Terms of Use
Welcome to comicbooks.com. By using this site — including the reading room, catalog, and member features — you agree to these terms. Last updated June 27, 2026.
Our restorations and our database are our property
What you read and browse on comicbooks.com is substantially our own work, and is our intellectual property:
- Our restorations. Each page in our reading room has been digitized and remastered by us — cleaned, de-screened, and AI-upscaled into a distinct, higher-quality edition, watermarked as ours. These restored images are our work product, not mere copies of any source scan.
- Our database. Our catalog — the selection, arrangement, metadata, dating, publisher attribution, cross-linking, and original editorial (synopses, key-issue write-ups, biographies) — is an original compilation that we research, verify, and own.
These restored editions and our compiled database are protected as our own work. The comics we restore are old enough that their original copyrights have lapsed, and we make them free to read here as a service; our digitization, restoration, presentation, and compilation remain ours.
What you may do
Read, enjoy, and share links freely. You may read any title in our reading room for personal, non-commercial use, and link to our pages. Search engines are welcome to index the site.
What is not permitted
Without our prior written permission, you may not:
- Use automated means (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access the site beyond normal browsing or standard search-engine indexing;
- Bulk-download, systematically copy, mirror, or harvest our restored images, page files, or catalog data;
- Redistribute, republish, resell, or commercially exploit our restored editions or our database, in whole or in substantial part;
- Remove or alter our watermarks or attributions, or pass our restorations off as your own.
We may rate-limit, challenge, or block automated traffic to protect the service. These restrictions apply to our restored editions and our database — our own work product.
Member content, accounts & marketplace
Member listings, vouches, messages, and trades are governed by the conduct rules surfaced in those features. You are responsible for your account and for the accuracy and legality of anything you list or post. We may remove content and suspend accounts for abuse.
Takedowns & corrections
If you believe something here infringes your rights, or a fact is wrong, contact us and we will review promptly — we honor good-faith takedown and correction requests.
The basics
The site is provided “as is,” without warranties. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for damages arising from its use. We may update these terms; continued use after a change means you accept the update.