I remember being somewhat taken aback the first time I read an original Fairy Tale. I've heard less than favorable things about the series in later years, but I think I'm still going to continue with it for now. However, it was the reappearance of Snow White's ex, the smarmy Prince Charming, that really stole the show for me.

Snow White, who is the mayor's right hand, has inserted herself into the investigation and is intent on helping find out what happened to her sister. So while there's no body, things aren't looking good for Snow White's sister.īigby Wolf (<-get it?) is investigating her disappearance, collecting clues, and interrogating the suspects.

She's gone missing and her apartment is covered in blood. Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, The Big Bad Wolf, Jack (of and the Beanstalk fame), Rose Red, Bluebeard, King Cole, and quite a few more make appearances as part of the cast. The actual mystery is good but is made so much better because it involves all of these different characters that you read about as a child. Their lands have been taken over by someone known only as The Adversary, and they've banded together here in our world as a tight community who are determined to keep their true nature a secret from outsiders.Īlright, so I read this about 12 years ago the first time around, and unsurprisingly, I remembered very little about the plot. Legends in Exile is a fun (possible) murder-mystery with a fairytale twist.Īs in, everyone in the story is a part of a fairytale. In the early 2000s he began writing extensively for DC Comics, including the limited series Proposition Player, a pair of limited series about the Greek witch Thessaly from The Sandman, and most notably the popular series Fables He produced the 13-issue Pantheon for Lone Star Press and wrote a pair of short novels about the modern adventures of the hero Beowulf, published by the writer's collective, Clockwork Storybook, of which Willingham was a founding member. In the late 1990s Willingham reestablished himself as a prolific writer. He also produced the pornographic series Ironwood for Eros Comix. He contributed stories to Green Lantern and started his own independent, black-and-white comics series Coventry which lasted only 3 issues. However, for reasons unknown, the series had trouble maintaining an original schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many years. He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series Elementals published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew. In the late 1970s to early 1980s he drew fantasy ink pictures for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert game rulebooks.

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