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🙏 Credits & Data Sources

Everything below is either a free public API, an open-source/openly-licensed dataset, or code we generate ourselves. Nothing here is presented as our own original work where it isn't.

1. Comic & Book Metadata

  • Open Library - a free, open API from the Internet Archive. Used for general book/graphic-novel search results and cover images.
  • ComicVine (GameSpot/Fandom) - a dedicated comics database API. Used as a fallback source for comic covers Open Library doesn't have.

2. Manga & Anime Metadata

  • Kitsu - a free anime/manga database API. Used for manga catalog entries, covers, and synopses.
  • Jikan - a free, unofficial MyAnimeList API. Used for on-demand character search and photos.
  • MyAnimeList - the underlying source for a small, hand-verified list of manga/anime character photos used in the Team-building feature.

3. Superhero Character Images

Real Western superhero portraits (Batman, Wonder Woman, Kingpin, and ~550 others) are sourced from akabab/superhero-api, an MIT-licensed open-source dataset, with images hosted via jsdelivr's open CDN.

4. Generated (Not Hotlinked) Assets

Where no real image is available or reliable, Comicpanna generates its own placeholder instead of showing a broken image or one shared stock photo for everything:

  • Default avatars & character icons - a same-document inline SVG "initials badge" we generate ourselves. No external request, no third-party asset.
  • Comic covers with no available art - a generated SVG cover card using the comic's own title and publisher color, so different cover-less comics don't look like duplicates of each other.

5. AI Lore & Power-Scaling Recaps

AI-generated summaries use a multi-provider fallback chain (Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, Cloudflare Workers AI), falling back to a built-in local lore engine if none are available. Only the public title/synopsis of a comic is ever sent to any AI provider.

6. Notifications

Push notifications use the standard Web Push protocol with VAPID, via the open-source minishlink/web-push PHP library. No third-party push service (e.g. Firebase) is involved - messages go directly from our server to your browser's push service.

7. Trademarks & Fair Use

Marvel, DC, Shueisha, Kodansha, and all other publisher/character names and imagery referenced above remain the property of their respective copyright and trademark holders. Comicpanna is a non-commercial, transformative fan project operating under the Fair Use doctrine - see our Terms of Use for details.