Comic Book Archive

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Comic Book Archive (or comic book reader) files are zipped/compressed folders containing a number image files (although folders may be used to group images), for the purpose of the sequential viewing of these images, usually for comic books. They use a naming system which allows them to be displayed in order when used with a comic book reader, such as CD display. Comic book archive files are not a distinct file format; only the file extension differentiates them from the compressed file type they use. Comic book archive files use the following compression: .cb7 (7z), .cba (ACE), .cbr (RAR), .cbt (TAR), .cbz ( ZIP).

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• MuPDFOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later
• MComixOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• Mylar3Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• Q479808Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• Q747793Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• Archive Utilityreads
• Bookwormreads
• CDisplayreads · freeware
• ComiXedreads
• Kobo eReaderreads
• Lectorreads
• STDU Viewerreads · freeware

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Versions and variants (5)

• CB7Readable
• Comic Book ACE ArchiveReadable
• comic book archive, RAR containerReadable
• comic book archive, tar containerReadable
• comic book archive, ZIP containerReadable

Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• PRONOM fmt/1462
• Wikidata Q507860

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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