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These Terms of Use are a binding agreement between you and ComicBooks.com LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("ComicBooks.com," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of the websites, applications, content, and services available at or through ComicBooks.com (collectively, the "Service"). Please read them carefully. They include a mandatory arbitration provision and class-action waiver (Section 14) that affect your legal rights. Last updated July 29, 2026.

1. Acceptance of these Terms

By accessing or using any part of the Service — including browsing the catalog, using the reading room, creating an account, submitting content, or making a purchase — you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. We may revise these Terms at any time by posting an updated version with a revised "Last updated" date; material changes will be notified on the Service or by email where practicable. Your continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind it, and "you" includes that organization.

2. Eligibility; Accounts; Security

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service and at least 18 (or the age of majority where you live) to make purchases, list items, or enter transactions. You are responsible for your account, for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials, and for all activity occurring under your account, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to keep it updated, and to notify us promptly at [email protected] of any unauthorized use. We may refuse, reclaim, suspend, or terminate accounts, usernames, or access at our sole discretion, with or without notice, including for any violation of these Terms, suspected fraud or abuse, extended inactivity, or risk to us, the Service, or other users.

3. The Service; Limited License to You

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service, and to view and read content we make available on it, solely for your personal, non-commercial use. This license does not include any right of resale or commercial use of the Service or its contents; any collection or use of catalog data, valuations, images, listings, descriptions, or prices for the benefit of any other business or dataset; any downloading or copying of content except as expressly enabled by Service features; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by ComicBooks.com LLC and its licensors. Any breach of this Section automatically terminates the license granted here.

4. Our Intellectual Property

The Service and everything made available through it — including our restored and remastered editions, our catalog database, all site software, design, text, graphics, editorial content (synopses, key-issue analyses, biographies, series and character write-ups), valuation presentations, selection, arrangement, and compilation, and the ComicBooks.com name, logo, and trade dress (the "ComicBooks.com Content") — is owned by or licensed to ComicBooks.com LLC and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, database, trade-secret, and other intellectual-property laws.

  • Our restorations. Each page in our reading room has been digitized, cleaned, de-screened, repaired, and remastered by us into a distinct, higher-quality edition. These restored editions embody substantial original skill, judgment, and work product; they are our proprietary works and are watermarked and fingerprinted as such. The lapse of copyright in an underlying historical work does not place our restoration of it in the public domain.
  • Our database. Our catalog is an original compilation — the product of our own research, verification, structuring, cross-linking, correction, and editorial judgment — protected as a compilation and by the laws governing collective works and unfair competition. No part of it may be extracted, reutilized, or repurposed, in whole or in substantial part, without our prior written agreement.
  • Trademarks. "ComicBooks.com" and our logos and product names are trademarks of ComicBooks.com LLC. Publisher names, series marks, and cover art referenced or displayed in the catalog remain the property of their respective owners and are used for identification only. Nothing on the Service grants any license to use any trademark without the owner's written permission.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You agree that you will not, and will not permit, assist, or enable any third party to:

  • Access the Service by any automated means — including bots, spiders, scrapers, crawlers, or headless browsers — except public search engines building publicly available search indices in accordance with our robots.txt;
  • Copy, download, harvest, scrape, mirror, frame, cache for redistribution, or systematically extract any portion of the ComicBooks.com Content, whether by automated means or manually at scale;
  • Use any ComicBooks.com Content — including our restorations, editorial text, catalog data, or valuations — to train, fine-tune, ground, or otherwise develop any machine-learning or artificial-intelligence model or dataset, or for any text- or data-mining purpose, without our express written license;
  • Reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, transmit, sell, rent, license, or create derivative works from any ComicBooks.com Content, except as expressly permitted by these Terms;
  • Remove, obscure, or alter watermarks, attributions, or proprietary notices, or misrepresent the origin of any ComicBooks.com Content;
  • Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security-related or access-control features, rate limits, or technical measures, or probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network;
  • Interfere with the operation of the Service or impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure;
  • Impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent an affiliation, or harvest information about other users;
  • Upload malicious code or use the Service to transmit unsolicited commercial communications;
  • Use the Service for any unlawful purpose, or in violation of any applicable law or third-party right;
  • Access the Service to build, benchmark, or improve a competing product or service.

We may investigate violations, employ technical measures against them, throttle or block traffic, remove content, and suspend or terminate access, and we may involve and cooperate with law enforcement. Unauthorized automated access and extraction may also violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Florida Computer Abuse and Data Recovery Act, and analogous laws, and we reserve all rights and remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.

6. Your Content

The Service lets you submit content — collection data and images, listings, reviews, vouches, messages, corrections, photos, and similar materials ("Your Content"). You retain ownership of Your Content. By submitting it, you grant ComicBooks.com LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, adapt, modify (for technical and display purposes), publish, publicly display, distribute, and otherwise use Your Content in connection with operating, providing, promoting, and improving the Service, for as long as Your Content remains on the Service plus a commercially reasonable period for backups and legal compliance. This license ends when you delete Your Content or your account, except to the extent Your Content has been shared with others who have not deleted it, is embodied in transaction records we must keep, or resides in routine backups.

You represent and warrant that you own or have all rights necessary to grant this license, and that Your Content is accurate where it states facts, lawful, and does not infringe or misappropriate any third-party right. We have no obligation to host, display, or return Your Content, and may remove or refuse any of it at our discretion. If you send us ideas, suggestions, or feedback, you agree we may use them without restriction or compensation.

7. Marketplace and Member Conduct

Where the Service enables listings, offers, trades, or communications between members, we provide the venue only: unless we expressly say otherwise for a given transaction, we are not a party to member-to-member transactions, we do not guarantee the existence, quality, grading, authenticity, safety, or legality of items listed, the truth of listings, or the ability of members to transact, and you deal with other members at your own risk. You are solely responsible for the accuracy and legality of your listings and for complying with all laws that apply to your sales. We may (but are not obligated to) monitor, mediate, remove listings, or restrict members, and we may hold, cancel, or reverse transactions we reasonably believe involve fraud or abuse.

8. Purchases, Digital Content, and Payment

Prices, availability, and product-specific terms are shown at checkout and may change at any time before you complete an order. Payments are processed by third-party payment processors (currently Stripe); we do not store full card numbers. You agree to pay all charges for your purchases, including applicable taxes. Digital purchases are licenses, not sales: unless expressly stated otherwise, a purchase grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access the item for personal, non-commercial use through your account, and digital content may not be redistributed, resold, or shared. We may correct pricing or description errors, including canceling and refunding affected orders, even after confirmation. If something you bought doesn't work, contact us and we will make it right — which may mean restoring access, replacing the item, or refunding it; except as required by law, all other sales are final. Physical items ship on the terms shown at checkout; risk of loss passes on delivery to the carrier where permitted by law.

9. Collection Purchasing

Where we offer to buy comics or collections from you: our offers are commercial purchase offers, not appraisals, valuations for insurance or estate purposes, or investment advice; they reflect our own assessment, economics, and resale risk. Submitting information about a collection creates no obligation on either side until a written offer is accepted. You represent that you own — or are legally authorized to sell — everything you offer to us, free of liens and claims, and that no item is counterfeit, stolen, or misdescribed. Title and risk transfer per the written offer terms. We may rescind a purchase and recover payment where an item proves inauthentic, encumbered, or materially misdescribed.

10. Catalog Data, Valuations, and No Advice

The catalog, prices, market values, census figures, and other data on the Service are provided for general informational purposes only. They are estimates or records generated or compiled by automated and editorial processes; they may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong; and they are not offers to buy or sell, appraisals, or financial, investment, tax, insurance, or legal advice. Comic values are volatile and grading is inherently subjective. You should not rely on the Service as the basis for any purchase, sale, insurance, tax, or investment decision without independent verification, and we accept no liability for decisions made in reliance on the Service. We may add, change, correct, or remove catalog data and valuations at any time without notice.

11. Third-Party Services and Links

The Service links to and interoperates with third-party sites and services — marketplaces, retailers, payment processors, grading companies — that we do not control and for which we are not responsible. Their terms and privacy policies govern your use of them. Affiliate disclosure: ComicBooks.com participates in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and eBay Partner Network, and may earn commissions from qualifying purchases made through links on the Service, at no additional cost to you. Affiliate relationships do not influence our catalog facts or editorial content.

12. Copyright Complaints

We respect intellectual-property rights and expect the same of users. Notices of claimed copyright infringement, and counter-notices, should follow the procedures on our Copyright & DMCA page. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Knowingly submitting a materially false takedown notice or counter-notice can expose you to liability, including under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

13. Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification

Disclaimer of warranties. THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT, DATA, AND PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH IT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ComicBooks.com LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND LICENSORS (THE "COMICBOOKS.COM PARTIES") DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DATA (INCLUDING VALUATIONS) WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

Limitation of liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (a) IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMICBOOKS.COM PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, GOODWILL, DATA, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; AND (b) THE COMICBOOKS.COM PARTIES' AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100) OR THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so portions of the above may not apply to you; in that case, liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the ComicBooks.com Parties from and against any claims, demands, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to: Your Content; your use of the Service; your listings or transactions; your violation of these Terms; or your violation of any law or third-party right. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.

14. Dispute Resolution — Binding Arbitration and Class-Action Waiver

Please read this section carefully — it requires arbitration of most disputes on an individual basis and waives jury trials and class actions.

  • Informal resolution first. Before filing any claim, you and we each agree to try to resolve the dispute informally: send a written notice describing the dispute to ComicBooks.com LLC, 390 NE 191st St, STE 77926, Miami, FL 33179 or [email protected], and allow 30 days of good-faith discussion before commencing any proceeding.
  • Agreement to arbitrate. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Service, these Terms, or their breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity that is not resolved informally will be resolved by final and binding arbitration on an individual basis, administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration will be conducted in English, by a single arbitrator, by videoconference or on written submissions unless an in-person hearing is required, in which case it will occur in Miami-Dade County, Florida or another mutually agreed location. AAA fees will be allocated per the AAA rules, and we will bear those fees where required by law.
  • Exceptions. Either party may (i) bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and (ii) seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual-property rights or to stop unauthorized access, scraping, or extraction, without first arbitrating.
  • Class-action and jury waiver. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES' INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS OR PRESIDE OVER ANY REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. YOU AND WE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. If the class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) must proceed in court, and the remainder stays in arbitration.
  • Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing [email protected] with the subject "Arbitration Opt-Out," your name, and the email associated with your account, within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.
  • One-year limit. To the extent permitted by law, any claim must be filed within one (1) year after it accrued, or it is permanently barred.

15. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Florida and applicable U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. For any proceeding not subject to arbitration under Section 14, you and we consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and waive any objection to that venue.

16. Termination

You may stop using the Service, or delete your account, at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Service at any time, with or without cause or notice, including if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms. Upon termination, the licenses granted to you end immediately, but Sections 4–6, 9–10, and 12–17 survive, along with any provision that by its nature should survive.

17. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any product-specific terms presented at purchase, are the entire agreement between you and ComicBooks.com LLC regarding the Service, and supersede all prior agreements on that subject. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remainder will remain in full effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. We are not liable for delay or failure to perform due to causes beyond our reasonable control. Notices to you may be provided via the Service or the email on your account; legal notices to us go to ComicBooks.com LLC, 390 NE 191st St, STE 77926, Miami, FL 33179, or [email protected].

18. Attributions and Third-Party Notices

Portions of the raw factual catalog data presented on the Service incorporate licensed or openly licensed source material, which we acknowledge as follows: bibliographic catalog facts adapted in part from the Grand Comics Database™ under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license, and from Metron. Facts are not copyrightable; our editorial prose, restorations, compilation, arrangement, verification, and presentation are our own and are not subject to those licenses. Cover images and character artwork remain the property of their respective publishers and rights holders and are displayed at identification resolution under fair use, with source credits shown where applicable. Trademarks referenced on the Service are the property of their respective owners.