Fables Series by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha, Mark Buckingham, Matthew Sturges, Craig Hamilton, James Jean, Eric Shanower, Daniel Dos Santos, P. Craig Russell, Bryan Talbot, Linda Medley, Jim Rugg, Jim Fern, Andrew Pepoy, David Lapham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Terry Moore, Dan Green, José Marzán Jr., David Petersen, Russ Braun, Joëlle Jones, Mark Schultz, Lee Garbett, Teddy Kristiansen, Mike Allred, Aaron Alexovich, David Hahn, Niko Henrichon, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Mark Farmer, Megan Levens, Lee Loughridge, Andrew Dalhouse, Laura Allred, Todd Klein, Nimit Malavi

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  • Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (Fables #1)
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    Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (Fables #1)

    Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha, Mark Buckingham, Matthew Sturges, Craig Hamilton, James Jean, Eric Shanower

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings · published 2002

    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 normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown... more

  • Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm (Fables #2)
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    Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm (Fables #2)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, James Jean

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings · published 2003

    Ever since they were driven from their homelands by the Adversary, the non-human Fables have been living on the Farm—a vast property in upstate New York that keeps them hidden from the prying eyes of the mundane world. But now, after hundreds of years of isolation, the Farm is seething with revolution, fanned by the inflammatory rhetoric of Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs... more

  • Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love (Fables #3)
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    Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love (Fables #3)

    Bill Willingham, Bryan Talbot, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, Linda Medley, Steve Leialoha, James Jean

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings · published 2004

    In the Fables' world, there isn't a lot of happily-ever-after to go around. As refugees from the lands of make-believe, the Fables have been driven from their storybook realms and forced to blend in with our gritty, mundane reality.But that doesn't mean they don't have any room for romance—or the pain, betrayal and jealous rage that go along with it. In fact, love may be blooming between two of the most hard-bitten, no-nonsense Fables around... more

  • Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Fables #4)
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    Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Fables #4)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Craig Hamilton, Steve Leialoha, P. Craig Russell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings · published 2004

    Bill Willingham's runaway hit series continues its success in this fourth trade paperback, featuring the rise of a new threat to Fabletown.When Little Red Riding Hood suddenly walks through the gate between this world and the lost Fable Homelands, she's welcomed as a miraculous survivor by nearly everyone - everyone except her old nemesis, Bigby Wolf, who smells spying and subversion more than survival... more

  • Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons (Fables #5)
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    Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons (Fables #5)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings · published 2005

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsWritten on the wind.With the Battle of Fabletown won, and the surrounding city of New York none the wiser, the Fables have gained a little time for rebuilding and reflection - in between interrogation of the Adversary's agent and the anticipation of Snow White's impending motherhood. For Bigby Wolf, the father of her soon-to-be newborns, that means a visit with an old friend - and a reminiscence of another, even deadlier war... more

  • Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands (Fables #6)
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    Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands (Fables #6)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings · published 2006

    Over the hills and far away.Having beaten back the Adversary's first advance into their world, the residents of Fabletown must now prepare themselves for the full-scale war that is sure to follow. For one particular Fable, this means skipping town to launch a new career as a venal Hollywood mogul - a path he hopes will be paved with gold and immortality... more

  • Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (Fables #7)
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    Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (Fables #7)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Jim Fern, Jimmy Palmiotti, Andrew Pepoy

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings · published 2006

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsCulture ClashWith the identity of the Adversary finally revealed to the citizens of Fabletown, it's time to begin making preparations in earnest for the defense of their stronghold in the mundane world - and that means forging new alliances with whoever remains unconquered by the Adversary's legions... more

  • Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Fables #7.5)
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    Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Fables #7.5)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings · published 2006

    Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall is set in the early days of Fabletown, long before the Fables series began. Traveling to Arabia as an ambassador from the exiled Fables community, Snow White is captured by the local sultan who wants to marry her (and then kill her). But clever Snow attempts to charm the sultan instead by playing Scheherazade, telling him fantastic stories for a total of 1001 nights, saving her very skin in the process... more

  • Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves (Fables #8)
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    Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves (Fables #8)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings · published 2006

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsInto the woods.The community of Fables living undercover in our midst has endured plenty of suffering at the hands of their longtime antagonist, the Adversary. Now it's time to return the favor and put the would-be conqueror on notice that the cost of subjugating this last stronghold of magic will be higher than he can bear... more

  • Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire (Fables #9)
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    Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire (Fables #9)

    Bill Willingham, Jim Rugg, Eric Shanower

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings · published 2007

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsThe best-laid plans.The free Fables living in the mundane world have struck a decisive blow against the Adversary, destroying one of his most valuable assets at the very heart of his empire - and setting the stage for an all-out war between the worlds in the process. Now, while the ruler of the Homelands licks his wounds and gathers his forces, the denizens of Fabletown have a rare chance to savor the brief peace their victory has brought them... more

  • Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince (Fables #10)
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    Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince (Fables #10)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings · published 2008

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner Awards The return of the King.Will all-out war looming between the forces of the Adversary and the free Fables living in the mundane world, everything now depends on a humble janitor known as Flycatcher. Released from centuries of trauma-induced amnesia, Prince Ambrose (as he was known in happier times) faces a long and difficult road - one that will take him through the lands of the dead and into the heart of the enemy's realm... more

  • Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces (Fables #11)
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    Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces (Fables #11)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings · published 2008

    The final battle between the free Fables of the mundane world and the Empire occupying their former Homelands is about to begin, and the scrappy storybook heroes have already managed to even the odds considerably. With his previously unstoppable wooden soldiers neutralized, the Adversary is about to get his first taste of high technology in the form of steel-jacketed bullets and laser-guided bombs... more

  • Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages (Fables #12)
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    Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages (Fables #12)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings · published 2009

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsCollateral DamageThe great war between Fabletown and the mighty empire of the Adversary is over, and the victorious free Fables have brought their defeated enemy back from the Homelands to join them in exile. Their celebrations, however, are destined to be short-lived. As it turns out, not even beloved storybook heroes can escape the law of unintended consequences... more

  • Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover (Fables #13)
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    Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover (Fables #13)

    Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges

    Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings · published 2010

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsWhen Fables Collide!This is it - a story so grand, so epic in scale that no single series could contain it!As the free Fables struggle to regroup following the destruction of their New York City stronghold, they are suddenly faced with a wholly new menace - one that threatens not only their adopted planet, but all of reality itself!Against such a terrible power, can even the combined abilities of these legendary storybook heroes prevail? Only one thing is... more

  • Fables, Vol. 14: Witches (Fables #14)
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    Fables, Vol. 14: Witches (Fables #14)

    Bill Willingham, Jim Fern, Andrew Pepoy, Craig Hamilton, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, David Lapham

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings · published 2010

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsToil and TroubleIn the wreckage that was once Fabletown, the sinister Mister Dark is building a web of fear and anger that threatens to ensnare any Fable that strays too close. Cut off from the Woodland building's business office and its trove of magical weapons, the exiled free Fables now must turn to their oldest and most powerful members - the witches and warlocks who once occupied the Woodland's 13th floor - to defeat this latest adversary... more

  • Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red (Fables #15)
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    Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red (Fables #15)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings · published 2011

    Winner of Fourteen Eisner AwardsEvery Rose has its thorn.As the Fables of the mundane world try desperately to shield themselves from the withering power of Mister Dark, Rose Red - the Farm's ostensible leader - is finally jolted out of her crippling depression and into action by a timely revelation from her storybook past... more

  • Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team (Fables #16)
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    Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team (Fables #16)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Eric Shanower, Terry Moore

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 2011

    Now why, oh why, in this mixed-up world would we saddle an important series that has never had anything to do with Super Heroes with a title like "Super Team"? And why has that snotty little Pinocchio suddenly got it into his head that he needs to design tight-fitting costumes for a carefully selected team of Fables? In fact, why was the little brat caught looking over his own comic-book collection, mumbling things like, "We can call him Werewolf Man, and he can be The Golden Knight, and she... more

  • Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind (Fables #17)
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    Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind (Fables #17)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2012

    A #1 New York Times Bestseller.The tights and capes have been stored away forever, but it remains to be seen if Haven and its refugee inhabitants have survived the onslaught of. Where do the Fables go from here? Bigby and Snow White's cubs try to move forward after learning a hard lesson about life and death. And the loveable, fan-favorite hero Bufkin the Flying Monkey gets into more trouble when he finally reaches his homeland of Oz.Collecting: Fables 108-113

  • Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland (Fables #17.5)
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    Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland (Fables #17.5)

    Bill Willingham, Daniel Dos Santos

    Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2012

    A #1 New York Times Best Seller!At long last! The long-awaited original Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland graphic novel is here!Bigby Wolf embarks on a quest through the American Heartland to find a new location for Fabletown, a secret society of exiled fairy tale characters living among the "mundys." In his wanderings, Bigby stumbles across Story City, a small town that seems to be occupied solely by werewolves... more

  • Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland (Fables #18)
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    Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland (Fables #18)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 2013

    The most harrowing epic since the inception of the series starts when Snow and Bigby's cub Therese receives a Christmas gift from an unknown admirer. This red plastic boat may hold the key to a deep, disturbing secret that will incite a series of soul-crushing events for the denizens of Fabletown. Plus, a backup feature that shows how Bigby received his fate, drawn by artist Gene Ha.Collecting: Fables 114-123

  • Fables, Vol. 19: Snow White (Fables #19)
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    Fables, Vol. 19: Snow White (Fables #19)

    Bill Willingham

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2013

    With Castle Dark now back in the hands of the Fables, mysteries both young and old begin to challenge the residents of Fabletown.  Bigby and Stinky set off from Fabletown in Rose Red's blood-fueled sports car to track down the two abducted cubs.  Unfortunately for Snow White, besides suffering the trauma of having two of her cubs go missing, a long forgotten secret uncovered in Castle Dark threatens to sabotage her and Bigby's marriage... more

  • Fables, Vol. 20: Camelot (Fables #20)
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    Fables, Vol. 20: Camelot (Fables #20)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2014

    Rose Red takes the mantle of Paladin of Hope to rally the Fables in the tragic aftermath of “Snow White.” A new dark age calls for a new Round Table, with modern knights willing to take on a sacred quest to reassemble the shattered pieces of Fabletown.Collecting: Fables 130-140

  • Fables, Vol. 21: Happily Ever After (Fables #21)
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    Fables, Vol. 21: Happily Ever After (Fables #21)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2015

    In this penultimate volume of Bill Willingham’s Fables, the residents of Fabletown look to live “happily ever after,” but there is a steep price to pay for happiness as Rose Red clashes with Snow White!Collecting: Fables 141-149

  • Fables, Vol. 22: Farewell (Fables #22)
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    Fables, Vol. 22: Farewell (Fables #22)

    Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy, Dan Green, José Marzán Jr., David Petersen, Russ Braun, Joëlle Jones, Mark Schultz, Lee Garbett, Teddy Kristiansen, Mike Allred, Aaron Alexovich, David Hahn, Lan Medina, Niko Henrichon, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Mark Farmer, Megan Levens, Bryan Talbot, Lee Loughridge, Andrew Dalhouse, Laura Allred, Todd Klein, Nimit Malavi

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2015

    It’s the final trade paperback volume of Fables! No, wait – it’s Fables 150, the grand finale of the best-selling, award-winning comic book series! And it’s also an original graphic novel in the tradition of Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall! Yes, it’s all this and more! Join us for 150 – that’s, right, 150! – pages of new stories starring your favorite Fables, all from the mind of Bill Willingham... more

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