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Comic Vine

Comics, characters and issue database

🎮 GamesDEADchecked 6h ago
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Comic Vine API returns characters, issues, volumes and teams as JSON. Free API key after signup at comicvine.gamespot.com.

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Docs ↗
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Uptime history
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/characters/?format=json&limit=1

{
  "error": "Invalid API Key",
  "limit": 0,
  "offset": 0,
  "number_of_page_results": 0,
  "number_of_total_results": 0,
  "status_code": 100,
  "results": []
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/characters/?format=json&limit=1"
const res = await fetch("https://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/characters/?format=json&limit=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/characters/?format=json&limit=1")
print(res.json())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 3DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /api/characters/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10 no longer responds reliably
GET/api/characters/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10PROBED

Paginated character list.

GET/api/issues/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10

Recent comic issues.

GET/api/search/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&query=batman&resources=character

Search characters by name.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Comic Vine: common questions

Is Comic Vine free to use?

Yes — Comic Vine is a free games API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Comic Vine need an API key?

Yes — Comic Vine needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Comic Vine from the browser?

Not directly — Comic Vine doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Comic Vine up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Comic Vine is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.