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Fábulas: Supergrupo (2011)

by Bill Willingham(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Planeta deAgostini

series

Fables (Collected)

review 1: This was a fun, satisfying issue. The fun: the Fables version of a standard superhero-team. The satisfying: Mister Dark's end. Though I considered Mister Dark a much creepier, more interesting antagonist than the Adversary, I am also glad the Fables-vs.-Mister-Dark situation was not dragged out indefinitely. And the resolution was much better than what I could have come up with. It also sets up some interesting consequences (which cub will take the North Wind's place, for example) that I look forward to reading about.
review 2: Settle in Fable Fans; we're on a trip to Nowhere! This is the destination many of the storylines in the Mr. Dark arc. Bigby's search for a new place for Fabletown: Cut shortOperation Leningrad to leave no trace of where they are going: P... moreointlessOzma's back up plan for taking on Mr. Dark: Toss that to Pinocchio (more on that later) Even the main story of forming an X-men/Avenger like team to fight Mr. Dark: Unnecessary.It's hard to feel invested in this part of the story since so much happens TO our favorite fables not because of what they DO. The first side-story follows Bufkin in the Business Office. In a bit of fast talking that would make Jack Horner proud, the Mirror sends Bufkin up the Business Office tree. It drops off our former flying monkey and one of the Barleycorn Brides in the royalty-free section of Oz. Bufkin finds a new calling leader of the resistance. In the main story, Haven is under siege by Mr. Dark. The Fables' backs are to the wall. Now's the time to dig deep and come up with some desperate, 1 in million type plan to save the day. Or just toss the whole thing to Pinocchio and hope for the best. Now, I like Pinoc in Fables. He and Snow (pre-marriage) were this cool combination of modern urbane lifestyle and the fantastic background. An urban fantasy character as it were, but he's never been a leader or a planner or anything beyond a goofball. That's why no one sweated much when Pinocchio wound up in Geppheto's hands. So how did this guy talk everyone into planning their final defenses. His plan is to form a comic superhero group to fight Mr. Dark. The idea behind this is since in comics the good guys always win. If they treat this like a comic, then they'll win. This coming from the fugitive Fables who all had 'Happily Ever Afters' crushed by invading armies. In the end, they don't even get a turn at bat. Bigby whines and convinces his father to take care of Mr. Dark. The fight takes barely a full page and just like that he's gone. It's even more bloodless than the fight with the empire. The final side story follows up on Sleeping Beauty. Some goblins manage to bundle her and the Snow Queen off. And honestly, I've given up caring. If Mr. Dark can be added and dropped so sloppily, the further adventures of Briar Rose doesn't look any more promising. This is where the creators gotten tired of their own story. In previous tales, our characters solved their own problems here just get the omnipotent god-father save the day. Terribly boring storytelling if you ask me. less

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