AHHHHH IT WORKED!!!! THANK YOU!
Turns out it was just simple as that, I was lead astray by my own brain from reading all the different posts about zipping and cbz and the extra stuff. That worked beautifully and now I have both the TOC I want and all the titles/author info ^u^ <3
This is a holiday miracle that I figure out new technology (to me) hahaha! I will try ComicTagger from a cbz first to get the XML with all the info I want too, and keep on experimenting.
You're amazing!! Thank you again for all of your patience with me and your kind help. I am absolutely in love with this tool! I hope you have a great end to the year and a wonderful start in the next xD