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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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still haven't got it yet,
This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade (Paperback)
I would be happy to write a review if i had got the book. I pre ordered this book in January and I haven't got the book yet it is out since one month now and Amazon keep changing the date it will ship. Right now it is written that the shipping should be expected on maximum March 3 and it is not shipped yet. What a bad idea to command this book through Amazon as the stores in Canada are selling them since Feburary 2!
3.0 out of 5 stars
All Jack Frost! Would have been better as a stand-alone.,
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This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: next in the series.This volume collects 5 issues together of a mini arc called "Kings of Earth and Sky". The Fulminate Blade is the title of the first chapter and the magical sword Jack Frost must obtain to kill the giant terrorizing the village. Fairly well-used plot, only there are lots of twists and everything is not as straight forward as it first appears. Jack finally delivers a village from a tyrant and really feels like he is the hero he has wanted to be all along and learns that heroes are a rare breed indeed. This volume really didn't appeal to me all that much. Yes, the story was good and an enjoyable read but as a whole it was not a satisfying read in the "Jack of Fables" series. First of all, because the real Jack, Jack Horner, was not in this volume at all. The whole volume was a side-story for Jack Frost alone. Now, I've been quite fond of Jack Frost since he first appeared but all alone like this without his father's presence I didn't feel he was that worthy of carrying a book. Especially, since I know this is the second last book in the series. The real Jack, of course, is a character that I don't like, but really have fun not liking and I must say he was missed. If this had been a one-off titled "Jack Frost" something or other, so that I had known I was just going to get a side story I think I would have enjoyed it more, but as a volume in the Jack of Fables canon it is disappointing when the main character is nowhere to be found. The Babe the blue ox one-pagers are still kept at the ending of each chapter so at least that kept some continuity with the series as a whole but, to tell the truth, I don't "get" the humour of the Babe pages more than half of the time so his presence was no biggie for me. Now, sadly, there is just one more volume to read and then "Jack of Fables" is over. I already have the book so will read it in a while. I really hope the ending is worthy of the rest of the series. Would it be too much to hope for that some of the old characters come back, like the Page Sisters, Gary and the real Jack Horner (not the dragon)? We'll see!
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3.1 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Competent but unexceptional.,
By Sean Curley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade (Paperback)
The eighth volume of Vertigo's "Jack of Fables" ongoing series, and the second since a major revamp in the series' premise, is a competent but unexceptional adventure story. Spoilers follow.The series originally focused on Jack Horner, aka Jack of Fables, the Jack of many different fairy tales and stories. Jack was a selfish, greedy [...], and the series was basically his irreverent escapades around the world. However, concerned that, among other things, the character had become too unlikeable, he was eventually replaced as the lead character by his son (also named Jack). The new Jack is a very different character, and so the series is very different: we follow him as he attempts to become an epic hero. Where his father was selfish to a fault, Jack is selfless to the point of occasional stupidity. Occompanied by his talking wooden owl, in this particular volume he finds himself on a sci-fi-ish world where he must confront a despot and make sense of the tangled politics of the area. It's a reasonably well-done story, with art and story elements that owe influences to Jack Kirby and Edgar Rice Burroughs, among others. However, there isn't a huge amount to really distinguish this collection from other adventure stories on the market. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
NON-ESSENTIAL for even a die hard Fables fan...,
By spazmasterj "spazmasterj" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade (Paperback)
I love the Fables universe and the art in this book is solid, but the storytelling is really uneven and reads more like an outline than a flushed out story. It seems rushed. The action is confusing. It's kinda like they are touching on the John Carter of Mars thing but then that gist is quickly abandoned and it seems to take place in a generic "kingdom". I like this character a lot, but this book feels really uneven. You get the feeling something happened in producing this book or something happened between DC and the creators and this was a space filler. As another reader pointed out this stand alone story doesn't have a satisfying ending at all. It feels out of place in this series.Also an important note is that Jack Horner is nowhere in this book. NOT ONE PANEL. You get a few Babe the blue ox one page stories...but that's it. At the end it is not spoiling anything to say Jack Frost simply resumes his quest to find Dad. You could literally (no pun intended) not read this and not miss a thing, as there is absolutely no development in the fables universe or even on the Jack Frost character beyond what we have already seen. The next trade is the last in the Jack of Fables series, and based on these five issues in this trade I think that is okay by me. This was a wasted opportunity imo and not worth the read. I have everything else in the series, but this is just a big miss. Borrow it from a friend or the library. Save your money for the last trade and/or the other Fables series TPB. :D
3.0 out of 5 stars
HIT OR MISS WITH MORE MISS BUT STILL SORTA FUN,
By MISTER SJEM "sonofhotpie" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade (Paperback)
This is the second to last installment of the JACK OF FABLES series which is a spinoff from the FABLES series. In this volume we focus on one of Jack's sons, Jack Frost, who has decided he is going to become a multidimensional hero. In the previous book he was a total noob to the heroing career but here we find him suddenly quite experienced and he's gone from the standard fantasy setting to one that mimics settings similar to the pulpy sci fi fantastic action mixes of Edgar Rice Burroughs. There are some up moments here but there are also some down moments which makes this a mixed bag. ARTWORK: B minus to B; STORY/PLOTTING: C plus; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B minus; OVERALL GRADE: B minus; WHEN READ: end of December 2011; OVERALL GRADE: B minus.
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