Some of my recent reads:
Jeff Lemire's Mazebook. If you're a fan of his more personal, non-superhero (Essex County, Underwater Welder) stuff, this one is great. Written and drawn by him. It's really well done.
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A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a mysterious phone call one night from a girl claiming it's her and that she's trapped in the middle of a labyrinth. Convinced that this child is contacting him from beyond this world, he uses an unfinished maze from one of her journals and a map of the city to trace an intricate path through a different plane of reality on an intense and melancholy adventure to bring his daughter back home.
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I've just about finished Injustice: Gods Among Us. I brushed this one off for a while because I thought it was just a video game spinoff but it's been excellent. I can't keep up with the regular timeline DC and Marvel stuff so I really enjoy the self-contained stories.
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The series takes place in an alternate reality, where Superman descends into villainy following his family's death at the Joker's hands. The Justice League is split by those that put their trust in Superman, establishing the totalitarian One Earth Regime, while Batman forms an insurgency out of the other half of the League to fight back against the Regime.
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I heard that Fables is coming back in the spring so I did a complete re-read of all 22 trades. It still holds up as one of my favourites.
Another Lemire comic that's currently coming out is Robin and Batman. It's only 3 deluxe issues but it's a lot of fun. Lemire teamed up again with Dustin Nguyen (Descender and Ascender) for the art and it's beautiful.