One perfect comic
Starter
500 credits
$5
About two Economy Comic Shorts — enough for one great gift pass with room to tweak.
Free jacket · Credits when the gift is ready
Pricing that matches the gift
Jacket summaries are free — try one on the home page or in the studio with no account. Credits power Comic Shorts, character bake, and regen when you are signed in. Full Fiction chapters run on the xAI story engine and require an account; they are not billed per invented credit line.
Gift-named packs
Buy credits when the blurb already feels like a gift
Best value
The whole cast
Creator
2,000 credits
$15
Several Economy shorts plus bake and regen room for the full cast.
A season of covers
Studio
5,000 credits
$35
Premium shorts, headroom for regenerations, and room to iterate covers.
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Honest costs
What each credit action costs
| Action | Economy | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Jacket summary (back-cover blurb) | Free | |
| Character bake (likeness lock) | 8 | 20 |
| Comic Short (full short) | 250 | 650 |
| Page regen | 25 | 70 |
| Panel regen | 5 | 15 |
| Full Fiction chapters | Account required · xAI story engine (not metered as a fixed credit line on this page) | |
Rates match the live product constants in the studio. Quality (Economy / Premium) is chosen when Format = Comic book.
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