By Zack Quaintance — This week’s best comiXology sales for Batman Day feature a pair of caped crusader books, as well as BOOM! Studios’ best new #1s in recent memory, Iron Man, and more. It is, quite simply, a good set of books. Check out our five picks for the weekend below…enjoy!

Best comiXology Sales: Batman Day, BOOM! New #1s, and more

Batman Ego
Writer: Darwyn Cooke
Artist: Darwyn Cooke
Publisher: DC Comics
A collection of pulse-pounding stories of the Dark Knight, Catwoman and more of Gotham’s finest. Featuring Darwyn Cooke’s unique visions of Batman and Catwoman, now available as a Deluxe Edition hardcover!
Why It’s Cool: Darwyn Cooke was an absolute master of the comics format, and his biggest accomplishment tends to get the most attention, New Frontier. Cooke’s Batman work, namely Batman Ego, is also (unsurprisingly) quite good. It’s actually a collection of Batman stories, including a marquee piece about Catwoman. At this price, this deluxe edition is a must-read comics masterpiece. Make sure to snag it this week if you haven’t already, it’s a great way to celebrate Batman Day.
Price: $11.99
Buy It Here: Batman Ego

Batman Creature of the Night
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: John Paul Leon
Publisher: DC Comics
Bruce Wainwright, a comic book-reading kid obssessed with the Caped Crusader, loses his parents in a violent crime...and in the real world, no superheroes exist to save the day.
BATMAN: CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, written by Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY) and drawn by John Paul Leon (MOTHER PANIC) is a stand-alone story set outside of regular continuity in 1968 Boston, MA. The victim of the brutal murder of his family, young Bruce sees grief and rage build inside himself...until something strange starts taking wing in the Gotham night! Something similar to the comics he's been reading his whole life. As life begins to imitate art, will Bruce Wainwright be able to live up to his fictional namesake?
A deliberatel spiritual companion to the beloved SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY, BATMAN: CREATURE OF THE NIGHT puts a new spin you've never seen before on the legend of Batman--and the dark emotions that drive him!
Why It’s Cool: Batman Creature of the Night — by writer Kurt Busiek and artist the late/great John Paul Leon — is a spiritual successor to Superman Secret Identity, which just so happened to be d. emerson eddy’s classic comic of the week this week. Read about Superman Secret Identity, and then come back to snag the spiritual sequel here. It’s great work.
Price: $5.99
Buy It Here: Batman - Creature of the Night

BOOM! New #1s: Eve #1, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1, and Proctor Valley Road #1
Writers: Victor LaValle, Ram V., and Grant Morrison
Artists: Jo Mi-Gyeong, Filipe Andrade, and Naomi Franquiz
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Eve #1 - For fans of Undiscovered Country and Little Bird comes a new adventure series from award-winning author Victor LaValle (Victor LaValle's Destroyer) and rising-star artist Jo Mi-Gyeong (Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal) about a dangerous journey across a future dystopian America to save the world.
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 - A powerful new series for fans of The Wicked + The Divine and The Dreaming from Ram V (Justice League Dark) and Filipe Andrade (Captain Marvel) that explores the fine line between living and dying in Mumbai through the lens of magical realism.
Proctor Valley Road #1 - Perfect for fans of Paper Girls and Die, visionary writer Grant Morrison (Klaus), Alex Child (BBC's Holby City) and Naomi Franquiz (Tales from Harrow County) present a chilling new horror series about the mysterious monsters that haunt Proctor Valley Road -- and the four misfit teenagers who must stop them.
Why They’re Cool: Put simply, these are three of the best new #1 comics of 2021. We’ve reviewed (and highly-rated) each of them, and you can find them here — The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 and Proctor Valley Road #1.
Prices: Eve #1 is $1.99; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 is #1.99; and Proctor Valley Road #1 is $2.99
Buy Them Here: Eve #1; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1; and Proctor Valley Road #1

Infamous Iron Man Vol. 1 - 2
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Alex Maleev
Publisher: Marvel Comics
There's a new Iron Man in town, and his name is...Victor Von Doom! The greatest villain of the Marvel Universe is no stranger to armor, but now he's trying something new on for size. And where Tony Stark failed, Doom will succeed. But what is Doom's master plan? As the secrets that propel Victor's new quest as a hero start to reveal themselves, a who's who of heroes and villains start looking for a piece of revenge for Doom's past sins - beginning with bashful, blue-eyed Ben Grimm, the ever-lovin' Thing! Next up at bat is someone from Tony's past who has a big problem with Doom taking on the Iron mantle - but where has Pepper Potts, a.k.a. Rescue, been until now? The saga of Iron Man takes its strangest turn yet!
Why It’s Cool: Before leaving Marvel a few years back, writer Brian Michael Bendis was doing some of the strongest work of his long tenure at the publisher, and chief among his best books was this one, which saw Doctor Doom trying to fill in for a missing Iron Man. These were really great, good-looking comics, and I recommend them if you didn’t have a chance to read them as they came out. Just two volumes will get you the whole series.
Price: $3.99 each or $7.98 for the whole series
Buy Them Here: Infamous Iron Man Vol. 1 and Infamous Iron Man Vol. 2

Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy: From the World of Black Hammer Vol. 1
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Artist: Tonci Zonjic
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
From the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series comes a dark tale of tragedy! Spiral City finds itself trapped in a vicious cycle of crime, corruption, and violence. With the heart of the city at stake, a vigilante rises in Skulldigger. However, when the nefarious Grimjim escapes from prison, will Skulldigger and his ward, Skeleton Boy, be enough to save Spiral City? Collects Skulldigger #1–#6 from the Eisner Award-winning writer of Jeff Lemire and superstar artist Tonci Zonjic!
Why It’s Cool: Put simply, Tonci Zonjic is one of the single best artists in all of comics and any book he draws is an instant must-buy. Combine that with Black Hammer, and ho man, I couldn’t get this book on our list fast enough.
Price: $5.99
Buy Them Here: Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy - From the World of Black Hammer Vol. 1

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Zack Quaintance is a tech reporter by day and freelance writer by night/weekend. He Tweets compulsively about storytelling and comics as Comics Bookcase.