Comic Book Zip — a ZIP archive of images (usually JPG/PNG) with the .cbz extension. The de facto format for digital comics.

Does it preserve reading order?

Yes — images are sorted alphabetically (matches most comic readers). Rename files with numeric padding (001, 002) if order is wrong.

What about CBR (RAR)?

Not supported in this tool — browsers can't decompress RAR natively. Extract first with 7-Zip, then re-zip as CBZ.

Images are embedded at original resolution. Large comics produce big PDFs. Use PDF Compressor after if needed.

Convert a comic book archive (.cbz) into an image PDF. Part of the DevTools Surf developer suite. Browse more tools in the PDF collection.

CBZ files are just ZIP archives full of images — the tool reads them in alphabetical order
Each image becomes a single PDF page, scaled to fit A4
Works for most CBZ (comic) and CBR→CBZ converted archives

CBZ and CBR use the same image ordering convention as scanners: alphabetical sort with zero-padded page numbers (page-001, page-002…).
The CBZ format (Comic Book ZIP) emerged in the early 2000s as a free alternative to the proprietary CDisplay .cbr RAR format.
CBZ archives typically contain 20–40 images per issue; digital-first comics can push that to 100+ pages per archive.

What's a CBZ file?: Comic Book Zip — a ZIP archive of images (usually JPG/PNG) with the .cbz extension. The de facto format for digital comics.
Does it preserve reading order?: Yes — images are sorted alphabetically (matches most comic readers). Rename files with numeric padding (001, 002) if order is wrong.
What about CBR (RAR)?: Not supported in this tool — browsers can't decompress RAR natively. Extract first with 7-Zip, then re-zip as CBZ.
PDF size and quality?: Images are embedded at original resolution. Large comics produce big PDFs. Use PDF Compressor after if needed.

Convert a comic book archive (.cbz) into an image PDF. Part of the DevTools Surf developer suite. Browse more tools in the PDF collection.

CBZ files are just ZIP archives full of images — the tool reads them in alphabetical order
Each image becomes a single PDF page, scaled to fit A4
Works for most CBZ (comic) and CBR→CBZ converted archives

CBZ and CBR use the same image ordering convention as scanners: alphabetical sort with zero-padded page numbers (page-001, page-002…).
The CBZ format (Comic Book ZIP) emerged in the early 2000s as a free alternative to the proprietary CDisplay .cbr RAR format.
CBZ archives typically contain 20–40 images per issue; digital-first comics can push that to 100+ pages per archive.

What's a CBZ file?: Comic Book Zip — a ZIP archive of images (usually JPG/PNG) with the .cbz extension. The de facto format for digital comics.
Does it preserve reading order?: Yes — images are sorted alphabetically (matches most comic readers). Rename files with numeric padding (001, 002) if order is wrong.
What about CBR (RAR)?: Not supported in this tool — browsers can't decompress RAR natively. Extract first with 7-Zip, then re-zip as CBZ.
PDF size and quality?: Images are embedded at original resolution. Large comics produce big PDFs. Use PDF Compressor after if needed.