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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published November 2006
Cover Price $2.99
Pages 36
Editing Shelly Bond; Angela Rufino (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Geppetto; Pinocchio; the Snow Queen; the Nome King; Inquisitor General Hansel; Honorable Knight Bright Day; Sir Rodney Greenwood
Genre Fantasy
Pencils James Jean (painted)
Inks James Jean (painted)
Colors James Jean (painted)
Letters typeset

19 page Fables story "Sons of the Empire Part Two: The Four Plagues"

Characters Geppetto; Pinocchio; the Snow Queen [Lumi]; the Nome King; Inquisitor General Hansel; Honorable Knight Bright Day; Sir Rodney Greenwood; Sheriff Beast; Beauty; Prince Charming; Bufkin; Bigby; Peter Cottontail
Synopsis Wherein the forces of the Emperor decide upon a ten-year war on the Mundy World with the Four Plagues: Pestilence, Fire, Winter, and Famine. A traitor is sent from the War Council to Fabletown as a peace envoy, and Bigby asks a fast rabbit for help training the cubs how to hunt.
Genre Fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Mark Buckingham
Inks Steve Leialoha; Andrew Pepoy
Colors Lee Loughridge
Letters Todd Klein

3 page Fables story "Porky Pine Pie"

Characters Porky Pine; Chicken Ripple; a gingerbread man
Synopsis A porcupine convinces a human maiden to kiss him, thereby breaking an evil witch's spell.
Genre Fantasy
Script Bill Willingham
Pencils Joshua Middleton
Inks Joshua Middleton
Colors Joshua Middleton
Letters Todd Klein