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Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire |
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Manufacturer: Vertigo
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401213169
ISBN: 1401213162
Label: Vertigo
Manufacturer: Vertigo
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: 2007-06-06
Publisher: Vertigo
Release Date: 2007-06-06
Studio: Vertigo
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The infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile when a savage creature known as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales. These magical characters now disguise themselves as normal citizens in modern-day New York and around the world. In this volume, Pinocchio suffers seriously divided loyalties between his father, the evil Adversary, and his fellow Fable refugees in New York. Discover what he does while his father hosts a secret conference of the imperial elite to decide the ultimate fate of Fabletown. Plus, Bigby Wolf reluctantly decides it's finally time to square accounts with his long-estranged father, the North Wind and makes a journey with Snow White and their kids to find him.
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Summary: The march towards war
Comment: As this collection opens, The Adversary plans war against the world to which the Fables have been exiled - our world. As part of the ploy, The Adversary sends a diplomatic envoy to the Fable. It's an undiplomatic choice of ambassador, though: a Fable who was exiled because of his taste for murder, and who defected to the expanding empire.
Not all of this collection carries that grim foreboding, though. Christmas arrives, and a family that we've come to know celebrates it in their magical way - but every silver lining has its dark cloud, too. We catch up with others among the Fables, as well, in a brief but kaleidoscopic set of impressions at the end of this collection.
The world of the Fables has been well established in the eight collections leading up to this one. New readers really ought to start at the beginning, so the know the context and personalities involved. Without that, I'm afraid, much of this set would be non sequitur. However, if you've been following along, you'll see excitement building in the major plot line, and more back story emerging from secondary threads. If you've followed the Fables this far, you're in for a treat.
-- wiredweird
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Summary: Just keeps getting better...
Comment: Another great chapter in this wonderful series. As this tale continues it gets more and more complicated (in a good way) my enjoyment level grows just as much. This volume spends a great deal of it's time back in fableland with the Advisaray and his council. This really helps to expand the Fable Universe.
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Summary: Astounding
Comment: If you haven't read these books, then you are missing out... but I warn you that you will be attached and keep coming back for more, so pace yourself a little and don't get upset to wait for the next one, because it's just a little longer
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Summary: weakest thus far
Comment: I think Fables is one of the best conceived ideas in modern comics, at least up until issue 50. Ijust found this collection to be much weaker than all that has come before it.
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Summary: A series that is stunning in its consistent brilliance
Comment: I discovered FABLES perhaps a bit later than many others, but I'm making up for it with my enthusiasm for it. I've now read all of the nine main books, the 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL spin off, and the two Jack of the Fables books (even though Jack is possibly my least favorite character in the books). I look forward to getting the tenth book this June. My point is: this is an addictive series.
The issues that make up this volume pretty obviously are setting up big events in the future. We see a war council held by Gepetto and his minions. We see Snow White and Bigby and their brood visit his father the North Wind. We are introduced to several new characters. We get new wrinkles, such as Rodney Greenwood, who seems to almost like the residents of Fabletown.
But while FABLES has great stories, what I most enjoy is the way Willingham explores all the various facets of their fictional world. From the very beginning the series has never done just one thing. There is an astonishing variety, just as the cast of characters really could be characterized as an ensemble cast. If you were forced to identify the "lead" characters, it might be Snow White and Bigby Wolf, but there have been several issues in which they've not appeared at all, sometimes several issues in a row.
I can't wait to see what happens next.
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