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Comic Book Archive file or ComicBook Reader e-book
File type: E-book file, Archive and compressed file
A cbz file extension is used for popular comics e-book format based on ZIP compression. It's basically a renamed zip that contains several or more images that can be viewed in comic readers in a slideshow mode.
Found 2 different file type records with the same cbz filename suffix.
File type category:
E-book file
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The cbz file extension is used for Comics Book Archives packaged with the ZIP compression.
The cbz file is basically renamed zip file and can be decompressed with any .ZIP file utility.
The CDisplay program displays the comic book images so it is useful to use for this particular zip archive type.
These files typically contain png or jpg files and occasionally gif, bmp, and tiff are seen.
This file format is typically used for comics.
You can use CDisplay Comic Reader or similar software, capable to read *.cbz files.
The *.cbz file is basically ZIP archive file with renamed file extension ZIP on CBZ file extension. Therefore you can rename the CBZ file extension on ZIP and open the file WinZip.
JPEG and PNG images, located within the archive, can be convert in graphic utilities to another graphic image format or you can compress extracted files from CBZ archive in WinRAR and change RAR file extension on CBR file extension and now you have Comic Book Archive file with RAR compression. CBR file can be open in CDisplay Comic Reader.
Programs for viewing cbz files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Apple iOS
Software apps that import cbz files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that print cbz files:
Microsoft Windows
Comic books are a popular printed medium that first appeared in the first half of the 20th century....
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: January 12, 2025
The cbz file extension is associated with the ChessBase, an application for Microsoft Windows that allows users to search in a large database of Chess matches.
The cbz file stores encrypted database archive used by ChessBase.
Use ChessBase to work with *.cbz files.
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
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