Legends in Exile is the first entry in Bill Willingham’s Fable series, and this one sets the scene and explains how these refugees from over a hundred magic worlds ended up in New York City, living their lives out beside the mundane, as they call humans. Some of my favorite fairy tale characters appear in this volume, from the scoundrel Jack (of Beanstalk and Giant Killer fame), the devastatingly beautiful sisters, Snow White and Rose Red, and the world-weary Big Bad Wolf now destined to act as sheriff for the storybook community. The plot revolves around the disappearance, and supposed murder of Rose Red, and we follow along with Mr. Wolf as he investigates, interviews his suspects, and then, much to his pleasure, stages the unveiling of the actual crime, at the yearly Remembrance Day Ball, Fabletown’s grandest event of the year. A quick, fun read, and a great start to a series that I anticipate enjoying.

Mister Dark's final, final battle was anticlimactic and Pinocchio's meta-commentary on superheroes was annoying but Bigby had some nice moments in this volume.

This volume is separated in distinct sections and stories compared to the first two. This destroyed the fluidity and made it hard to follow. When the volume started, it reminds me of Supernatural with the soul trading. I was pretty amused. And it got super intense and exciting when a reporter tried to expose the fables. I love how some of the fables characters had a heist to prevent the exposure to happen, but it felt short. To me it was a silly kind of heist, nothing that made you stop breathing. You know what everyone is going to be save and sound. But the plot was pretty interesting. I do have to say that I am not a fan of the character Snow White. Every time she appeared in the volume, it was just politics, politics, blah, blah, blah. Boring! But as the story moved on, I hated her less, perhaps it was because she became more human to me. When Snow and Mr. Wolfe was in the forest, it reminded me of Twilight mix with the action of The Hunger Game. I wanted more! I was screaming in my head to "run, run, run", and "awwwww". It definitely left me wanting to read more to see how this "relationship" turns out. I enjoyed the last section of the distinct section about SmallTown. The drawings were more cartoon than comics. It was very rustic and less defined, kind of like children's picture books. I was a little lost from the transition because I didn't understand how this story was connected to the previous one. It seemed like who ever created this volume just put this story in to fill in the space. :S But I did enjoyed the story. Overall, I enjoyed this volume fairly much, 3.5 out of 5.

First of all, there are soooo many literary references, j'adore! I was like "oh, there's one, oh and here too, here's one too." I loved it! Ok, on to the story. The story start out intense, no dragging of the plot like the first one. This volume was like the end of the first volume. The suspense and the mystery of the first volume was amazing, this volume had more fear build in, if you know what I mean. In this volume you get to see how intelligent Red Rose is. You also get to see the evil plan building which I always like to read about, and which I think is harder to write. The amount of thinking and strategy makes this volume a fantastic read!! When a chase began, my heart was pounding so hard that I was barely breathing! This volume will definitely make you sit at the edge of your seat and read until you are completely finished. The relationship between the characters were farther revealed. Snow and Red's past was shown and I felt horrible. I hope my sister and I never get separated like them. But as you read on, you see how much emotions and care there are. *tears* Overall, this volume was definitely enjoyable to read. :) 5 out of 5!

This comic was a brilliant read! The murder, the lies, the suspense, and the alteration of our favorite childhood fairytales twisted into 119 pages of comics. The graphics had the classic comics drawing. Each characters had their own spice. They were all different from the characters we remember as our childhood fairytales. The plot was breath-taking; I was at the edge of my seat. When the murder was solved it had the moment of "Holy crap! I didn't expect that! Look at all the details! How could I not seen that!" Pure magic, kind of remind me of the Detective Conan comics where you just fan girls at the detective skills. There were gory scenes and sexual contents but it won't be a good comics if there weren't any. I'm pretty sure the show Once Upon A Time was sort of influenced by the Fables comics. But I personally enjoy Fables better because it is not cheesy and typical. It actually have substance. I cannot wait until I get my hands on the second book. :) ✩✩✩✩✩ 5 glossy, shiny, golden stars out of 5 stars!

Lots of good story threads start and end in this issue, which also includes a major magic duel. There's also neat retelling of the two old Snow White tales as one twisted flashback that reveals just how truly AWFUL a sister Rose Red was and Frau Totenkinder gets a surprisingly sweet send-off.

This and walking dead are the only two series that I can think of that even 16 volumes over a 100 issues later it doesn't feel like it ever needs to end. Volume 16 super team is a bit lighthearted and then it slams you with a woah moment. If you're new to comics and are looking for book to read you can't go wrong with Fables.

Nice to get a bit of back story on the new Big Bad, Dark. Also awesome: Frau Totenkinder's true form. The stories are still mostly set-up-- Bufkin the monkey does some comic fighting and Flycatcher does some professional and romantic maturing in Haven.

Dark is right. The consequences of the last war are dire as a new (seemingly way over-powered) bad guy is unleashed and the next promising arc begins. I was glad for the much lighter Mowgli short at the end.

A bunch of self-referential crap that's unrelated to the main plot... probably written by someone with writer's block. As for the plot, "Duck Amuck" (and yes, that's a Merrie Melodies ref) did it better. Obviously, I'm not a fan of Jack. The one star is for the all too brief Beast v. Bigby fight.