Jack Frost seeks to kill a dragon, unaware that it’s his own father. Jack Frost has just set upon the greatest quest in a long and distinguished career of great quests: To kill a dragon. Of course, he is not aware that the dragon in question is in fact his own father. Meanwhile, the Page Sisters find a new purpose in life: restoring the Great Library. This volume includes JACK OF FABLES #50, a special issue that includes appearances by everyone who’s ever shown up in the series.
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Bill Willingham is a writer and artist whose work includes Coventry and The Sandman Presents. Matthew Sturges is the co-writer of Jack of Fables and House of Mystery. His other DC Universe works include Shadowpact, Blue Beetle and Justice Society of America. Tony Akins has pencilled for Star Wars, Aliens and Masks: Too Hot for TV! He works on the Fables universe.
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Reason for Reading: Next (and last) in the series.
What I like about this (and any Fables series) is you can just pick up where you left off and not have any trouble getting back into the story. I can't believe I put this book off for a year, I did pre-order it! Anyway as I start to write my review I see this volume has a very low overall general rating. Without having read other reviews yet, I can't be sure why, but I think people are being overly hard on it. I actually enjoyed this volume and had a fun time with the last of the series. I've really enjoyed this series for the last few books, ever since Jack Frost appeared on the scene, but it has never been up to the original Fables quality. Still, I've had fun with it and this volume continued that. Four stories were on going to wrap up everyone's story arc, all to be culminated at the same place at the same time. The Page Sisters trying to restore the Great Library and regain immortality, (the sisters are my favourite characters), Jack Frost having decide to retire comes out of retirement for a final quest to slay a dragon. Jack Horner (now the dragon) and Gary wait in there cave for their destiny to arrive. And the rest of the Golden Boughs community, headed by Raven, are sent on a mission to go help Jack (the dragon). Oh wait, there's one more story: Wicked John, currently impaled with Excalibur goes nuts and is drawn towards the final battle. I had a lot of fun seeing all my favourite characters, thought the story was wrapped up nicely, though not how I would have wished!, and we are left with a possibility that someone may show up in the Fables universe again. Not the greatest volume, but not the worst, and certainly a fun and humorous ending.
What I like about this (and any Fables series) is you can just pick up where you left off and not have any trouble getting back into the story. I can't believe I put this book off for a year, I did pre-order it! Anyway as I start to write my review I see this volume has a very low overall general rating. Without having read other reviews yet, I can't be sure why, but I think people are being overly hard on it. I actually enjoyed this volume and had a fun time with the last of the series. I've really enjoyed this series for the last few books, ever since Jack Frost appeared on the scene, but it has never been up to the original Fables quality. Still, I've had fun with it and this volume continued that. Four stories were on going to wrap up everyone's story arc, all to be culminated at the same place at the same time. The Page Sisters trying to restore the Great Library and regain immortality, (the sisters are my favourite characters), Jack Frost having decide to retire comes out of retirement for a final quest to slay a dragon. Jack Horner (now the dragon) and Gary wait in there cave for their destiny to arrive. And the rest of the Golden Boughs community, headed by Raven, are sent on a mission to go help Jack (the dragon). Oh wait, there's one more story: Wicked John, currently impaled with Excalibur goes nuts and is drawn towards the final battle. I had a lot of fun seeing all my favourite characters, thought the story was wrapped up nicely, though not how I would have wished!, and we are left with a possibility that someone may show up in the Fables universe again. Not the greatest volume, but not the worst, and certainly a fun and humorous ending.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Such a disappointment
July 20 2011
By Garietta Falls
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I have been a fan of this series from the beginning. To see it end in such a way was disappointing...no it was more then that. The content didn't bother so much as the sloppy disjointed execution. I found myself skipping whole sections because I was bored. If I had my druthers, I would unread the book and spend my time doing something more satisfactory, like cleaning my kitchen
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible end to the series
Aug 1 2011
By Carl C. Nelson
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"The End" is a thoroughly mystifying death to what was one of my favorite guilty pleasures. The creative team took all that was fun about the series and substituted nonsense. The story line is ridiculous and jumpy. The final scene is foolish. This volume is so bad it's almost enough to make me dislike the entire series now that I know how it comes out. Awful, just awful.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Turning pages to nowhere . . .
Aug 6 2011
By Site Critic Today
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An Indy car into a brick wall would be less abrupt than the final chapter to the otherwise excellent "Jack series"
The title "The End" plays to both the end of the series and the end of the writers giving a dang.
Terribly sad way for them to finish, a muddled mess of a story.
The title "The End" plays to both the end of the series and the end of the writers giving a dang.
Terribly sad way for them to finish, a muddled mess of a story.
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