Fables 152

The Black Forest, Chapter Two: Pandemonium
In which a corpse talks to a fellow whose name isn't Joe, and a creature that may be an old god has a conversation with a wood-carver who might possibly once have been the uncredited leader of a vast Empire.
In store date	June 21, 2022
Writer	Bill Willingham
Penciler	Mark Buckingham
Inker	Steve Leialoha
Colourist	Lee Loughridge
Letterer	Todd Klein
Cover artist	Qistina Khalidah Mark Buckingham (variant cover)
Editor	Mark Doyle Matthew Levine
Preceded by	"Fables 151"
Followed by	"Fables 153"

“	Now we can settle old accounts, you and I. Among all my gifts to you, only this one I denied you. The one forbidden tree in the garden.	„
	~ Peter Pan to Geppetto

"The Black Forest, Chapter Two: Pandemonium" is the second issue of Fables after being revived, making it issue #152. It was released on June 21, 2022.

Publisher's summary

One of the most famous Fables of all might be restored to her former glory, but it's not going to come without a cost. The benefactor behind her magical resurrection has also come to collect from Geppetto, who we learn has a few strings of his own. Is this godlike being really the one behind the rise of the Empire? And why only now have they returned with a vengeance?

Appearances

Characters

• Ambrose Wolf
• Bigby Wolf
• Blossom Wolf
• Boy Blue (mentioned indirectly)
• Brock Blueheart
• Cinderella
• Conner Wolf
• The Dish and the Spoon
• Elias ("Eli") (first identified)
• Frau Totenkinder (corpse)
• Geppetto
• Iago Warduck
• Jack in the Green (Gwen)
• Jack in the Green (former)
• Ladybug
• Lost Boys (first mentioned, indirectly)
• Mr. Mole
• Mustard Pot Pete
• Peter Pan
• Pinocchio (mentioned)
• Playing cards
• Rose Red (mentioned)
• Sam
• Snow White
• Tinker Bell ("Tink") (first identified as Tink)
• White Rabbit
• Winter Wolf

Items

• Resurrection amulet (first appearance)
• Thanatos Arrow (first identified)
• Witching Cloak (mentioned)

Fictional species

Multispecies

• Fable
  • God

Species

• Pixie
• Wind (hybrid)
• Wooden puppet (mentioned indirectly)

Locations

• Homelands
  • The Empire (mentioned)
  • The Hesse
    • The Black Forest
      • Last Story Home
      • Wolfholm (unfinished)
• Mundane world
  • The Farm
    • The Great Woods
    • The main village
      • The barn
      • The blacksmith's forge (partially destroyed)
      • The giant shoe
      • The kitchen garden
      • The main house (partially destroyed)
      • The Pumpkin House
      • The square
      • The stables
      • The Three Little Pigs' house (destroyed)
      • The well
    • New Camelot
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Fabletown (mentioned)
        • Castle Dark (mentioned indirectly)
      • City morgue

Other

• Magic
  • Resurrection (mentioned)
• Mundy

Trivia

Peter Pan was originally intended to be the antagonist behind the Empire, but was replaced by Geppetto in order to avoid copyright issues. His role as Geppetto's superior and old ally serves as a callback to that.

Continuity

• The Farm is partially wrecked, a result of somre of the human Fables accidentally being transformed into animals in Fairest #32 — "Glamour Day: Chapter Six of The Clamour for Glamour." It has been repaired by the time of Fables #162 — "The Black Forest Chapter Twelve: Rightful Prey."
• Peter Pan states that his minions worked hard over the ages, locking the magic of the mundane world away. According to Mister Revise in Jack of Fables #2 — "Jack in the Box," when he first came to the mundane world it was filthy with magic, and had witches, angels, devils, and pagan gods everywhere. He and his team nearly had that world completely free from magic when Fablekind arrived.
• It is revealed by the first Jack in the Green that the arrow that struck Boy Blue and pierced the Witching Cloak in Fables #75 — "War & Pieces, Part Three: The Fire Ship" was a Thanatos Arrow.
  • "Thanatos" is the personification of death in Greek mythology.