One of the best series from the Vertigo lineup that DC Comics published for me was the Fables series. While it didn’t quite stick the landing in some ways and wasn’t uniformly excellent, it was a strong and creative series overall that delighted. Now, DC Comics will release Fables Compendium One, an 1184-page collection, with a planned September 29, 2020 debut under their Black Label imprint. The series was originally released as a Vertigo title and ran 149 issues.
The release will include:
- Fables #1-41
- Fables: The Last Castle
- Fables: 1,001 Nights of Snowfall
- A short story from Fables: Legends in Exile
The set is priced at $59.99.
Plot Concept: When a savage creature, known only as the Adversary, conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, the famous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of a modern New York, these magical characters created their own peaceful and secret society, which they called Fabletown.
But when Snow White’s party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it’s up to Fabletown’s sheriff — the reformed Big Bad Wolf, Bigby — to find the killer.
Meanwhile, trouble of a different sort brews at the Fables’ upstate farm, where non-human inhabitants are preaching revolution…and threatening the carefully nutured secrecy of Fabletown.
