While the meek flying monkey Bufkin is trapped in Fabletown's collapsed business office with the evil witch Baba Yaga, Frau Totenkinder and the witches of the Woodland's thirteenth floor prepare to deal with Mister Dark in what's left of Fabletown. Collecting FABLES #86-93!
Continuing from where The Dark Ages (2009) left them, the scattered Fables of ruined Fabletown in Manhattan prepare for the onslaught o f the superbaddies unleashed by the downfall of Geppetto’s empire. In this arc, one of that baleful number, Baba Yaga, seems to be handily dispatched by humble Bufkin the flying monkey. The volume ends with a shorter tale set in Haven, the utopian kingdom of the formerly frog prince, Flycatcher. A well-executed, congenial arc to begin an acquaintance with the Fables and decide whether to go forward from here or from the very beginning, in Legends in Exile (2003). --Ray Olson