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Read a comic

Find a series, open an issue, and read it panel by panel or turning the pages.

In Broadcast: Library, Comics. With a remote: Left and Right turn the page, OK shows the bar, Options opens the reader settings.
In Classic or Neu: Library, the Comics tab.

Simple

  1. If it applies Comics aren’t set up yet

    They need a free ComicVine key first: that’s where the series and issue details come from. Set up comics walks you through it in a couple of minutes.

  2. Your comics

    Every series you have, on shelves. A series is one run of a comic, like Saga or Amazing Spider-Man, with its issues numbered #1, #2 and on.

  3. Find your series

    Type part of its name, then tap its cover.

  4. Open an issue

    Press Read on the issue you want. No Read button? That issue isn’t downloaded yet: it says Wanted while Usherr looks for it.

  5. How do you want to read?
    Panels or page turn
    Panels (guided view)Zooms to each panel in reading order and dims the rest, like a comics app. Best on a phone, where a whole page is too small to read.Needs a moment to find the panels on each page. Splash pages and covers are shown whole.
    Page turnPages curl like paper; two side by side on a wide screen. Best on a computer, a tablet or the TV.Small text is hard to read on a phone.

    ★ Panels on a phone, page turn on a big screen.

    ↻ Switch any time from the bar at the top of the reader. Usherr remembers your choice.

  6. If it applies Panels

    Press Panels. Then tap the right side of the screen, or swipe, to go panel by panel. Whole page shows the full page; the next tap goes on.

  7. If it applies You’re reading in Panels

    Tap the right side of the screen, or swipe, to go panel by panel. Whole page shows the full page; the next tap goes on.

  8. If it applies Page turn

    Press Panels again to go back to whole pages, turning like paper.

  9. If it applies Turning the pages

    Drag a corner, tap the right side, or swipe; the arrow keys and the space bar work too. Speed sets how fast the pages turn.

  10. The reader’s bar

    The slider at the bottom jumps to any page. X closes: Usherr keeps your page, on every device.

  11. Happy reading

    Your place is kept in every issue, so you can stop any time.

    Next time: Library, Comics, your series, Read.

Advanced: every option

  1. If it applies Comics aren’t set up yet

    They need a free ComicVine key first: that’s where the series and issue details come from. Set up comics walks you through it in a couple of minutes.

  2. Your comics

    Every series you have, on shelves. A series is one run of a comic, like Saga or Amazing Spider-Man, with its issues numbered #1, #2 and on.

  3. How the shelves work

    Rows group your series by publisher, decade, A–Z, or what’s still wanted (pick above the shelves). “Story arcs for you” suggests big stories that run through series you have.

  4. Find your series

    Type part of its name, then tap its cover.

  5. Open an issue

    Press Read on the issue you want. No Read button? That issue isn’t downloaded yet: it says Wanted while Usherr looks for it.

  6. How do you want to read?
    Panels or page turn
    Panels (guided view)Zooms to each panel in reading order and dims the rest, like a comics app. Best on a phone, where a whole page is too small to read.Needs a moment to find the panels on each page. Splash pages and covers are shown whole.
    Page turnPages curl like paper; two side by side on a wide screen. Best on a computer, a tablet or the TV.Small text is hard to read on a phone.

    ★ Panels on a phone, page turn on a big screen.

    ↻ Switch any time from the bar at the top of the reader. Usherr remembers your choice.

  7. If it applies Panels

    Press Panels. Then tap the right side of the screen, or swipe, to go panel by panel. Whole page shows the full page; the next tap goes on.

  8. If it applies You’re reading in Panels

    Tap the right side of the screen, or swipe, to go panel by panel. Whole page shows the full page; the next tap goes on.

  9. If it applies Page turn

    Press Panels again to go back to whole pages, turning like paper.

  10. If it applies Turning the pages

    Drag a corner, tap the right side, or swipe; the arrow keys and the space bar work too. Speed sets how fast the pages turn.

  11. The reader’s bar

    The slider at the bottom jumps to any page. Start over goes back to page 1. Slide shows one page at a time with fit to width, an in-between of the two. X closes: your page is kept, on every device, and an issue read to the end counts as read.

  12. Reading options

    The sliders button chooses how you read: right to left or left to right, one page, two pages, panels, a webtoon scroll or a wide strip, and more reading options: the progress bar, hiding the header (M brings it back), greyscale, dim pages and the background. Keyboard shortcuts lists the keys. Nothing changes until you choose.

  13. Catch me up

    Back on the series page, Catch me up (when AI is on) writes a recap of the story up to the last issue you read. Handy after a break.

  14. Happy reading

    Your place is kept in every issue, so you can stop any time.

    Next time: Library, Comics, your series, Read.