DC Vertigo
Bill Willingham, writer
Phil Jimenez, artist
These two issues bring the first arc of this new Fables spin-off title to a very satisfying conclusion. This arc involved Ali Baba awakening Briar Rose from her deep slumber, but only after first awakening the also sleeping Snow Queen, who quickly captured the pair along with their whimsical guide, a bottle imp, Jonah. Before the tale is wrapped up, Willingham brings eight other powerful magic wielders into the mix and brings things to the aforementioned great conclusion.
I did not see many of the twists and turns coming in the final installments of this arc, but that is what keeps this universe fresh after nearly 200 issues among all of the related Fables titles. Willingham always stays true to the nature of the characters he is using, but often his research has turned up little-known and long-forgotten aspects of these characters that allow him to continue to surprise readers while maintaining the internal logic of his creation.
Every comics or fantasy fan should be reading these books!
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