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The Literals #1

DC · Series began 2009 · June 2009

Dates

Cover date
June 2009
On sale
April 29, 2009
In stores
April 29, 2009
Pages
36

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Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 76194127942800111

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Story arc: The Great Fables Crossover

This is part 3 of 9. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Fables #83
  2. Jack of Fables #33
  3. The Literals #1
  4. Fables #84
  5. Jack of Fables #34
  6. The Literals #2
  7. Fables #85
  8. Jack of Fables #35
  9. The Literals #3

Creators

pencils: Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Yuko Shimizuinks: Mark Buckingham, Margeaux Pepoy, Yuko Shimizu, Peter Grosscolors: Mark Buckingham, Lee Loughridge, Chris Chuckry, Yuko Shimizuscript: Bill Willingham, Lilah Sturges, Aldous Pogue, Mike Careyletters: Todd Kleinediting: Pornsak Pichetshote

Stories

  • The Great Fables Crossover, Part 3 of 9: Start As Deep in the Story As You Can · 22 pages

    Kevin begins trying to rewrite the universe, calling on his Muses and the Genres to assist, while still harassing Bigby, as Bibgy and his crew try to find Kevin's hideout. Meanwhile, Jack Frost begins a quest for his father.

  • On The Edge · 0.75 pages

    Background and plot outline of the Great Fables Crossover.

Publisher’s description

If you're a reader of JACK OF FABLES, then you're familiar with The Literals - an extended family of characters who literally embody literary notions. It's also very possible that one of The Literals may have created all of the Fables plus the universe in which they reside, unbeknownst to our beloved Fables.The full story on this enigmatic crew of characters begins here, the first in a 3-issue miniseries and Part 3 of "The Great Fables Crossover," an epic, 9-part tale spanning the pages of FABLES and JACK OF FABLES. The story kicks off when Jack reveals the existence of The Literals to Fabletown, and things quickly get chaotic from there. Fables don't like the idea of having a living god who can wipe them out with the stroke of a pen, and have thus decided to get rid of The Literals. Will they succeed in erasing their creator from existence, or will he literally rub them out first?

Reprinted in

Fables (2002), Fables: The Deluxe Edition (2009), Fables Compendium (2020)

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