Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for January 25th, 2012

With another Wednesday upon us it’s time once again to take a look at what’s hot on comiXology this week and available for download right now.  We’ve got a rocking sale going on right now celebrating all things Infestation just in time for the release of IDW’s Infestation 2 plus a ton of other great comics from all your favorite publishers; now Let’s Get Digital!

Same Day as Print:

Infestation 2 #1- Last year’s groundbreaking Infestation series, IDW’s first-ever event, saw many teams from multiple universes fight off a zombie invasion. Now, an even bigger threat has risen to threaten the growing IDW multiverse: Lovecraftian demons threaten to reach across time and space and destroy everyone everywhere and everywhen! Also featuring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this framing issue presents a threat that perhaps not even TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOEs, Danger Girl, and others can surmount!

Captain America and Bucky #626- Captain America battles Bucky Barnes! Who is this uncanny twin to Cap’s first sidekick, and where did he come from? The deadly legacy of the original Human Torch and the mad android Adam II revealed!

Archie #629- In part three of the most historic team-up in comics, the Archies learn more about what brought the KISS members to Riverdale, and how the two groups have to unite to stop a band of monsters from turning Riverdale into a forgotten town, full of zombified teens!

Aquaman #5- Aquaman has been left for dead in the middle of the desert! But how did the King of Atlantis find himself marooned in such a hellish environment? As Aquaman struggles to survive impossible odds, what extreme measures will he resort to in order to stay alive?

Collections and Graphic Novels:

Pistolwhip Vol.1:  A naive bellhop’s struggle towards a life’s ambition, an expatriate musician on the run, a young woman’s battle with her paranoia and her past, and the mysterious figure who wants to control their lives. Set in an exotic atmosphere of a by-gone era, Pistolwhip is a marvelous tale crafted with a crime noir feel and an artistic style reminiscent of the best European graphic novelists.

 Broadcast: The TV Doodles of Henry Flint: The mind of Henry Flint is a galaxy of beautiful atrocities – a nightmare factory where the bestial becomes benign, the mundane magical. Henry Flint is at once a full-service doodling savant and a one-man alien zoo, and this never-before-seen collection of his personal work is an attempt to chart a single, crooked leg of the artistic journey he takes daily. Welcome to the best of the bestiary!

 Baja: Illustrator Nathan St John and writer Ben Wagner bring modern noir to the West in the original graphic novel Baja. In this sexy, twisting thriller, Hil and Zack – a beautiful woman and a man who knows better – must escape a stalker whose fate is tied to their own. St John and Wagner play with conventions, leading readers in unexpected directions with a story that deftly weaves two tales of love, sex, greed, and betrayal. St John’s distinctive art style perfectly matches the shadowy criminal world of Baja.

HALO: Fall of Reach- Boot Camp: This is where it all began. Before he was Master Chief, he was John — a boy stolen from his parents and conscripted into the SPARTAN II program on the fortress world of Reach. These are desperate times in the human colonies, with galactic civil war just a heartbeat away, and only Dr. Catherine Halsey understands the terrible price humanity must pay to keep from destroying itself. Collecting Halo: Fall of Reach – Boot Camp #1-4

New & Noteworthy:

Kamandi The Last Boy on Earth #7-12: The Last Boy on Earth becomes a bargaining chip in a battle of the species! Gorilla Men capture Kamandi and seek to trade him over to the Lion Men for the return of their giant ape!

 Incorruptible #1 Artist Edition: The first issue of the smash-hit fan-favorite series that took the world by storm is now available in a brand new deluxe artist edition! Experience the supervillain-turned-superhero epic like never before with the original line art and a whole slew of extras that will have you falling in love with Incorruptible all over again. With this must-have collector’s item, you’ll know why Publishers Weekly says ‘Mark Waid is Unstoppable!’

 Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things #1 & #2:  Courtney liked her life. She had friends scattered throughout her city neighborhood. She enjoyed school, and her teachers and classes were the best. But that was before. Now Courtney’s parents have dragged her out to a high-to-do suburb to live with her creepy Great Uncle Aloysius in his spooky old house. And while her parents have slipped easily into their new social status, Courtney now has to deal with snobby classmates and the strange shadowy visitors that often come to visit her uncle. Now, instead of kids from the neighborhood, her only friends are ghastly ghouls and spooky spirits. Hmmm… maybe this won’t be so bad after all…