Fables chronicles the world's most beloved fairy tale characters hiding out in a magically hidden neighborhood within Manhattan. Run out of their happily-ever-after homeworlds by a mighty conqueror known only as The Adversary, these universally recognized princes, princesses, talking animals, heroes, and villains now face a new challenge: adapting to a modern world filled with sex, violence, and lots of moral ambiguity.
The Fables series originally finished in 2015 with Issue #150. However, after a gap of about seven years, a new 12-issue arc "The Black Forest" began, continuing the original numbering and completing in May 2024.
Story arcs
- Legends in Exile (issues 1 to 5)
- Animal Farm (issues 6 to 10)
- Bag o' Bones (issue 11)
- A Two-Part Caper (issues 12 and 13)
- Storybook Love (issues 14 to 17)
- Barleycorn Brides (issue 18)
- March of the Wooden Soldiers (issues 19 to 21 and 23 to 27)
- Cinderella Libertine (issue 22)
- War Stories (issues 28 and 29)
- The Mean Seasons (issues 30 to 33)
- Jack Be Nimble (issues 34 and 35)
- Homelands (issues 36 to 38 and 40 to 41)
- Meanwhile (issue 39)
- Arabian Nights (and Days) (issues 42 to 45)
- The Ballad of Rodney and June (issues 46 and 47)
- Wolves (issues 48 and 49)
- Happily Ever After (issue 50)
- Big and Small (issue 51)
- Sons of Empire (issues 52 to 55)
- Jiminy Christmas (issue 56)
- Father and Son (issues 57 to 58)
- Burning Questions (issue 59)
- The Good Prince (issues 60 to 63 and 65 to 69)
- The Birthday Secret (issue 64)
- Kingdom Come (issue 70)
- Skulduggery (issues 71 and 72)
- War and Pieces (issues 73 to 75)
- Around the Town (issue 76)
- The Dark Ages (issues 77 to 81)
- Waiting for the Blues (issues 82)
- The Great Fables Crossover (Fables issues 83 to 85, Jack of Fables issues 33 to 35 and The Literals issues 1 to 3)
- Boxing Days (issue 86)
- Witches (issues 87 to 91)
- Out to the Ball Game (issues 92 and 93)
- Rose Red (issues 94 to 98)
- Dark City (issue 99)
- Single Combat (issue 100)
- The Ascent (issue 101)
- Super Team (issues 102 to 106)
- Waking Beauty (issue 107)
- Inherit the Wind (issues 108 to 111)
- All in a Single Night (issue 112)
- In Those Days (issue 113)
- Cubs in Toyland (issues 114 to 121)
- The Destiny Game (issues 122 and 123)
- A Revolution in Oz (backup stories in issues 114 to 123, and issue 124)
- Snow White (issues 125 to 129)
- Junebug (issue 130)
- Camelot (issues 131 to 133 and 135 to 137)
- Deeper into the Woods (issue 134)
- Root & Branch (issue 138)
- The Boys in the Band (issues 139 and 140)
- Happily Ever After (issues 141 to 150)
- The Black Forest (issues 151 to 162)
Issues
- Main article: Fables/issues