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Jack of Fables Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade

by Bill Willingham, Tony Akins (Illustrator), Jim Fern (Illustrator), Andrew Pepoy (Inker), Joe Rubinstein (Illustrator)1 more, Matthew Sturges

Other authors: Brian Bolland (Cover artist)

Series: Bill Willingham's Fables (41-45), Jack of Fables (41-45)

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With Jack Horner, former star of JACK OF FABLES, permanently transformed into a dragon, Vertigo reboots the series with a new hero, Jack Frost.The world in which this story takes place is the world in which Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers lived, only thousands of years later. All that remains is superstition and feudalism and all of the old technology is regarded as magic now. Jack seeks the magic blade which will defeat the Giant King. But of course nothing is as it seems since the good guys always reveal themselves to be evil in the end.… (more)
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Sooo... meet the new Jack, better* than the old Jack?

Jack's son (by way of the Winter Queen, many books ago) is now the Jack of the Fables and old Jack has managed to convince him that the way to great power and fulfullmet is through quests and adventures. Which... sure. In this world it might even be the right way to go.

So new Jack sets aside his powers (it wouldn't be fair after all), teams up with one of Geppetto's creations (a wonderfully snarky wooden owl) and goes on an adventures to save the princess, slay the giant, and earn himself the titular Fulminate Blade. It's quite and adventures, chock full of weirdness:



It's a fun story and of course tries to fit in a lesson about being too trusting, which for the most part bounces right off Jack. It works.



Arthur C. Clarke, eat your heart out. ( )
  jpv0 | Jul 21, 2021 |
Jack Frost, not Jack of Fables, leads this volume, and I pined for the lazy bastard's return. ( )
  morbusiff | Sep 20, 2018 |
Love it! Can't wait for volume 9 :) ( )
  hopeevey | May 20, 2018 |
I'm liking this series less and less as it goes on. I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. You're out of stories, and that's fine. But don't waste paper printing books that are boring.

Obviously, I'm going to read the next one. I didn't read eight other volumes to give up now.
See you next time, Jack. ( )
  imahorcrux | Jun 22, 2016 |
My blog post about this book is at this link. ( )
  SuziQoregon | May 27, 2016 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Bill Willinghamprimary authorall editionscalculated
Akins, TonyIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Fern, JimIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Pepoy, AndrewInkermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Rubinstein, JoeIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Sturges, Matthewmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Bolland, BrianCover artistsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"I appreciate the honesty of monsters."
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"Many a man has gotten himself killed by believing his own press."

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"I'm starting to realize that heroes are less common than I'd hoped."
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With Jack Horner, former star of JACK OF FABLES, permanently transformed into a dragon, Vertigo reboots the series with a new hero, Jack Frost.The world in which this story takes place is the world in which Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers lived, only thousands of years later. All that remains is superstition and feudalism and all of the old technology is regarded as magic now. Jack seeks the magic blade which will defeat the Giant King. But of course nothing is as it seems since the good guys always reveal themselves to be evil in the end.

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