Buy DRM-free comics and read them instantly in Panels
Panels Store is a DRM-free digital comics marketplace built by the team behind Panels, the iOS and Mac comic reader used by hundreds of thousands of readers. Readers can discover, buy, download, and read comics without platform lock-in. Creators and publishers keep 80%, stay non-exclusive, and get access to an audience already reading comics every day.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I’m Victor, co-founder of Panels.
For the last 8 years, we’ve been building Panels as a DRM-free comic reader for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The app has grown in popularity, but there was always one big problem:
Panels was a great place to read comics, but not a great place to discover or buy them.
Readers had to find DRM-free comics somewhere else, download them, import them, and then read them in Panels. That worked for power users, but it created friction for everyone else. It also meant we were helping people read comics without doing enough to directly support the creators making them.
So we built Panels Store - available via the web and inside the Panels app.
Panels Store is a DRM-free marketplace for digital comics, connected to the reader people already use.
For readers:
• Buy comics without DRM
• Download your files or stream them to read directly in Panels(no need to download full files)
• Keep access to your library without being locked into a closed platform
For creators and publishers:
• Keep 80% of every sale
• No exclusivity
• No DRM
• No technical setup required
• Reach an audience that is already reading comics
We started focusing on indie/independent creators and small publishers. We are now in conversations with bigger publishers that want to join our platform.
We are still early. The store is live, the catalog is growing, and we are now bringing it closer to the Panels app experience. Our long-term goal is simple: make it easier for readers to discover great comics and easier for creators to sell them without giving up control.
Would love your feedback, especially if you read comics, publish comics, or care about DRM-free digital ownership.
Victor
About Panels Store on Product Hunt
“Buy DRM-free comics and read them instantly in Panels”
Panels Store launched on Product Hunt on May 4th, 2026 and earned 118 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. Panels Store is a DRM-free digital comics marketplace built by the team behind Panels, the iOS and Mac comic reader used by hundreds of thousands of readers. Readers can discover, buy, download, and read comics without platform lock-in. Creators and publishers keep 80%, stay non-exclusive, and get access to an audience already reading comics every day.
On the analytics side, Panels Store competes within iOS and Comics & Graphic Novels — topics that collectively have 114.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Panels Store performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Panels Store?
Panels Store was hunted by Victor Baro. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Panels Store including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Victor Baro