Fables, vol 12: The Dark Ages, by Bill Willingham (writer) and Mark Buckingham (art); graphic novel; 192 pages.
This is the epilogue to the battle waged in the last volume, giving us a bittersweet mix of victory and sadness for those lost. I felt like Willingham could have neatly ended the series here, and it would have been a good way to tie it up. In fact, I think that was what I was expecting. So I have mixed feelings about the introduction of a new Big Bad; only a minor subplot of this arc, but sure to be central later on. Also, I can't place the folktale that the new villain is meant to be from (if he's from a folktale at all), which is bugging me.
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