"Bigby Wolf and the Blustery Day: Chapter Four of Happily Ever After" and the backup story, "The Final Hurrah of the Three Blind Mice" are contained in the one-hundred-and-forty-fourth issue of Fables. It was released on 17 September 2014.
Publisher's summary
This is our solicitation,
Going out to every nation,
For a new issue of FABLES taking wing.
We thought we would this time,
Do the entire blurb in rhyme,
Just to see if anyone actually reads this thing.
In this issue, Bigby resurrected,
Quite more monstrous than expected,
Is challenged by a golden-armored knight.
They throw down in the city,
And won't it be a pity,
If lives are lost during the bloody fight.
As our special gift to you,
We make this promise true,
That the actual issue won't be all a-rhyming.
‘Twill be done in the best prose we know,
About Bigby and his Fabled foe,
And their vicious battle fought with expert timing.
Plot
King Cole finds Ozma splayed on the ground in the courtyard of Castle Dark, after she fell from the New 13th Floor. She states that her flight spell must have malfunctioned, and quickly recovers and flies off towards Bigby. During this, she is spotted by a group of NYPD police officers.
Moments later, Beast arrives at the castle clad in the BGDA (Big Damn Golden Armor) suit, and also heads for Bigby. He meets up with Ozma, who is bluntly telling the police officers to stay away from the coming fight. The two then head into the fog while being observed by the other 13th floor members and Ambrose. Meanwhile, Grimble is seen flying through an unknown world, while Leigh is attempting to force Bigby to go to the Farm.
Beast and Ozma find Bigby, and prepare to fight. Ozma reveals that she has no real experience in battle, but Beast reassures her and charges at Bigby, pinning him to the ground. After the feral wolf warns that Beast should have stayed away, he flips him over and bores into his suit, brutally killing him as he screams for his family. Bigby then makes short work of Ozma, biting her throat out.
Snow White senses that Bigby is approaching the castle, and prepares herself. The 13th Floor is stunned at the loss of their leader, and moves to vote in a new one. However, Bellflower then arrives and announces that she'll be taking over again.
Credits
- Ozma
- King Cole
- Jones
- Bishop
- Beast
- Morgan Le Fey
- Flycatcher
- Prospero
- Maddy
- Mother Birdie
- Mister Grandours
- Grimble
- Leigh Duglas
- Bigby Wolf
- Snow White
- Frau Totenkinder
- Three Blind Mice
- Brock Blueheart
- Jack Pumpkinhead
Locations
- New York City
- Castle Dark
- New 13th Floor
- Castle Dark