Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for April 11th, 2012

Posted on April 11th, 2012 - 14:45 PM by

We’ve got a heaping helping of awesome digital comics out this week! Not sure where to start? Looking for a new series to try? We’ve got you covered with this week’s Let Get Digital. Below are just a few of the books available on the Comics by comiXology platform. Don’t miss a moment of the action pick up this week’s new releases now!

Same Day as Print

Secret #1: A man gets shot in London, a law firm gets broken into in Washington, an accountant gives away the password to his computer, and something put to sleep 20 years ago awakens. What is the unsavory relationship all these things share, and how could it bring down two of the largest governments in the history of the world? It’s SECRET, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the creators of A RED MASS FOR MARS. Brought to you by award-winning writer JONATHAN HICKMAN and break-out talent, RYAN BODENHEIM, SECRET is an espionage thriller that takes a deep look into the shadow world existing between the government and private security firms.

Adventure Time #3: Algebraic! Don’t miss Finn, Jake, and all of their friends on their biggest adventure yet! Trapped by the dreaded Lich, the guys gotta stop all of Ooo from being sucked away forever – and rescue a bunch of wayward Princesses. Luckily, no one does adventure – and looks cooler doing it – than Finn and Jake! The Cartoon Network sensation’s brand new comic is the hot new series you can’t afford to miss! Also includes “BACON FIELDS” and “THE RIDE OF SIR SLICER!”

Saga #2: The ongoing epic continues! After deserting their galactic armies, former soldiers Marko and Alana must now protect their newborn girl from the lethal killers dispatched to destroy their family.

Amazing Spider-Man Hooky #1: Fighting against the horrific Tordenkakerlakk, Spider-Man must find a way to overcome a foe that becomes stronger with each defeat. This new Spider-Man series from Susan K. Putney and Bernie Wrightson is sure to be a delight for digital readers everywhere!

Collections & Graphic Novels

Daredevil Season One: Meet Matt Murdock, One Of New York’s Finest Attorneys By Day And Swashbuckling Crime-Fighter Daredevil By Night! Discover The Dark Secrets Behind His First Days In The Costume, As The Man Without Sight Became The Man Without Fear — And One Of The Greatest Heroes In Comic History. Daredevil Faces Off Against The Owl, Purple Man And Mr. Fear For The First Time…But It’s Not What You Remember!

Emitown Vol. 1 407 pages! From the whimsical to the tragic, EMI LENOX brings you into her world with superb cartooning, a brilliant cast of characters and an innocent perspective often left on the cutting room floor of other diary comics. EMI proves that life is never dull in her first annual collection of EMITOWN! INTRODUCTION BY JOE KEATINGE.

Spell Checkers Vol. 1: 152 pages! Three teenaged witches use their power for popularity, good grades, and the good life. When nasty graffiti starts showing up about them at their school, they first suspect one another. But when they start losing their powers, and their magical fetishes disappear, they realize this is an attack from outside their circle, and they must join hands (and wits) to defeat the usurper and her demon companion! Comparison titles: Comics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and films like Mean Girls and The Craft.

New & Noteworthy

Northlanders #9: “Lindisfarne” part 1! An ancient center of religion and learning, and the infamous site of the first Viking raid. See it all from the perspective of a native–a young Saxon boy who dreams of the larger world, of better things, of heroes and myths and foreign gods.

 Angel: Smile Time:  From the same team behind IDW’s bestselling series from creator Joss Whedon, Angel: After the Fall, comes three tales about the fan-favorite puppet characters! This collection features the re-adaptation of the fan-favorite episode Smile Time, the mini-series Shadow Puppets (which include puppet Spike and Lorne), and a puppet story from the special collection Angel: Mask.

 


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