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.

Jo S: Contradicting my expectations in what should have been a quiet week (as Matt C explains, it's a five-week month), I actually have a bountiful list and I'm looking forward to a stellar line-up of books which might, in most weeks, be the cream of the crop. I've got chillers, thrillers and contract killers in store for this Wednesday, kicking off with the horrifying A Walk Through Hell, which lines up shocker after shocker as we delve deeper into the gruesome mystery that brought Agents Shaw and McGregor to the terrifying warehouse scene. Continuing on the supernatural scariness kick, I'm also taking the second episode of Bone Parish - this made a surprisingly strong start for me, with plenty of intrigue and a strong family of characters hooking me in. Joe Benitez, with the writing assistance of M. M. Chen and art from Martin Montiel, has finally gifted us the second episode of Lady Mechanika: Dame Sans Merci: it's great to see Montiel really tune in to what Benitez has created - previous outings for our steampunk robo-queen have been a very visible labour of Benitez’ love and so it's pleasing to see that her voice can be heard through other creators too. Finally, I'm excited about two new ventures this week: there has been a rumble of interest among the PCG team recently about the arrival of Scarlet, the latest of Brian Michael Bendis’ DC stories. DC is touting this as ‘new reader friendly’ - I'm not totally clear what that means but the gritty female assassin concept naturally appeals and, whilst I'm probably not entirely in the ‘new reader’ classification any more, it's always interesting to see titles which can be recommended to those who are new to the medium. Aftershock’s new title Beyonders has my name all over it: code-breaking, archaeology and treasure-hunting are directly up my street and I've been looking forward to applying my solver-brain to this since glimpsing it in Previews. I love a comic which pays attention to the little details, and gives the reader something additional to do besides passive absorption of a story - this looks to be all that plus a corgi sidekick.
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