"Jack Be Nimble, Part Two of Two" is the thirty-fifth issue of Fables.
The story continues from the previous issue, and is presented in multiple chapters:
- Chapter Six: The Moss Tribulations
- Chapter Seven: The Further Adventures of Jill
- Chapter Eight: Twenty Eight Days Later
- Chapter Nine: Tumbling After
- Chapter Ten: Broken Crowns and Candlesticks
The spin-off series, Jack of Fables, takes up after the events of this issue.
Publisher's summary
In Part 2 of "Jack Be Nimble," featuring guest art by David Hahn (BITE CLUB), Jack continues to ride the Hollywood high of his new slickster lifestyle, losing sight of the enemies he's made along the way. And the one thing you can count on in Tinseltown is that there's always someone waiting for you to fall — and ready to stab you in the back on your way down.
Plot
Jack enjoys the wealthy life, but Moss tells him the public demands a showing of Jack so that they won't feel infatuated. Alone in Jack's office, Jill climbs up a table and starts dialing on the phone. Eventually Moss wins over the company and fires Jack. Jack goes to meet someone he knew in his past, to his shock Beast is in his office. Beast transforms into his true form to scare Jack, and forces Jack to legally sign off with the company and give all future profits to Fabletown. Beast also says that Jack will have to be on his own forever. Flycatcher tells Grimble that he is going to see more of Jack's movies, while Jack himself is hitchhiking and will be alone for the rest of his days.