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Issue Details

Issue #[1]
Published 2002
Cover Price 9.95 USD; 16.95 CAD
Pages 132
Editing Scott Nybakken (collected edition); Shelly Bond (original series); Mariah Huehner (assistant editor original series)
Notes ISBN 1-56389-942-6. Collects and reprints Fables (DC/Vertigo, 2002 Series) #1-5. Includes review blurbs from Wizard, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Cinescape.com, Comic Buyer's Guide, and The Fourth Rail.

Cover Details - "Legends in Exile"

Genre fantasy
Pencils James Jean
Inks James Jean
Letters typeset
Notes ISBN 1-56389-942-6. Collects and reprints Fables (DC/Vertigo, 2002 Series) #1-5. Includes review blurbs from Wizard, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Cinescape.com, Comic Buyer's Guide, and The Fourth Rail.

2 page Fables credits "untitled"

Characters Snow White; Straw Pig; Little Boy Blue; Jack Horner; Rose Red; Lord Bluebeard; Cinderella
Pencils James Jean (painted)
Inks James Jean (painted)
Colors James Jean (painted)
Letters typeset
Notes Art on first page is a detail from page 3 art. Art of second page is vignettes from various pages in this issue. Dedicated to Shelly Bond.

1 page Fables illustration "untitled"

Characters Bufkin; Snow White; Little Boy Blue; Straw Pig; Bigby Wolf; Jack Horner
Genre fantasy
Pencils James Jean (painted)
Inks James Jean (painted)
Colors James Jean (painted)
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #1 [from cover, with all text omitted]

1 page Fables illustration "untitled"

Characters Bigby Wolf; Snow White; Bufkin
Genre fantasy
Pencils Alex Maleev
Inks Alex Maleev
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #1 [from alternate cover, with all text omitted]

22 page Fables story "Chapter One: Old Tales Revisited"

Characters Jack Horner; Johnny; Flycatcher; Bigby Wolf; Snow White; Lord Beast; Beauty; Little Boy Blue; Prince Charming; Molly Greenbaum; Rose Red (in flashback)
Synopsis "In which we meet many of our principal players and get just the first hint or two of some of the myriad troubles to come."
Genre fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Lan Medina
Inks Steve Leialoha
Colors Sherilyn van Valkenburgh; Zylenol (separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #1 (July 2002)

1 page Fables illustration "untitled"

Characters Lord Bluebeard; Cinderella
Genre fantasy
Pencils James Jean (painted, signed)
Inks James Jean (painted, signed)
Colors James Jean (painted, signed)
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #2 [from cover, with all text omitted]

22 page Fables story "Chapter Two: The (Un)usual Suspects"

Characters Jack Horner; Straw Pig; Flycatcher; Bigby Wolf; Snow White; Prince Charming; Molly Greenbaum; Rose Red (in flashback); an Ogre; Cinderella; Lord Bluebeard
Synopsis "In which our intrepid detective delves deeper into the mystery of the missing Fable, and a prince is reunited with his old lady love."
Genre fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Lan Medina
Inks Steve Leialoha
Colors Sherilyn van Valkenburgh; Zylenol (separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #2 (August 2002)

1 page Fables illustration "untitled"

Characters Straw Pig; Black Forest Witch; assorted monsters
Genre fantasy
Pencils James Jean (painted, signed)
Inks James Jean (painted, signed)
Colors James Jean (painted, signed)
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #3 [from cover, with all text omitted]

22 page Fables story "Chapter Three: Blood Tells"

Characters Bigby Wolf; Flycatcher; Little Boy Blue; King Cole; Snow White; Lord Bluebeard; Jack Horner; The Black Forest Witch (in flashback); Prince Charming (in flashback); The Adversary's minions (in flashback); two Ogres; Bufkin; Mr. Grimble; Johnnie
Synopsis "In which the boys make a big mess, more blood is spilled, and a determination is made about a missing Fable."
Genre fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Lan Medina
Inks Steve Leialoha
Colors Sherilyn van Valkenburgh; Zylenol (separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #3 (September 2002)

1 page Fables illustration "untitled"

Characters Lord Beast; Beauty; Straw Pig
Genre fantasy
Pencils James Jean (painted, signed)
Inks James Jean (painted, signed)
Colors James Jean (painted, signed)
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #4 [from cover, with all text omitted]

22 page Fables story "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day"

Characters Lord Beast; Beauty; Johnnie; Mr. Grmible; Prince Charming; Snow White; The Adversary (flashback); King Cole; Pinocchio; Bigby Wolf; Lord Bluebeard; Jack Horner; Straw Pig; Flycatcher; Cinderella; Rose Red
Synopsis "In which everyone dresses up to the nines, old stories are retold and the wolf takes a swim."
Genre fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Lan Medina
Inks Craig Hamilton
Colors Sherilyn van Valkenburgh; Zylenol (separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #4 (October 2002)

1 page Fables illustration "untitled"

Characters Rose Red
Genre fantasy
Pencils James Jean (painted, signed)
Inks James Jean (painted, signed)
Colors James Jean (painted, signed)
Editing Shelly Bond; Mariah Huehner (assistant editor)
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #5 [from cover, with all text omitted]

22 page Fables story "Chapter Five: The Famous Parlor Room Scene (Sans Parlor)"

Characters Bigby Wolf; Snow White; Lord Bluebeard; King Cole; Jack Horner; Prince Charming; Rose Red; Flycatcher; Little Boy Blue; Straw Pig
Synopsis "In which everything is neatly wrapped up in the end, even though few are satisfied with the outcome."
Genre fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Lan Medina
Inks Steve Leialoha
Colors Sherilyn van Valkenburgh; Zylenol (separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #5 (November 2002)

8 page Fables text story "A Wolf In The Fold"

Characters Bigby Wolf; The Adversary; The Adversary's minions; Snow White; Rose Red; Feathertop
Synopsis A brief history of Bigby Wolf and his freeing of Snow White and others from the Adversary's slavery, and their eventual enchantment of the wolf to walk as a man, when they escaped to America.
Genre fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Bill Willingham
Inks Bill Willingham
Letters typeset
Editing Scott Nybakken
Notes Text story with 2 illustrations.