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  • Published: 15 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781401237554
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $26.99

Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile




When Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Bigby, Fabletown's sheriff, and a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the culprit is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.

When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the "mundys," their name for normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society that they call Fabletown. From their exclusive luxury apartment buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side, these creatures of legend must fight for their survival in the new world.

Fables is the winner of 14 Eisner Awards and is one of the most enduring Vertigo titles ever. Here, in this new, 10th anniversary edition, is a newly colored 8-page story from the Fables prose work Peter & Max: A Fables Novel, as well as a beautiful new cover from series artist Mark Buckingham. 

  • Published: 15 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781401237554
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $26.99

About the author

Bill Willingham

Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years
During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's written many critically-acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, ROBIN, SHADOWPACT and SALVATION RUN. A multiple winner of the Eisner Award, Willingham has also been nominated for the International Horror Guild award; Bill lives somewhere near a good poker room.

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Praise for Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

"[A] wonderfully twisted concept . . . features fairy tale characters banished to the nourish world of present-day New York." -- WASHINGTON POST
"...spellbinding epic." -- BOOKLIST
"Clever, enjoyable . . . an excellent series in the tradition of SANDMAN, one that rewards careful attention and loyalty." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"One of the best damn series ever written." -- AIN'T IT COOL NEWS