Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers: March Of The Wooden Soldiers - Vol 04 (Vertigo S., #1) (Fables)

by Bill Willingham

Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)

Bill Willingham's runaway hit series FABLES continues its success in this fourth trade paperback, collecting issues #19-21 and #23-27 (issue #22 will appear in a future collection) and featuring the rise of a new threat to Fabletown. Also included is the Prestige Format Special Fables: The Last Castle. 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. But will he be able to prove his case before disaster strikes? And how will it all affect Prince Charming's upstart campaign to become the new mayor of Fabletown?

• ISBN10: 1401202225
• ISBN13: 9781401202224
• Publish Date: 1 November 2004 (first published 31 December 2002)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 28 October 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: DC Comics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 240
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781401202224

Reviews

[inlibrisveritas]

Such an amazing series!

[celinenyx]

The Fables series never appealed to me because of the artwork on the covers. It simply didn't draw me in. Now I finished Legends in Exile, I can corroborate what everyone is saying - Fables is a damn good comic.

Legends in Exile centers around a murder mystery - Rose Red is gone, and her apartment is smeared with blood. Bigsby and Snow White grudgingly have to work together to find out what the fate is of Snow's sister.

Not only is the fairy-tale-in-modern-city setting very well done, the writing is absolutely fantastic and the art aesthetically pleasing. A very satisfying first arc. Lucky for me, there are many more to go.

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

I really love the concept of Fables, the Fabletown community (all characters from different fairy tales) living in New York. The Big Bad Wolf is a hard-boiled detective that is on the case to find out who killed Rose, Snow White’s sister. While the art has a real 80’s feel to it, it is the story telling that makes this a great graphic novel. I expect to be reading a lot more from this series.