"Collects the classic storylines 'Jack be nimble,' 'Homelands,' and 'Arabian nights (and days)' ... and includes a new introduction by writer and Willingham collaborator Matthew Sturges as well as a special sketchbook section by series artist Mark Buckingham"--Jacket back.

"Mister Dark has risen again, more powerful than ever before. The Fables are down to their last defenses--looks like it's time for Super Fables! Our beloved fairy tale characters shift into your favorite superheroes to take on evil. But what happens when the tights and capes are stored away? Bigby and Snow White's cubs try to move forward after learning a hard lesson about life and death. And the lovable, fan-favorite hero Bufkin the Flying Monkey...

"For the first time in hardcover--Bill Willingham's acclaimed series gets the deluxe treatment. This volume features "Cubs in Toyland"--the most harrowing epic since the series' inception. When Snow and Bigby's cub receives a Christmas gift from an unknown admirer, her ensuing journey into Toyland takes a turn for the terrible and Fabletown is left frantic. Author and creator Bill Willingham's critically acclaimed, award-winning series continues here....

Vol. 1: "They call her Sleeping Beauty, but life's always been ugly for Princess Briar Rose. Cursed at birth by a pissed-off fairy godmother, she wound up acting as a one-woman weapon of mass destruction against the Adversary in the last days of his war against the Free Fables. She won the day, but at the cost of sending herself into a permanent nap from which one true love's kiss can awaken her. Few would have guessed that it would be Ali Baba, Prince...

Imagine that all the characters from the world's most beloved storybooks were real -- real, and living among us, with all their powers intact. How would they cope with life in our mundane, un-magical reality?