"The Great Fables Crossover, Part 1 of 9: The Call" is the eighty-third issue of Fables.
Publisher's summary
Part 1 of "The Great Fables Crossover"! Thrill! To the adventures of your favorite Fables as they fight for their very existence in the greatest Fables epic yet! Shudder! To the danger as all of existence is about to be wiped out with the stroke of a pen! 3 months @ 3 books per month! = 9 amazing issues! Featuring Brazilian newcomer Joao Ruas, who brings his exquisite style and elegance as our new cover artist!
Plot
Everyone gathers to see Bigby and Beast fight each other. Before they can kill each other, their wives get between them and calm them down. Both Bigby and Best tell their wives that the dark evil had to affect their minds making them go crazy. Everyone at the Farm besides Bigby has a picnic, but Stinky tells everyone that Jack has called. King Cole proposes that Snow and Bigby go to see what Jack is possibly planning, while Beauty and Beast watch over their kids. In New York, a mundy couple is murdered in an alleyway, no doubt due to Mr. Dark's presence.
Notes
- Story continues in Jack of Fables #33