diff --git a/API/Parser/Parser.cs b/API/Parser/Parser.cs
index cc2ac7b5e..828f7cc86 100644
--- a/API/Parser/Parser.cs
+++ b/API/Parser/Parser.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ namespace API.Parser
     {
         public static readonly string MangaFileExtensions = @"\.cbz|\.zip"; // |\.rar|\.cbr
         public static readonly string ImageFileExtensions = @"\.png|\.jpeg|\.jpg|\.gif";
+        private static readonly string XmlRegexExtensions = @"\.xml";
         private static readonly Regex ImageRegex = new Regex(ImageFileExtensions, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
         private static readonly Regex MangaFileRegex = new Regex(MangaFileExtensions, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private static readonly Regex XmlRegex = new Regex(XmlRegexExtensions, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         //?: is a non-capturing group in C#, else anything in () will be a group
         private static readonly Regex[] MangaVolumeRegex = new[]
@@ -406,6 +408,12 @@ namespace API.Parser
             return ImageRegex.IsMatch(fileInfo.Extension);
         }
         
+        public static bool IsXml(string filePath)
+        {
+            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(filePath);
+            return XmlRegex.IsMatch(fileInfo.Extension);
+        }
+        
         public static float MinimumNumberFromRange(string range)
         {
             var tokens = range.Split("-");
@@ -416,5 +424,7 @@ namespace API.Parser
         {
             return name.ToLower().Replace("-", "").Replace(" ", "");
         }
+
+        
     }
 }
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diff --git a/API/Services/ArchiveService.cs b/API/Services/ArchiveService.cs
index 716c0d91b..e7fd988b8 100644
--- a/API/Services/ArchiveService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/ArchiveService.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using API.Extensions;
 using API.Interfaces;
 using API.Interfaces.Services;
@@ -146,7 +149,34 @@ namespace API.Services
 
         public string GetSummaryInfo(string archivePath)
         {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            var summary = "";
+            if (!IsValidArchive(archivePath)) return summary;
+            
+            using var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(archivePath);
+            if (!archive.HasFiles()) return summary;
+            
+            var info = archive.Entries.SingleOrDefault(x => Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(x.Name).ToLower() == "comicinfo" && Parser.Parser.IsXml(x.FullName));
+            if (info == null) return summary;
+            
+            // Parse XML file
+            try
+            {
+                using var stream = info.Open();
+                var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ComicInfo));
+                ComicInfo comicInfo = 
+                    (ComicInfo)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
+                
+                if (comicInfo != null)
+                {
+                    return comicInfo.Summary;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (AggregateException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "There was an issue parsing ComicInfo.xml from {ArchivePath}", archivePath);
+            }
+
+            return summary;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/API/Services/ComicInfo.cs b/API/Services/ComicInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f994d224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/API/Services/ComicInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+namespace API.Services
+{
+    public class ComicInfo
+    {
+        public string Summary;
+        public string Title;
+        public string Series;
+        public string Notes;
+        public string Publisher;
+        public string Genre;
+        public int PageCount;
+        public string LanguageISO;
+        public string Web;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/API/Services/MetadataService.cs b/API/Services/MetadataService.cs
index 023c1decc..c762bdbf7 100644
--- a/API/Services/MetadataService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/MetadataService.cs
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ namespace API.Services
              }
              series.CoverImage = firstCover?.CoverImage;
           }
+
+          if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(series.Summary) && !forceUpdate) return;
           
-          if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(series.Summary) || forceUpdate)
+          var firstVolume = series.Volumes.FirstOrDefault(v => v.Chapters.Any() && v.Number == 1);
+          var firstChapter = firstVolume?.Chapters.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Files.Any());
+          if (firstChapter != null)
           {
-             series.Summary = _archiveService.GetSummaryInfo(series.Volumes.First().Chapters.First().Files.First().FilePath);
+             series.Summary = _archiveService.GetSummaryInfo(firstChapter.Files.FirstOrDefault()?.FilePath);
           }
        }