Did you know that the New York Public Library considers Comics and Comic Books to be one of the most pervasive and influential media forms of 20th century pop culture?

No? Neither did we, but it's true! What we DO know is that they are a fantastic form of entertainment and the iPhone and iPod Touch are absolutely perfect devices for viewing them on the go.

With so many of the Golden Age comics falling out of copyright it seemed almost criminal to be able to create ComicZeal and not do it.

So here it is, ComicZeal is your gateway to the fabulous world of Golden Age comics. Take these collector's items on the bus with you, read them waiting for steaming hot coffee or just show them off to your friends.

ComicZeal works in portrait and landscape mode to suit the orientation of the page or panel you're reading. Just tilt the iPhone to change the orientation.

It remembers what page you were up to for each comic in your collection and will take you straight there next time you read it.

Because ComicZeal uses pinch-zoom and fingertip scrolling you can move around the page really quickly and zoom in to detail when you need to.

Before reading, comics are downloaded to your iPhone or iPod Touch for quick page changes and access when you're off the net.

ComicZeal's built-in downloader lets you browse our great collection of copyright-free Golden Age comics and download them straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

All the comics are free and you can download as many as you want.

If you are interested in importing your own comic scans into ComicZeal let us know and we'll put you right on the beta for the generator.

Check out our website to see all the available comics and keep checking back as we'll continue to add more as we process them.

Please note you'll have to be connected to the internet via wi-fi to download comics.

The first time you start ComicZeal it may take a few seconds as it moves the included comics into the database, the delay only happens the first time.