Jack Of Fables Vol. 5

by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges

Tony Akins (Artist) and Russell Braun (Artist)

Get ready for Jack’s adventures out West, as Smiling Jack Candle crosses paths with a grim sheriff from back East who carries no gun. Collecting issues #22-27 of the series Publishers Weekly says “any sophisticated comics fan will enjoy.” Advance-solicited; on sale March 4 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US MATURE READERS

• ISBN13: 9781401221386
• Publish Date: 17 March 2009
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 28 October 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: DC Comics
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[empressbrooke]

My least favorite volume in the series so far, mainly due to the dreadfully boring first half, which is a 3-issue story about why Jack and Bigby Wolf don't get along. Could have been interesting, but between the dryness of the plot and the distracting historical facts that are inserted every few frames, it just dragged.

The second half of the volume gets back to the war brewing between the Literals, and although this whole series has only gotten a halfhearted response from me compared to the main Fables series, the way Jack's current danger is solved is wonderfully amusing.