Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for 1/2/2013

2013 is here and with it comes a slew of great new comics to kick off the new year right! With 2012 foundly behind us this year plans to be bigger and better for your favorite digital comic reading platform and it all starts now! Check out the list below for just a few of this week’s new releases then let us know what your reading today over on Twitter, Facebook or even Google Plus  and finally… fasten your seat belts because 2013 is going to be one wild ride!

Digital First

Banshee Origins: Lucas Hood is an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. But who was Lucas before he falsely took up the badge? Banshee: Origins gives fans of the hit series the story behind the story at last! Lucas’ doomed love affair with fellow thief Anastasia, his ill-fated betrayal of Ukranian crime-lord Rabbit, as well as his peculiar relationship with the cross-dressing master hacker Job– it’s all here in four-color noir glory!

Same Day as Print 

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake #1: Fan-Favorite Adventure Time Sensations Fionna And Cake Arrive To The Hit Adventure Time Comic! Join Cake The Cat And Fionna The Human In This Totally Algebraic New Adventure, Written And Drawn By Fionna And Cake Creator And Adventure Time Storyboard Artist Natasha Allegri! When Fionna Rescues A Feral Flame Boy From A Pack Of Wild Fire Lions, It Starts Her On A Quest She’ll Never Forget… Don’t Miss Out On This Sure-To-Be Insanely Popular New Adventure Time Mini-Series!

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #2: Queen Chrysalis has returned! Our ponies have no time to horse around, as they set off to rescue their friends from Chrysalis kingdom. What magical adventures await them, and where the heck is Princess Celestia?

New Avengers Vol. 3 #1: To prevent a collision of universes, the Illuminati must assemble NOW! Led by the Black Panther, the most powerful and brilliant team in the Marvel Universe is up against an infinite legion of parallel realities!

Collections and Graphic Novels

Castle Waiting Vol. 1: Castle Waiting is the story of an isolated, abandoned castle, and the eccentric inhabitants who bring it back to life. A fable for modern times, it is a fairy tale that’s not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil — but about being a hero in your own home. The opening chapter tells the origin of the castle itself, which is abandoned by its princess in a comic twist on “Sleeping Beauty” when she rides off into the sunset with her Prince Charming.

New & Noteworthy Back Issues

Cyborg 009 Vol. 5: 172-Pages! Now Cyborg009 team flies into the war area in Vietnam, but the only target is the Black Ghost who is behind the scene and manipulating the man-made-war-disaster. The soldiers in Vietnam was led be a black costume leader the “Cyborg Man” , 009 Joe, 004 Heinrich and 007 Great Britain intentionally becomes their hostage to get closer to the leader…. NOTE: This Manga reads right to left.

 Green Lantern (1990-2004) #15:Things are getting out of control. The cannibal aliens are overwhelming their human prey and John Stewart doesn’t seem able to stop them! What does this mean for the citizens of this mosaic world? “Mosaic” part 2.