The Walking Dead Skybound Sale Has Been Extended!

Due to the unprecedented demand stemming from AMC’s The Walking Dead Season 2 finale we’ve extended this past weekend’s Skybound Sale a few more days!

Pick up Robert Kirkman’s  The Walking Dead for Half Price from now until Thursday 3/22!

Download single issues for only $0.99 Cents with Trades for only $4.99! You can’t beat this digital deal anywhere else!

Don’t let this extended offer walk away. Explore the world beyond the hit TV show with 50% off The Walking Dead right now.

Rick Grimes is not prepared for this. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son. Follow the band of survivors on their tragic journey in search of shelter. Characters live and die as they brave a treacherous landscape littered with packs of the walking dead.

Add the award winning Walking Dead comic series and all the other great titles from Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint to your digital library today!

Hickman Goes Digital!

For Immediate Release:

HICKMAN GOES DIGITAL!

Jonathan Hickman, Image Comics and comiXology celebrate
Hickman’s The Manhattan Projects #1 digital release
by joining together to bring fans
Hickman’s entire creator-owned catalog
to the digital realm!

ComiXology will also offer the exclusive Test Pattern collection which includes
The Nightly News, Pax Romana, Transhuman, A Red Mass for Mars and The Red Wing all in one digital edition!

March 7th, 2012 – New York, NY  — Making waves in the digital realm today, superstar comic creator Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four, The Red Wing) announced the digital release of not only his new creator-owned Image Comics series The Manhattan Projects, but also the release of an exclusive digital collection of all his previously published creator-owned work through Image Comics. This digital exclusive collection, Test Pattern, is available only on the Comics by comiXology platform — iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web.

Test Pattern, a five-volume omnibus, collects Hickman’s entire creator-owned Image Comics back catalog, including The Nightly News, Pax Romana, Transhuman, A Red Mass for Mars, and The Red Wing into one digital edition that both long-time fans and new readers alike can enjoy.

The move toward releasing the entire back catalog of Hickman’s impressive creator-owned career and the digital exclusive collection — available only through comiXology — is also accompanied by the release of a FREE Test Pattern sample edition showcasing the first issues of each original Hickman series. The free Test Pattern sampler serves as a great starting point for new readers interested in Hickman’s work.

“As an innovator in the world of digital comics, comiXology is the logical place to release the entire back catalog of my creator-owned work along with my latest work, The Manhattan Projects. Digital is here to stay, and I look forward to finding a whole new audience with these projects and with comiXology,” Says Hickman.

“The Test Pattern collection is an amazing way to introduce fans to Jonathan’s recent back catalog all in one shot,” says comiXology CEO and Co-founder David Steinberger. “Getting creator owned comics into the hands of new readers is a top priority for us and as a long-time fan of Jonathan’s work myself, I couldn’t be happier!”

“From the moment I opened the package containing Jonathan’s pitch for The Nightly News, I knew he was a creative force to be reckoned with. The work he’s done for us since then has only reinforced my high opinion of his many talents, and it’s nothing short of an honor to associated with a creator of his caliber,” said Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson. “We’re proud to partner with Jonathan and comiXology in bringing his entire catalog of creator owned work to digital comic fans everywhere.”

The Manhattan Projects is Hickman’s new creator-owned series from Image Comics that asks the question: “What if the R&D department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for more unusual programs?”  Teaming with Jonathan Hickman on The Manhattan Projects is artist Nick Pitarra (Astonishing Tales, The Red Wing) the duo unites once more following the success last year’s Image Comics smash hit The Red Wing. The Manhattan Projects will debut as Jonathan Hickman’s first creator-owned, same day as print digital release.

Debuting today, The Manhattan Projects #1, the five-volume Test Pattern collection, and five-issue free sampler are available for download on the Comics by comiXology platform, the Image Comics App, and the Image Comics digital webstore. The Test Pattern five-volume collection and sampler is exclusive to the Comics by ComiXology platform and can also be found on the Image Comics App, powered by comiXology.

About comiXology

Founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing comics to people everywhere, comiXology — in just five short years — has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel world.  From creating the industry leading platform for digital comics to tools and services for brick and mortar retailers, comiXology has lead the charge in exposing new audiences to the rich history and culture of comic books. With the development of the Comics by comiXology digital comics platform — available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web— comiXology provides the easiest way worldwide for people to enjoy comics at just the click of a button! Regularly ranking as the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store, Comics by comiXology was recently selected as a preloaded app on Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Providing digital comics across multiple platforms, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the earth has been turned into a comic book fan.

About Image Comics
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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ComiXology New Releases This Wednesday – February 1st, 2012

It’s Here! Take a peak at this week’s Same Day as Print and New & Noteworthy books coming out this Wednesday on the Comics by comiXology platform! Get the insider info on just what digital comics will be out before they go live this week. This is your chance to get the scoop on the comics you want first from comiXology! Just remember, this list might be subject to some last minute changes — but right now this is pretty final. Enjoy!

Same Day As Print:

Archie

Sonic The Hedgehog #233

BOOM! Studios

Incorruptible #26
Irredeemable #34
Hellraiser  #10

DC Comics

Action Comics #6
Animal Man #6
Batwing #6
Detective Comics #6
Green Arrow #6
Hawk & Dove #6
iZOMBIE  #22
Justice League International  #6
Men of War  #6
OMAC #6
Red Lanterns #6
Static Shock #6
Stormwatch #6
Supernatural Vol.4
Swamp Thing #6
Sweet Tooth #30
DC Digital Comics Sneak Peeks 2/1/12
Batman: Arkham Unhinged #16
Justice League Beyond #1
Beyond the Fringe #4

Dynamite

The Boys #63
Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory #3
Warriors Of Mars #1
Warlord Of Mars Annual #1
Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time: Eye Of The World #20

Image

Alpha Girl #1
Art Of Carbon Grey
Avengelyne Hc Vol 01
Fatale #2
Invincible #88
The Lil Depressed Boy Tp Vol 02
Reed Gunther #8
Savage Dragon #178
Strange Talent Of Luther Strode #5
Witchblade Redemption Tp Vol 04
Vescell #6

Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #679
Avengers: The X-Sanction #3
Defenders #3
Fear Itself: The Fearless #8
Thor: The Deviants Saga #4
Uncanny X-Force #21
Uncanny X-Men #6
Villains For Hire #3
Venom #13
Winter Soldier #1
X-Club #3
X-Factor #231

New & Noteworthy Back Issues:

Alterna

Attack of the Alterna Zombies

Arcana

ShadowMagic
Spy School
Sterling
Stranger Danger
The Fix

Archie

Sabrina The Teenaged Witch Animated #27-32

Antartic

Gold Digger #34-37

Aspen

Soulfire: New World Order Beginnings
Soulfire: New World Order #0-1

Bluewater Productions

Female Force: Michelle Obama  #1
Orbit: Howard Stern  #1
Vincent Price Biography  #1
Misadventures of Adam West #1

BOOM! Studios

Incorruptible #25
Irredeemable  #33
Space Warped  #6
Too Much Coffee Man #1 Facsimile Edition

DC Comics

100 Bullets  #72
Batman: Gotham Knights  #69-72
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight  #44-50
Batman: Shadow of the Bat  #55-58
Countdown to Final Crisis  #10-15
Detective Comics (1937-2011)  #800-816
Fables #96
Hellblazer #138-139
Jack of Fables  #46
Kamandi: The Last Boy On Earth (1971-1978)  #13-18
Nightwing (1996-2009)  #67, #70-71
Teen Titans (2003-2011) #31-33, #42-44

IDW

Amazon: Heroic Tales #1-4
Amazon: Steel of a Soldier’s Heart
Biscuit & Lefty: A Cat’s Tale

Image

Savage Dragon #120-122
The Darkness #46-55

Marvel

Twelve #1-8
X-Men: Legacy #238-241
Astonishing Thor #1-5
Secret Warriors #17-19
Thor: The Deviants Saga #1-3
Deadpool Corps  #1-6

MTV Comics

The Gloom #4
Agent Mom #4

Oni Press

Wasteland #19-20

Red Light

A Series of Tubes #1

SLG

Amity Blamity #3

Top Shelf

American Elf (1998)
Yearbook Stories
Feeble Attempts

Zenescope

Grimm Fairy Tales #60
Grimm Fairy Tales: Dream Eater Saga #6
Theater #4
Tales From Wonderland: Red Rose

The 2011 comiXology Holiday Sale Guide

This year comiXology is pulling out all the stops to deliver the largest sale in the history of digital comics! This sale is so big and spans so many different publishers we thought it might be handy to guide some of you through exactly which publishers are offering what deals! The Holiday Sale is in full effect as of right now and here’s what’s being served up:

The 2011 Holiday Sale (beta HTML store link): With so many great offering from all our publishing partners there has never been a better time to be a digital comics fan! Here you will find some of 2011’s best digital comics at a great price! Check out offerings from BOOM! Studios, Oni Press, Image Comics, Dynamite Entertainment and IDW there is something for everybody this year and it’s all on sale!

DC Comics Batman 201 Sale (beta HTML store link):  It’s 201 digital comics at only $0.99 per issue. It’s everything from classic Silver Aged Caped Crusader To Grant Morison’s Pop Culture Opus making run through Batman & Robin. They’ve even thrown in some of the most popular issues of Dective Comics as well including the original Batwoman limited series as well as Scott Snyder’s recent fan favorite run on the series!

Marvel Major Players Sale (beta HTML store link): It’s 175 comics featuring Marvel’s biggest names. With loads of classic crossovers, ground breaking story lines and all your favorite Marvel Heroes and Villains. It’s Everything! With an epic-sized selection of individual comics priced at only $0.99 a piece. It’s all The Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men and Thor you will ever need at the price you’ve always wanted to pay! Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to get caught up on Marvel Comics in time for next year’s big events!

Of course all good things must come to an end but don’t worry this sale will be sticking around until 12/29 that’s plenty of time to fill up on some of these great digital comics, gift a few to your friends, and then come back for a second helping.  Enjoy the comics and Happy Holidays!

Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report For 10/26

This week comiXology is brining you almost 300 new digital comic books! That’s right it’s another record breaking week for digital comics fans with nearly something for everyone! Here is a look at a few of the books out this week from your favorite digital comic distributor, with everything from classic halloween specials to even more trades and graphic novels, It’s not a trick…Let’s Get Digital!

Same Day as Print

Wolverine and The X-Men #1: Wolverine has taken one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again. SCHISM tore them apart, but can Wolverine lead the new Children of the Atom into the future?

Spaceman #1- The hulking, lonely loser Orson spends his days collecting scrap metal and dreaming of the startrekking life he was promised. But when he finds himself at the center of a celebrity child kidnapping case, he sees a chance to be a hero–but will his actions only cause more heartbreak?

Doctor Who #10-  Bodysnatchers: Part 1 of 2! Finding themselves inside an alien asylum, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory discover that many of the human patients within actually house the minds of some of the Doctor’s most terrifying enemies! As the Doctor tries to work out who has done this hideous body swap, the inmates riot… and two characters will never be the same again!

Green Wake #6- ‘LOST CHILDREN’ The next chapter of the critically acclaimed saga returns and the face of Green Wake has been forever changed. A new threat to the once-quiet shores surfaces when rowboats wash ashore with nothing but fresh blood as a passenger and a new arrival begins a campaign to unite Green Wake’s inhabitants with unknown purpose.

Pilot Season: The Beauty #1- PILOT SEASON RETURNS! TAKE CONTROL! Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could be come more and more beautiful every day? What if it was contagious? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is attainable and while the mass majority of the population has taken advantage of it, Detectives Foster and Vaughn will soon discover it comes with a terrible price. Writer/artist JEREMY HAUN (Detective Comics, ARTIFACTS) and co-writer JASON HURLEY offer up a startling reflection on the cost of looking good in this procedural science fiction tale.

New & Noteworthy in Digital:

Batman Inc. #1-8: Batman begins his international recruitment drive in Japan, with assistance from Catwoman. But when the Bat and Cat arrive in the land of the rising sun, they discover the local hero, Mr. Unknown, has been murdered!

Ghostbusters Holiday Special: What in Samhain Just Happened?- When a media mogul seeks out the Ghostbusters to fix his haunted mansion, the guys decline, assuming it’s a Halloween-themed publicity stunt. However, Janine, angry about her pay, takes the job, claiming she knows as much about ghostbusting as the guys do. She’s soon in over her head, and the Ghostbusters have to race against time to save her before she’s yanked over to the other side forever.

Kill Shakespeare #1-12- This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare.?

Collections and Graphic Novels:

Moon Lake- From the hilariously demented mind of Tony Award-winning actor Dan Fogler comes Moon Lake! Moon Lake isn’t just any normal body of water – it’s a mysterious portal into the weird, drawing all manner of macabre mysteries to its shores. In the spirit of classic horror tales from EC Comics, Moon Lake combines comedy, horror and adventure into a fantastic anthology, with each story centered on the strange happenings

Syndrome- When a rogue neuropathologist makes a startling breakthrough – literally isolating the root of all evil in the recesses of the human brain – he’ll stop at nothing to advance his theory. With the help of a naive Hollywood actress, a tormented motion picture director and a condemned serial killer, Dr. Wolfe Brunswick launches a bold experiment in the Nevada desert, the outcome of which could transform humanity forever.

Grab all these books and so much more this week from comiXology. Buy ‘em once read them anywhere, on iOS, Android and The Web! Keep an eye out for more cool comics to come from the coolest digital comic apps around and don’t forget comiXology makes it easy to gift any comic purchased through the store, now that’s a real treat!

The comiXologist #4: Crisis on Infinite Cons

Jake and Slim have fully recovered from NYCC and sat down to chat about the con, the books they’ve read, and some Golden Oldies!

News! (2:25) Vertigo going same-day, the smell of print comics, meeting real-life comic book celebrities, socks and sandals, the NYCC comiXology panel, Hercules encounters,

Let’s Get Digital! (11:15) IDW, Justice League #2, Luther Strode #1, Wonder Woman #2, X-Men: Regenesis, and All Nighter.

Golden Oldies! (25:38) G.I. Joe(!), and Ultimates 3, woo-hoo!

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The Darkness App Launches on iPhone and iPad

The Darkness comes to iPhone and iPad!

Top Cow, Image Comics, and comiXology Launch The Darkness App

The Darkness issues #1 – #6 Free Until October 17^th, 2011

October 15, 2011 – New York, NY – With a new video game just around the corner, Top Cow Productions, Image Comics, and comiXology are proud to announce the release of The Darkness app for iPhone and iPad. Launched with over 50 issues — all available for purchase at $1.99 each and with much more on the way —The Darkness app will become the favorite of current fans of Top Cow’s long lasting hit series and new fans alike.

To celebrate this launch, Top Cow, Image Comics, and comiXology have made The Darkness #1 – #6 absolutely free until the end of the day, Monday, October 17th across all comiXology platforms!

“The combination of The Darkness II video game, the release of The Darkness #100 this February, the fifteenth anniversary of the character, and the new creative team coming onboard the ongoing The Darkness series all are going to give Jackie Estacado an unprecedented level of exposure in popular culture,” explained Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik. “Besides, who doesn’t want a little Darkling in their pocket?”

“The Darkness is one of the longest lasting independent comic series around,” said comiXology CEO David Steinberger. ”It’s not often that an independent comic property becomes a video game, much less two video games. That fact is a testament to The Darkness’ appeal with fans across the globe. We’re proud to be able to bring even more “Darkness” to the world with The Darkness app.”

The Darkness app debuted this weekend right as it was announced during Top Cow’s “We Create… Franchises” panel at New York Comic Con. At launch, The Darkness app will include over fifty back issues of the main series, numerous free introductory issues, crossovers, tie-in series, various collections and — coming soon — the latest issues released same-day-as-print!

New content will be added regularly, with the entire backlist of The Darkness slated to be available before the end of the year and exclusive content to be added over time.

The Darkness app is available as a free download via the iTunes App Store.

About Top Cow Productions, Inc.

Top Cow Productions, Inc. (www.topcow.com), a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, was founded in December of 1992 by artist Marc Silvestri, who also co-founded Image Comics earlier that same year. Top Cow currently publishes its line of comic books in 21 languages in over 55 different countries. The company has launched 20 franchises (18 original and two licensed) in the industry’s Top 10, seven at #1, a feat accomplished by no other publisher in the last two decades. Its flagship franchise, WITCHBLADE, was TNT’s #1 original film of 2000 and the subsequent TV series was released on DVD on July 29, 2008. WITCHBLADE is also the first American property to be fully adapted in Japan as an original anime and manga by Studio GONZO in 2006. Top Cow’s other flagship property, THE DARKNESS, was developed into a major next-generation video game release by Starbreeze and 2K Games and achieved platinum sales status. WANTED, an Eisner-nominated miniseries published by Top Cow from 2003-2005, is now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. Virtually all of Top Cow’s other properties are in development as feature films, live-action television, animation or video games. Top Cow has also successfully licensed and merchandised its franchises into toys, statues, clothing, lithographs, puppets, posters, magnets, shot glasses, lighters, lunch pails, wall scrolls, mouse pads, die-cast cars, calendars, Christmas ornaments, Halloween masks, trading cards, standees, video games and roleplaying games.

About Image Comics

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

About comiXology

Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through partnerships with top comic book publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Archaia Entertainment, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment and Image Comics as well as their own mobile and web apps which host over 14,000 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in digital comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a vibrant and cohesive marketplace.

COMIXOLOGY’S “THE WALKING DEAD HALF-OFF SALE” OCT. 16TH

CELEBRATE THE PREMIERE OF THE WALKING DEAD SEASON TWO

WITH COMIXOLOGY’S “THE WALKING DEAD HALF-OFF SALE”

ALL DAY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH

Volume 1 through Volume 14 & most recent issues all half-off

New York, NY—October 14, 2011 – In anticipation of Sunday night’s premiere episode of The Walking Dead Season Two, enjoy a full day of reading The Walking Dead comic books and graphic novels for half-off — available across all Comics by comiXology platforms iOS, Android, the Web and The Walking Dead’s own iOS app! Now is your chance to read the original The Walking Dead ongoing comic book series published by Image Comics.

“The Walking Dead is now a bona fide television phenomenon and the Season Two premiere is a great way to discover the original source material for the show,” said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. “If you have enjoyed The Walking Dead, but never read the comic, this is a great opportunity.”

The Walking Dead Volume 1 through Volume 14, collecting the first 84 issues of the series will be half-off! While at the same time you can get caught up with the newest uncollected issues #85 through #89 for half-off as well.

Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman, AMC’s The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead.

About comiXology

Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through partnerships with top comic book publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Archaia Entertainment, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment and Image Comics as well as their own mobile and web apps which hosts over 14,000 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in digital comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a vibrant and cohesive marketplace.

About Image Comics

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

About Skybound Ent

SKYBOUND is an all-new imprint of Image Comics. The imprint will give a new generation of comic book creators the opportunity to publish their works as SKYBOUND Originals. With SKYBOUND, Image COO Robert Kirkman will handpick up-and-coming creators and maintain an active role in promoting and expanding the projects of this already growing talent pool. Artist and imprint alike will be fully vested in the development of their properties into new mediums (e.g. television, film) globally.

Let’s Get Digital: More New Books and More New Collections

The hits just keep on coming. It’s been another big week here at HQ and with NYCC just a day away, it pretty safe to say that the week is not over yet! However it is Wednesday and you know what that means. New Comics! This week the list continues to grow with over  40 titles released on comiXology the Same Day as Print. Now let’s take a look at what’s hot this week.

Let’s Get Digital:

Amazing Spider-Man #671- ‘Spider-Island’ PART FIVE Now the moment you’ve been dying to see, Tiger! Mary Jane Watson finally spiders-up! Plus a giant battle pitting brother against brother. But let’s face it, you just care about that cover!

Batwoman #2- Can Batwoman stop the new evil rising from the damp back alleys of Gotham’s barrios? And overcome the many challenges she faces as both Batwoman and Kate Kane? 2011′s most anticipated new series intensifies in this exciting second issue!

Pigs #2- ‘WAYWARD SON’ Who is the White Russian? Why do the Pigs need him? And how deep does loyalty go when the ones you love are terrorists? Witness the ongoing saga of a second generation KGB Cuban sleeper cell by NATE COSBY (Jim Henson’s Storyteller), BEN McCOOL (MEMOIR, CHOKER) & BRENO TEMURA.

Collected Editions and Graphic Novels:

From Hell- NOTE: This comic contains mature content. From Hell features the story of Jack the Ripper, the most infamous serial murderer of all time. Alan Moore names Dr. Gull as the villain and creates the most compelling and terrifying psychological study ever undertaken. All the conspiracies and cover-ups are considered and bound together in this vortex of terror. A gripping crime noir masterpiece of historical fiction.

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter & The Outfit: Darwyn Cooke, Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist, sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one of the true classics of crime fiction: Richard Stark’s Parker. Stark was a pseudonym used by the revered and multi-award-winning author, Donald Westlake. The Hunter, the first book in the Parker series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makes his way cross-country with only one thought burning in his mind – to coldly exact his revenge and reclaim what was taken from him!

New and Noteworthy:

Moonlighting #1 & #2- Billy is your average teenage girl. She lives in a trailor with her drunk mom, she has a high school boyfriend, and oh yeah, she’s a superhero when she sleeps. Will Billy find true love, or will she end up at the bottom of a lake?

Power Play #1- Extreme sports just got an upgrade! No more skateboards, rollerblades or BMX bikes, when these superpowered kids take to the streets, there’s no telling what they can and will do in this underground, full contact, no-holds barred sports league. From all across NYC they come to do battle, pitting their powers against one another in do-it-yourself style Olympics. They fight for fame, they fight for glory, they fight to be the the Power Play champion–and in the middle of all of this is Mac, a college student looking for direction and purpose in the big city. Who will be crowned King of the Five Boroughs? Power Play, the super-powered street games starts here!

Don’t forget to check out all the latest releases from comiXology and ALL your favorite publishers. Be sure to check out the latest from IDW and the all-new Marvel comics addition to The Android comics app. Remember it’s only Wednesday so keep an eye out for more big news from comiXology as we gear up for NYCC and all the great things to come!

Let’s Get Digital with 42 same-day-as-print digital comics!

This week 42 is the magic number. As in 42 Same Day as Print Digital Comics hitting the app! 42 New Reasons to update and download! 42 of the best comics around from all your favorite publishers! Today not only are we breaking the digital release record we are also introducing a new weekly segment in which we highlight a handful of the awesome comics available on comiXology!

The DC relauch readies for Round 2! while Marvel Mixes it up with Mystic, X-Men Schism, Spider-Island Heros for Hire and a FREE sneak peek at their upcoming Season One line! Plus Image Comics goes full on digital with a full release of all the best creator owned comics around! Its our biggest week yet so let’s get digital!

X-Men: Schism #5- The Final chapter in this years big X-Men Event! On one side, X-Men team leader, Cyclops. On the other, X-Men mainstay, Wolverine. Between them lies the fate of mutant-kind, and surrounding them, the foes who want to end them forever!

Action Comics #2- In his weakest moment, Superman is taken down – but by whom? And if the world wasn’t ready for a man with super powers, they’re utterly unprepared for the rage of a Superman cornered! The cornerstone character of the new DCU continues his debut adventure!

Sweet Tooth #26- Who is Captain James Thacker and what are he and his crew doing in the far northern reaches of Alaska? As Thacker and his crew man a deadly expedition, they will uncover secrets centuries old, but what does any of this have to do with Gus and Jepperd? The answers will shock you and change the course of SWEET TOOTH forever! A bold new storyline begins! Featuring special guest artist Matt Kindt (REVOLVER, Super Spy).

The Strange Talent of Luther Strode- Luther Strode is just your average nerd until he sends away for a bodybuilding course from an old comic book, one that works a whole lot better than he ever imagined. His newfound strength and strange talents make school a lot easier, but they’ve also caused some very, very bad people to take a very, very keen interest in him. Things will never be the same for Luther Strode…if he survives

Also of Note: The Walking Dead #89, Stormwatch #2, Detective Comics #2, Mystic #3, Severed #3, Moriarty #5, Betty #194

Collected Trades and Graphic Novels: The Complete Essex County, Abiding Perdition, Green Wake Vol. 1, Morning Glories Vol. 2, The Engineer: Konstruckt, Chew vol. 4, Tales From the Crypt Vol. 9

New & Noteworthy: I Rule the Night #7, Red Skull #3, Mega Man #4 Stan Lee’s The Traveler #10, In Maps and Legends #9, Wayward Sons #4, Detective Comics #871, Fear itself: The Fearless.

These are of course, just a few of the awesome comics out digitally this week from comiXology. Take a look at the full list on The Web, iOS and Android devices out today!