Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for February 15th, 2012

ComiXology is coming at you this week with over 40 Same Day as Print books and more classic back issues from all your favorite publishers. With so many great titles to choose from we’ve hand picked a few titles to get you started! Take a look at what’s new this week and get those devices ready. All of this weeks books are live and ready for download!

Same Day as Print

Road Rage #1- Acclaimed novelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborated with his father, Stephen King, for the first time on a tale that paid tribute to Richard Matheson’s classic tale, Duel. Now, IDW is proud to present comic-book tellings of both stories in Road Rage. First up, is the Hill/King adventure tale, Throttle! Adapted by Chris Ryall alongside Hill & King and featuring art by Nelson Daniel (Joe Hill’s The Cape), Throttle tells the tale of a motorcycle gang pursued by an unseen assailant in a big rig!

Peter Panzefaust #1- The city of Calais is the first city in France to fall to the Germans in the spring of 1940. A mysterious American boy named Peter rallies a handful of plucky French orphans and they must work together to survive Europe’s darkest hour. From the writer of the critically acclaimed GREEN WAKE and THE INTREPIDS comes a new ongoing series: PETER PANZERFAUST, a high energy action story that blends Red Dawn with Peter Pan.

Transformer: More Than Meets The Eye #2- The new TRANSFORMERS direction blasts off! Trapped in space, their ship critically damaged, the Autobots try to rally what’s left of their forces. And to complicate matters, Skids arrives on the scene, guns blazing! Who is he? What does he want? Where does he come from? Unfortunately, not even Skids knows the answers…

Sacrifice #3- Hector and the Royal Rebel are on the run, hunted by greatest warrior in the history of the Aztec Empire! Does he want their blood, or something else? Whose heart will end up on the altar of the god of war? Join Hector, a dude on a one-way trip through the past, the present, and the psychedelic into the the glory of the Aztec Empire in SACRIFICE — a new comic book by SAM HUMPHRIES

Collections and Graphic Novels

Hey Princess- 480 pages! Hey Princess is a story of moving to the big city, and being young, insecure and desperate to be as hip as everyone else. When first published in Sweden, the book received praise among both critics and readers for its incisive and entertaining account of indie pop-listening young people in the mid-1990s. Hey Princess takes its place in the proud tradition of self-deprecating, confessional, sex-obsessed and guilt-ridden autobiographical comics, but stakes out a unique identity by virtue of its Nordic setting and biting social criticism.

Super Pro K.O. Vol.1:  250+ pages! Joe Somiano is late to his first match in Super Pro K.O.!, and has no clue what awaits him in the rowdy ring! A seasoned sumo wrestler, a jolly luchador, a flambouyant tag team, suspicious executives, and a drunken Heavyweight Champion all stand between him and the superstardom that is his destiny. If the huge egos, clothesline take-downs, and broken chairs across the head don’t squash Joe’s dreams, he may just come out on top. But if he’s going to take home the champion’s belt, he’ll need to bring his best moves against the likes of S.P.K.O.! stars Tomahawk Slamson, Yoko No-No, Mr. Awesomeness 2, and many more in this grand slamma jamma event of a graphic novel!

We Kill Monsters: Collecting #1-6 of We Kill Monsters! Two unassuming auto repair shop owners discover that monsters are infesting the world. When they are attacked, the glowing blue juice from the monster’s brain heals his arm and saves Jake’s life. But this gift only begins a life-long link to the monster invasion. From the creators of Sci-Fi TV’s Lost Room mini-series.

New & Noteworthy back issues

Salvation Run #1-7: Spinning out of COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA! The world has finally had enough of the villains of the DCU–so they’re exiling the evildoers to another planet, where they’ll be left to their own diabolical devices! Who will thrive and who will survive? Exiled to a distant hell planet, the villains of the DCU split into warring factions led by Lex Luthor and The Joker!

Steed and Mrs. Peel #1: From the one and only Grant Morrison — “The Golden Game Part One: Crown and Anchor!” Your favorite Avengers finally return! When Tara King is kidnapped by a mysterious organization, John Steed and Emma Peel must reunite to solve this mystery. Featuring gorgeous art from Ian Gibson, best-known for his work with Alan Moore on “The Ballad of Halo Jones.” A science fiction/spy fiction mash-up from Grant Morrison and two of TV’s most iconic heroes!