Track every
issue. Fill
every gap.
BackIssue is a comic collection manager. It matches your series to ComicVine, shows what you're missing, and downloads it automatically — then tags, converts, and files every issue.
Everything a collection needs
Issue #01 — FeaturesCollection tracking
Every series matched to ComicVine, owned/missing at a glance, filters for incomplete or problem series, deep-linkable views.
Automatic downloads
A live queue that tries every enabled source in your priority order — Usenet, torrents, and plugin sources — first match wins.
Smart pack handling
Multi-issue packs are matched issue-by-issue against your gaps. Only what's missing gets imported; nothing you own is touched.
Metadata done right
ComicVine metadata embedded into every file as ComicInfo.xml, CBR→CBZ conversion, and consistent library-friendly naming.
In-browser reader
Read your comics in the browser — paged, double-page, or webtoon — with resume, bookmarks, per-user history, reading lists, and story-arc import. Or use a native app over OPDS.
Android, iPhone & iPad
Native companion apps for phone and tablet — sign in with your account, read with full resume and bookmarks, download issues for offline, and add or request comics on the go.
Books & audiobooks
Shelve EPUBs and audiobooks beside your comics, each with a reader or player of its own — highlights, notes, read-aloud, chapters, and positions that follow you between devices.
Multi-user
Accounts, roles, and fine-grained permissions. Household members can browse, read, and request; you control who can reshape the library or change settings.
Weekly releases
See what shipped this week for the series you follow and grab anything you're missing in one click — or let a schedule do it.
Requests & notifications
Let people request volumes and approve them from a queue; an in-app notification centre keeps everyone posted — and the Notifications Hub plugin relays events to Discord, Telegram, and more.
You add a series. BackIssue matches it to ComicVine, compares the issue list against the files you own, and shows what's missing. Ask it to download the gaps — or let the scheduler do it — and it searches your sources in priority order, grabs the best match, converts and tags the file, names it consistently, and files it into your library. You watch it all happen live in the queue.
Find your way
The table of contentsInstall, first-run setup, and a tour of the app.
Adding series, ComicVine matching, monitoring, bulk actions.
How issues get found and fetched; the queue; manual searches; packs.
Usenet, torrents, and the download sites you can add.
Importing existing files, scanning, tagging, naming, maintenance tools.
The in-browser reader, reading lists, and reading stats.
EPUBs and audiobooks shelved beside your comics.
The Android and iPhone/iPad apps — offline reading anywhere.
Accounts, roles, and permissions.
Every setting, explained.
Up and running
in one command.
Pull the image, mount your comics folder, open the app. The first-run wizard walks you through the rest.
Read the install guide →