Free Comic Book Reader

Free Comic Book Reader is a basic yet useful piece of software developed to help you open and access the contents of CBZ files, a type of comic book archive using ZIP compression algorithms.

Compact and practical looks

The utility features a simple and novice-friendly GUI, most of its functions being quite intuitive and easy to devise, without much prior experience in using similar tools.
The interface of Free Comic Book Reader is adjustable in terms of size, so you can display your CBZ files in full screen, in order to view more details, particularly in the dialogue bubbles.

Swiftly open and read CBZ comic books on your computer

First off, it should be noted that the application can only successfully load CBZ format files, other types of comic books (CBR, BA, CBT, etc) or even images not being supported by Free Comic Book Reader.
Since drag and drop actions are also not supported, you need to browse through your system and load the file into the program. Its contents are displayed in just instants, allowing you to zoom in and out of the picture with the help of the ribbon buttons, the ‘View’ menu options or the ‘+’ and ‘-’ keys on your keyboard.
Similarly, you can move backwards and forward between the pages either by resorting to ribbon functions, keyboard buttons or even your mouse scroll wheel. However, Free Comic Book Reader only lets you view one page at a time, not providing you with the option to display them side by side. Aside from these, the utility does not dispose of other configurable options.

A straightforward CBZ viewer

In short, Free Comic Book Reader is a handy yet fairly limited application which you can resort to for viewing CBZ format comics, being quite accessible for novices, despite its minimalistic functionality having little chance with more experienced individuals.