Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for October 19th 2011

This week Doctor Who joins The IDW collection, Key of Z gets a Same Day as Print release, Marvel brings out The Fearless and DC continues to Rock the New 52! Plus more new comics from Image, Dynamite and all your favorite publishers. What are you waiting for? Let’s Get Digital

Same Day as Print

Batman #2- Batman hunts a new and deadly killer in Gotham City–a killer with a vendetta against Bruce Wayne! But who is this mysterious killer in an owl skull mask? And is he the key to unlocking one of Gotham’s oldest and most terrifying secrets?

Key of Z #1- From the creators of The Amory Wars saga and Kill Audio comes a deadly new vision of New York City! The zombie apocalypse has transformed the city into two separate battle-hardened fiefdoms! And only one man, whose family has been ripped away from him, stands between these two warring factions. Wielding an artifact from the past that imbues him with a surprising power, find out what happens when he discovers the Key of Z. Features a special zombiefied incentive cover by Tony Moore, co-creator of The Walking Dead!

Dungeons & Dragons #12-  The new story arc kicks off here! Fell’s Five has returned home, only to find shattering news for Khal. He’s heading home, and nothing will stand in his way! Join us as John Rogers and Andrea Di Vito bring us the latest chapter in their thrilling adventures of swords and sorcery!

68 (Sixty-Eight) #5- MINISERIES CONCLUSION! Captain Joe ‘Dunk’ Duncan, CIA agent Declan Rule, Doc Russo and a handful of hardened US troopers hold firebase Aries against hordes of Viet Cong, NVA regulars and the rotting risen dead. It’s ‘Custer’s Last Stand’ Vietnam-style in the action/horror filled conclusion to the series’ initial story arc.

Collections and Graphic Novels

Chew Vol. 2-  Collects Chew #6-10! Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, is on a bizarre new case. A newly discovered fruit takes Agent Chu to a remote island full of secrets, strangeness-and a shadowy killer with a particularly sinister appetite. Presenting the second storyline of IGN.com’s pick for Best Indie Series of 2009 and MTV Splash Page.com’s pick for Best New Series of 2009. Find out what the fuss is about in this latest a twisted and darkly funny comic about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants.

Okie Dokie Donuts: Open For Business!- Good morning! Welcome to Okie Dokie Donuts. Run by pastry pioneer and cunning culinarian, Big Mama! Okie Dokie Donuts is the best little donut shop in town! What’s her secret? Big Mama rolls in a heaping serving of love into each of her hand made creations! Loyal customers can’t get enough of her tantalizing turnovers.

New and Noteworthy

Doctor Who Vol. 2 #1-9- The Eleventh Doctor era starts here! When the TARDIS becomes infected with holographic spam, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory are forced to land on an alien world, but it’s been targeted for invasion by intergalactic mercenaries! Don’t miss the first adventures of the new Doctor and his companions in the latest volume of this critically acclaimed series.

Amazing Spider-Man #648-651 BIG TIME begins! Big changes are happening for Spider-Man: Bigger threats, bigger guest-stars, and a big opportunity that could turn Peter Parker’s life around! Guest starring The Avengers and The Fantastic Four!

Killing Pickman #4- Convicted child killer Richard Pickman now rots in a cell at Heorot maximum security prison. Has the evil been contained? All who have come into contact with Pickman are plagued with nightmares, paranoia, and thoughts of suicide. Pickman himself claims that he can simply ‘walk out’ of his prison whenever he chooses. Fearing for his life and the lives of all those whom he holds dear, Detective William Zhu does the unthinkable – he bribes a guard at the prison to make sure that Pickman’s life comes to an end!

Spaced Warped #2- Far away, in a land long ago…there was an orphaned farm kid with daddy issues trying to rescue an orphaned princess unaware of her daddy issues! In the tradition of Robot Chicken: Star Wars and Spaceballs, Space Warped continues, with a loving, affectionate parody of the greatest science fiction franchise of all time! The second of a two-issue mini-series, this is a fan-pleasing romp that is sure to deliver!

Check out the above titles plus the other 245 new books added to the comiXology collection this week. Tell us what you’re reading on Twitter and Facebook and be sure to keep an eye out for the latest in Digital Comics news right here!