Fables
Comic Summary: Written by Bill Willingham Art by Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha Cover by James Jean Flycatcher doesn't have much time to enjoy his homecoming as the final battle with the Adversary looms in the near future. Can he ready his army of ghosts in time to have a chance at victory?
Codes: 76194123108206611 AUG070331
- Price:
$2.99$2.39- Artist:
- Mark Buckingham
- Artist:
- Steve Leialoha
- Author:
- Bill Willingham
- Cover Artist:
- James Jean
- Release Date:
- October 17, 2007
- In Stock?
- Yes!
- Contains content intended for mature readers
- Genre:
- Fantasy
- Colouring:
- FC
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Customer Reviews
This issue focuses on the intriguing saga of Flycatcher as he moves forward to reclaim the lands of Fable from the Adversary. There’s a lot about this issue that I really like. For starters, it becomes extremely apparent that there is a master plan going on here, and that the Fables are taking purposeful, if oblique, action that’s been very carefully thought out. Fly reveals that he’s not the stupid figurehead that he originally appeared to be. Shere Khan and Bluebeard get their comeuppance. And the gauntlet is thrown down for the Adversary to pick up.
Why did I like it so much? Well, it just makes SENSE that immortal figures from tales and stories, who’ve had at least a couple of hundred years to plan, would have something up their sleeves. For the first time, we get to see the Fables being proactive rather than reactive, and it’s quite a relief. Watching the Adversary always have the upper hand gets old, and tiresome.
Blue’s guerilla strike gave the same sense of purpose and planning, but didn’t really involve many characters. This new ... well, let’s call it an initiative, shows the same purpose and planning but with a much grander scale, helping us finally see that hey, it’s probably not a good idea to screw with wicked witches, trolls, monsters, and mythical heroes. They WILL get even.
1 pts.