New comics are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday so here’s a look ahead at some of the books we’ll be picking up this week.

Stewart R: Well, after two bustling weeks of hefty deliveries, the last one of the year holds something of a relief with only four titles for me to pick up! Hands down, top of the list has to be East Of West #23 from the minds of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta. Not only is the consistency of the quality of their work exceptional, but the storytelling that they are conveying with this wild-sci-west (I'm in the mood for coining terms) plot is brilliantly unpredictable. The 22nd issue took place in near silence; Dragotta being left to depict a bold assassination attempt that appeared to come out of nowhere (well, relatively) and it'll be interesting to see whether this new chapter tackles the fallout from that or shifts our focus elsewhere in this wondrous and deadly world. Likewise it's hard to predict the various twists and turns of Greg Rucka's Lazarus as the conflict between houses escalates and the espionage avenues and powerplay politics increase in importance. Rucka's other book of the week, Black Magick is still yet to fully grab me, but there was enough in that opening chapter to suggest sticking with it through 4-5 issues would be the better move to gain a true idea of the scope he's playing with. This all just leaves me with the one Marvel book on the list and that is of course The Amazing Spider-Man #6. I'm really still not sold by this version of Peter Parker, tackling global threats alongside S.H.I.E.L.D, facing corporate problems as the owner and face of a tech company, but I can't deny that Slott has me hooked in with his odd reveals and glances sideways at the happenings surrounding Spidey's Rogue's Gallery that hark back to that 'classic' Spider-Man vibe that we know and love.
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