, storylines, and creator credits for variant issues. Plus, new tech tips, answers to viewer questions, and more. See you Wednesday at 4pm!

Now Available!

Introducing ComicBase 2026!

ComicBase 2026 is an epic release of the world's #1 program for managing comic collections. This powerhouse update packs in exhaustive details and up-to-the-minute market values for over 1.3 million comics—plus millions of additional books, magazines, and newspapers. The whole program has been optimized to run from 40-400% faster than last year's release, and it boasts far smaller backup file sizes, interface speed-ups, and much more. Click the link above for all the details!

This upgrade is free to all ComicBase customers with an active subscription. Just use ComicBase's Internet > Check for Updates to upgrade today, or head on over to the Product pages to become a customer, or renew an older copy.

Live Wednesday at 4pm Central

ComicBase Livestream #217: Welcome to Metropolis

We've just dropped the biggest ComicBase release of them all: ComicBase 2026, a.k.a. "Metropolis". Join ComicBase creator Pete Bickford as he reveals what's new, shares some cool inside stories and tech tips, and tells you what it all means for the future. Don't miss it!

ComicBase Livestream #216: Rebalancing a 57,000 comic collection

What do you do when you have 57,000 comics, your boxes are stuffed to the gills, and the whole thing's starting to slowly collapse because your floor isn't level? That's what Pete was dealing with last week. In this week's livestream we'll check in with the project to set it all right, and talk about the physical aspect of what it takes to efficiently manage a collection of that size. See you at 4pm!


ComicBase Livestream #215: We're All Lying About AI Art

The past weeks have seen police called to comic-cons and social-media-generated protests at two different comic conventions, ostensibly over AI artwork. Let's get into the story, and talk about how deeply dishonest the whole conversation over AI use in the art scene is. It's complicated...let's discuss!

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“Caps for Comic Software” Discounts for Active Duty Military Personnel

As a way of saying “Thanks!” to our active duty military personnel, we’re reprising our famous “Caps for Comic Software’ program. Basically, you send us a cap (or coin) from your unit, and we’ll give you a massive discount on ComicBase. (Heck, if you folks are willing to lay it on the line, the least we can do is help you keep your comics in order!)

Drop us a line at support@comicbase.com and we’ll get you hooked up.