Despite my many concerns about the current state of digital comics - pricing issues, DRM restrictions and what becomes of the comics we're essentially renting when a digital distributer pulls a graphic.ly on us - ComiXology continues to be the best game in town for digital, in fact since I got my Retina-enabled iPad I'm enjoying the Comics app like never before. Still, those prices. It"s at least as much the fault of the publishes as it is of ComiXology - Marvel and DC, if they were being honest, would admit to a sort of benign collusion that says digital has to be a largely broken distribution method until they're ready to accept it as a viable revenue stream and are prepared for the fallout of the likely retail collapse. See: the music, video and book industries trajectories over the past decade and a half. The loser of course is the consumer who has to often pay more than is reasonable for new comics, but ComiXology continues to do what it can to improve matters. The addition of a 'recently reduced issues' section is a nice start, as many same-day digital issues launch at a price equal to or greater then their print counterparts, a price which often reduces over the next several weeks or months.

The Prankster might be a tiny bit more apt, but since nobody really cares about him ComiXology is celebrating April Fool's Day with a sale on comics featuring the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker.

Today through 11:00 p.m. Monday, over 80 digital comics starring Mistah J. are on sale for $.99. Check 'em out at ComiXology's website or download them from the iOS or android app.

It's Marvel Monday deals from digital comics distributor ComiXology. Today's deals offer big discounts on Ultimate X-Men, a title that had a lot of of potential, and some very interesting character developments and story lines. Get your digital Ultimate X-books for $0.99 through 11:00 p.m. ET.

It's the weekend, which means it's time for the digital comics sales to begin. ComiXology is celebrating the February 28 release of Justice League: Doom with a sale on comics featuring the Justice League and their most notorious bad guys. Beginning tomorrow (February 25), 67 titles, including Mark Waid and Howard Porter's original 'Tower of Babel' storyline that is the basis for Doom will be available for $0.99. Other noteworthy titles on sale include Waid and Barry Kitson's Justice League: Year One, and Justice by Alex Ross, Jim Kreuger and Doug Braithwaite.

The second issue of The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week, which bridges the gap between the events of Marvel movies like Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Avengers, is now available.

Check out a sample below, and if you like you can pick up the complete issue for $0.99 from ComiXology.

Here are some highlights of this week's digital comics releases from ComiXology, available Wednesday (February 8) from ComiXology.com or via the ComiXology app.

Same Day as Print

Archie

Kevin Keller #1
Mega Man #10

BOOM! Studios

Adventure Time #1
Elric: TheBalance Lost #8

DC Comics

Batgirl #6
Batman and Robin #6
Batman: Arkham Unhinged #17
Batwoman #6
Deathstroke #6
Demon Knights #6
Frankenstein, Agent of SHADE #6
Green Lantern #6
Grifter #6
Huntress #5
Justice League Beyond #2
Legion Lost #6
Mister Terrific #6
Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #5
Resurrection Man #6
Suicide Squad #6
Superboy #6

Dynamite

The Bionic Man #6
Kirby Genesis: Silver Star #3
The Living Corpse #6
Ninjettes #1
Red Sonja #63
Warlord Of Mars #15

IDW

G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes Ongoing #10
John Byrne’s Next Men: Aftermath #40
Memorial #3

Image

Artifacts #14
Artifacts TP Vol 03
Blue Estate #9
Hack/Slash TP Vol 10
Haunt #21
Last Of The Greats #5
Severed #7
Thief Of Thieves #1
Phonogram Vol. 1 TP
Pigs Vol 01 TP Hello Cruel World

Marvel

Battle Scars #4
Captain America #8
Carnage USA #3
Daken: Dark Wolverine #21
Deadpool #50
Fantastic Four Season One
Incredible Hulk #5
Journey Into Mystery #634
New Mutants #37
Scarlet Spider #2
Secret Avengers #22
Venom #13.1
Wolverine & The X-Men #5
Wolverine & The X-Men: Alpha And Omega #2
X-Men #24

Vertigo

The Unwritten #34

Zenescope

Charmed #18
Jurassic Strike Force 5 #1
SpikeTV’s 1000 Ways to Die

New & Noteworthy Back Catalogue

Antarctic

Gold Digger #38-41

Arcana

The Fro
The Network
Ultraduck
Ultima Thula
Woody & Noble

Archie

Archie #537-538
Archie & Friends #133
Betty #171
Sonic The Hedgehog #55-56

Archaia

The Killer: Modus Vivendi #1
Secret History Book #17

Aspen

Soulfire: New World Order #2-5

BOOM! Studios

Hellraiser Masterpieces #5
Peanuts #1
Valen the Outcast #2

Bluewater Productions

Female Force: Madonna #1
Female Force: Sarah Palin Part 2
Vincent Price Presents #17-18
Female Force: Michelle Obama #1

Creator Owned

Eldritch #4
Redakai #1-2

Cryptozoic

World of Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy Vol. 1-3

DC Comics

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #4-6
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #51-61
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #59-63
Countdown to Final Crisis #1-9
Detective Comics #794-799
Gotham Knights #73-74
Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #19-20
Nightwing #72-78
Teen Titians #45-50

Harlequin

Married Under the Italian Sun

IDW

Amazon: Heroic Tales #5-8
Love & Capes Volumes #1-3

Image

Witchblade Redemption Vol. 2 TP
God Complex Collection
Savage Dragon #123-125
Mysterous Ways #5
The Darkness #56-64
Avengelyne Vol #1 HC
The Darkness Compendium Vol. 1
Tales of the Darkness 1/2: 2001
Tales of the Darkness #1-4
The Darkness ½
The Darkness- Wanted Dead
The Darkness/Witchblade ½

Marvel

Iron Man 2.0 #7-11
New Mutants #15-21
Thanos Imperative: Ignition
Thanos Imperative #1-6
Thanos Imperative: Devastation
Ultimate Comics New Ultimates #1-5
X-Men #7-11

Moonstone

Return of the Monsters: The Spider vs Werewolf #1
Return of the Monsters: Domino Lady #1

Oni Press

Wasteland #21-22

Red Light

Goodnight Donnie Cheng

SLG

Tales from the Heart #1-2

Top Shelf

Hutch Owen
Hey Princess

Vertigo

100 Bullets #73
Fables #97
Hellblazer #140-141
Jack of Fables #47

Zenescope

Grimm Fairy Tales #61
Grimm Fairy Tales- Myths and Legends- Dream Eater #7

Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man is on sale at ComiXology for half-price - $0.99 per issue - for two days beginning today, January 14 2012.

[Y: The Last Man sale page - ComiXology]

Grant Morrison's groundbreaking run on New X-Men is on sale at ComiXology for half-off, just $0.99 per issue through 11:00 PM ET tonight (January 13).

[Grant Morrison New X-Men sale page - ComiXology]

Digital comics giant ComiXology is having a sale on Batman! Bone up on all things Batman and get ready for The Dark Knight Rises with 201 titles discounted to $.99 through December 30.

If Santa brought you a new iPad or Android tablet for Christmas or Chanukah – you’re not going to want to miss the BATMAN 201 Digital Comics Sale. For just $.99 per issue you can download some of the most popular BATMAN comics ever released from acclaimed creators including Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Frank Miller, Jim Lee and more.

The BATMAN 201 Digital Sale includes the complete KNIGHTFALL saga featuring Bane, BATMAN: CATACLYSM, BATMAN: NO MAN’S LAND, BATMAN: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, BATMAN: HUSH and many more classic tales of The Dark Knight.

Check out the full list of must-have titles below, and hurry up and download your favorites today because the sale ends on Dec. 30.

The Mystery Begins

• Detective Comics #27-33
• Batman #1-7
• Batman: Year One #408-413
• Batman #408-413
• Batman: The Long Halloween #1-13
• Batman: Dark Victory #0-13

Batman Takes Control

• Death in the Family: Batman #426-429
• The Return of Scarface (Batman #475-476, Detective Comics #642)
• Batman #530-532, #540-541
• Batman/Catwoman: The Trial of the Gun #1-2
• Broken City (Batman #620-625)
• Batman: The Dark Knight #1-5
• Batman and Robin #1-6
• Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1-6

Batman Knightfall

• Batman #491-500, #509-510
• Detective Comics #659-666, #676-677
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18, #29-30
• Legends of the Dark Knight #62-63
• Showcase ’93 #7-8

Cataclysm

• Detective Comics #719-720
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73
• Nightwing #19
• Batman #553
• Azrael #40

No Man’s Land

• Batman: No Man’s Land #1
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-84
• Batman #563-564
• Detective Comics #730-731
• Legends of the Dark Knight #116

Hush

• Batman #608-619

The Black Mirror

• Detective Comics #871-881
• Arkham City #1-5

The Never Ending Battle

• Gotham Central #1-5
• Gotham Knights #33-36
• Batwoman: Elegy (Detective Comics #854-857)
• Legends of the Dark Knight #1-20
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4
• Batman Beyond (2010) #1-6