Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report For 3/14/2013

We are back with another edition of Let’s Get Digital in time for this week’s releases. With so many great comics to choose from we know it can be a little crazy when it comes to picking out your pull list, so check out these buzz worthy books out now and don’t forget to join the fun with us over on Twitter, Facebook and even Google Plus today!

Digital Firsts

Persia Blues #1: Minoo Shirazi is a rebellious young Iranian woman, struggling to define herself amidst the strict social conventions of an oppressive regime, and the differing wishes of an overbearing father, in between life in Iran and life in midwestern America. Minoo Shirazi is also a free-spirited adventurer in a fantasy world, a place where aspects of modern America and ancient Persia meld into a unique landscape. And yet, neither of these women are the true Minoo Shirazi. At the intersection of guilt and freedom, family and self, ancient myths and modern enigmas, lies… Persia Blues.

Edison Rex #6: Three familiar strangers make Edison Rex an irresistible offer. But is getting everything he’s ever wanted worth the price he would have to pay? And what would it mean for the rest of the world if he accepts? 

Same Day as Print

Wolverine Vol. 5 #1: The best there is at what he does doing what he does best! When Wolverine finds himself the bargaining chip in a hostage situation, he must make a decision to save a little boy that will follow him forever…literally! 

Shrugged Vol. 2 #1: You think you’re prepared, but you’re not. You’ve been decisive in your actions up to this point, but now things have been turned upside down. You feel you’ve conformed your mindset and are ready to accept what you’re about to experience, but you haven’t. That’s because SHRUGGED is back and ready to blow your mind! Theo and his friends are entering their final year of high school, and even though Ange and Dev are still along for the ride, a host of new characters have joined in on the adventure! But, everything isn’t all fun and games this time around as an evil force has also returned and is preparing to silence those voices inside their heads…permanently. If you thought you knew what fear was, you haven’t seen anything yet!

Batman (2011-) #18: In the wake of unspeakable tragedy, Batman is in danger of losing his humanity. And in the backup story, fan-favorite character Harper Row returns–but will she be able to pull Batman back from the brink?

Collections and Graphic Novels

Atomic Robo: The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific Vol. 7: Invented by Nikola Tesla in 1923, Atomic Robo went on be a soldier, a scientist, an entrepreneur, and an explorer whose adventures span the globe. This one begins in the South Pacific. The year is 1951. World War Two concluded six years ago, but its mark is felt in this remote part of the world in ways no one could have predicted…

Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation Vol. 2: When the Federation’s most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy alliance with one of the Doctor’s most hated antagonists, the result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!

New and Noteworthy 

PunisherMax Annual #1: Eddie Gands is on the run from the crosshairs of the Punisher’s rifle. His only hope? A web of back-alley connections that might give Eddie home court advantage over his pursuer. That is, unless the Punisher is playing an entirely different game.

X-O Manowar (1992) #1/2: Prelude to the Wolfbridge Affair! Someone is breaking the most dangerous inmates out of Toyo Harada’s correctional facility for mentally unstable Harbingers and he needs Aric’s help to stop them!