JACK OF FABLES (2009)

"Written by BILL WILLINGHAM & MATTHEW STURGES Art by STEVE LEIALOHA Cover by JAMES JEAN The adventures of everyone's favorite Fable got under way in this issue, reprinted for just $1.00! Last seen hitchhiking from Hollywood, Jack's about to run afoul of other renegade Fables. Featured in the JACK OF FABLES VOL. 1: THE NEARLY GREAT ESCAPE TP (NOV060300)."

"Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Tony Akins & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland Part 5 of 'Jack's Big Book of War.' This is the issue where all of the secrets are revealed! It's like a Sophocles play, but with explosions! In fact, we reveal so many secrets in this issue that we've had to hire two new interns at the Fables 'Secrets Lab' to dream up new ones. All this in preparation for the 'Great Fables Crossover Event' beginning right on this issue's heels! On sale March 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS"

"Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Russ Braun & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland Part 2 of 'The Great Fables Crossover'! This is the opening salvo in what will come to be known around the world as 'The Great Fables Crossover' (except for that one issue of FABLES that comes out the previous week that actually starts it, but who gives a crap?). You know, everyone is always saying, 'Hey, we want to see Jack get his ass kicked.' And since this is a crossover, there could be all kinds of people who might be kicking Jack's ass. But it'll probably only involve the one person you're thinking would do something like that. On sale April 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS"

"Written by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham Art by Russ Braun & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland 'The Great Fables Crossover' part 5 of 9! Bigby Wolf, Snow White, Gary and Mr. Revise are hot on the trail of Kevin Thorn and determined to stop him before he can write the universe out of existence. But Bigby has problems. He's not a Big Bad Wolf anymore. Nor is he a man. So, what's happening? Is his long-dormant changeling nature asserting itself? On sale May 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS"

"Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Russ Braun & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland 'The Great Fables Crossover' part 8 of 9! What do the cast of JACK OF FABLES and bad comedians have in common? They both go to the Catskills to die! In this, the thrillingest and most penultimate issue of the 'Great Fables Crossover,' battles are won, lives are lost, and a whole lot of really weird stuff happens. But then again, what were you expecting? On sale June 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS"

"Written by Chris Roberson Art by Tony Akins Cover by Brian Bolland Featuring an untold tale of Jack's past drawn by guest artist Tony Akins and written by guest-scripter and novelist Chris Roberson (HOUSE OF MYSTERY #13)! 'Jack 'n' Apes' is the exciting true story of the time our hero found himself in equatorial Africa in nothing but his underpants, was taken prisoner by a bunch of talking apes, and in no time had set himself up as their king. That's right, monkey fans, Jack was the real king of the jungle, so accept no substitutes. Kreegah! On sale July 22 o 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US o MATURE READERS"

"Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Jack's back out on his own, but after his grave insult to the artist who's drawing this story, what will become of Jack? Will the artist seek vengeance and have Jack go bald? Get fat? Grow a tail? Will he be covered in scabs and lesions? Or will the artist simply ignore the script and have Jack brutally murdered on the first page and bring in a replacement? Who knows? Anything is possible... On sale August 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS"

"Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland As you may know, during the 'Great Fables Crossover,' Jack defected from his own title and pushed his way into FABLES for a couple of months taking his favorite artist, Tony Akins, with him. It was obvious that Jack didn't really care if his second favorite artist, Russ Braun, was horribly insulted at the thought of being, well, second best. In this issue, penciller Russ Braun will enact a revenge so hideous on Jack that one of them may not make it to issue #39. On sale September 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS"

"Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland 'The New Adventures of Jack and Jack' Part 3! Jack Horner keeps getting fatter, bigger and uglier. It's pretty clear some sort of strong magic is at work, but is it a diabolical attack - or a final comeuppance at long last for Jack's many sins? In the meantime, his son Jack Frost has thoroughly taken over his dad's old book. Along with his new companion McDuff, Jack Frost has entered the itinerant hero trade, but so far with decidedly mixed results. Will he get better at his new chosen profession and become the modern Jack of Fables? On sale October 28 o 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS"

"Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Winding up our 'Adventures of Jack and Jack' story, Jack Frost continues to learn the hero trade while Jack Horner finally learns why he's been getting so fat and ugly. Weirdly enough, that's all we can possibly tell you about this issue and still retain some bit of surprise. Of course we could lie and promise a few things that aren't actually in this story. We've done that often enough before. But after a while, the lies and misdirection and carefully constructed half-truths begin to weary a man's soul. Let's just say that by the end of this issue, both Jacks get what's coming to them. On sale November 25 o 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS"

"Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland New storyline! A new era for JACK OF FABLES begins in earnest when Jack Frost and his wooden owl MacDuff find themselves in a strange new world - a world with giant millipede mounts, ancient space elevators and ray guns that go zish! But things really get interesting when a scantily clad witch leads Jack to an ancient temple containing one of the most powerful weapons ever crafted: The Fulminate Blade. On sale December 23 o 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US o MATURE READERS"

"Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Jack Frost has fought the Keepers of the Fulminate Blade. He's being lauded as a hero in the ancient city of Landfall, but being a hero isn't maybe so great as Jack thought it might be. A promiscuous princess isn't the only danger awaiting Jack at Landfall castle. All this, plus Babe the Blue Ox in all his grandeur. On sale January 27 o 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US o MATURE READERS"

"On sale February 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges • Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy • Cover by Brian Bolland Jack Frost, all things being equal, is a much better hero than his dad. You want monsters? We got 'em! You want quests and riches? We got 'em in spades! You want fish men from Venus? Well...we don't actually have those. "

"Written by BILL WILLINGHAM & MATTHEW STURGES Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND Jack Frost and his stalwart owl companion MacDuff take to the skies as Jack's quest to save a kingdom from the vicious Empyrean nears its conclusion. We hope you like robot attack birds, rayguns and space elevators cause we have it all! Plus, Babe the Miniature Blue Ox: philosopher, poet, hero."

"Written by BILL WILLINGHAM & MATTHEW STURGES Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY • Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND Jack Frost has finally come face-to-face with the Empyrean, but it's clear that someone somewhere along the way has been lying about what this is all about. In fact, it's beginning to seem as if everyone everywhere along the way has been lying "

"Written by BILL WILLINGHAM & MATTHEW STURGES Art by RUSS BRAUN & ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND In this start to a new storyline, the Page Sisters finally find a new purpose in life: restoring the Great Library. And the one place you don't want to be is between them and one of the books they want. Meanwhile, Jack Frost has just set upon the greatest quest in a long and distinguished career of great quests, all of which have been great...and questy. Plus, Jack's still a dragon. That ain't gonna change, folks."

"Written by MATTHEW STURGES & BILL WILLINGHAM Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND The Page Sisters have a lead on the horde of books that went missing from the Golden Boughs way back when. Jack Frost has a lead on one of the most dangerous monsters he's yet to face. And just when he thought he was getting too old for this $#!%, Jack Horner has a lead on a tasty snack. Featuring a selection of the classic 'Jack Dragon & Gary' newspaper strips of yore and your requisite helping of Babe the Miniature Blue Ox. On sale AUGUST 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS"

"Written by MATTHEW STURGES & BILL WILLINGHAM Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND In this issue, everyone who's ever been in an issue of JACK OF FABLES is accounted for. We mean it. Everyone. We catch up with each character, and if they're dead, we'll even show you the corpse. And that's a promise you can take to the bank. Why are we doing this? Because we're building to a grand epic moment that was planned out years and years ago. Honest! On sale OCTOBER 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS"

"Written by MATTHEW STURGES & BILL WILLINGHAM Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND It's the issue before issue #50, where everything changes in the JACK OF FABLES universe forever! This issue is like the appetizer before a feast of destruction! Like an amuse bouche for a dragon's bloodthirsty maw! We just want to warn you up front that more than one person probably dies in this issue, and it's probably someone you like. As the Page Sisters, the Fables on the bus, Jack Frost, and a very angry guy with a sword through him all converge in a mythical land far away from mortal ken, a certain dragon begins to get nervous. That is to say he would get nervous, if he was that kind of guy. But he isn't, and so he doesn't. And that's probably bad for everyone involved. . . On sale DECEMBER 29 • 32 pg, FC"

"Written by BILL WILLINGHAM & MATTHEW STURGES Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY and RUSS BRAUN & JOSE MARZAN JR. Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND This is it! This is where it all happens! You've been waiting - nay, pining - for this 50th issue of JACK OF FABLES, and, brother, who could blame you? Does Jack Frost slay Jack Dragon? Does Jack Dragon eat his own kid? Will the Page Sisters rebuild the Great Library? Will Gary finally get to sing a show tune on Broadway? We don't know, because its contents are so secret, even WE aren't allowed to read it, but they tell us that the answers to all these questions will be provided. It's oversized, with extra pages, extra action, extra drama, and extra Babe, the Miniature Blue Ox! And you have our personal guarantee that not every single character will die! Oh, and one more small thing we should mention - it's the final issue of the series. Enjoy! FINAL ISSUE • On sale FEBRUARY 23 • 48 pg, FC"