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  <title><![CDATA[Fables: The Dark Ages (Fables, Volume 12)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Tourists of the world unite! If you've ever craved a guided tour of Fabletown's secret Manhattan location, prepare to be voraciously satiated. Pinnochio has a field day taking a certain VIP around the city. And exactly which Fabletown denizens are no longer active (dead, alive or otherwise) just might shock you into a comic book coma. Also in this volume, you'll find the 4-part story featuring Freddy and Mouse, two local rogues who just want to get along and perhaps turn a bit of profit in the post-war, topsy-turvy world. Meanwhile, in Fabletown, a new political group forms called the Society of Seconds, and what they want doesn't seem very reasonable at all.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd forgotten how much I missed the Allreds' work (primarily on their brilliant run on X-Force) till I read the first issue collected in this volume. I've always loved Mike's expressive style, and Laura continues to do amazing work with color. Which also goes to show you how much I appreciate what t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71310334">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a bit worried about how Willingham et al would keep the Fables story going after ending the big bad war in War and Pieces. My fears turned out to be completely unjustified, as this was an amazing (albeit sad) book and perfectly set up the next great arc in the Fables saga.<br/><br/>The book op...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68355115">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 06 15:42:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 09 14:05:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Has Fables jumped the shark?  I hope not.<br/><br/>The aftermath of war is often more interesting than the war itself, and I get the feeling that <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12444.Bill_Willingham" title="Bill Willingham">Willingham</a> is happy to be able to press the reset button on the size of his story.  I get the feeling that Fabletown has gotten a little too big for the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70281761">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64363708">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 21 09:00:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 23 20:27:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[75 issues is a big milestone for a Vertigo series.  Sandman, Lucifer, and Preacher all ended at 75 issues, and with Fables reaching their 75th issue in this collection, it's fair to say they're continuing that tradition, ending 'volume 1' of the Fables story.<br/><br/>To recap the story so far: Al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64363708">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71595633">
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 17 15:44:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 15:46:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, it is that time again--for another installment of Fables! Yet another doozy, if you ask me!<br/><br/>What to say, what to say? I don't know really. It's hard to get into specifics without spoiling whole story arcs, not to mention you'd have to write tons of paragraphs to get in all the detai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71595633">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76298318">
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 31 09:33:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This volume collects #76–82 of Bill Willingham's <em>Fables</em>.<br/><br/>I have to admit, being a huge fan of the previous eleven volumes (all of which have been getting better and better) that I was a little bit afraid starting to read this after having finished <em>War and Pieces</em> which preceded it. Becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76298318">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've found, as I've gone through this series, that I like parts of Willingham's style less and less the more exposed I am to it (or maybe the problematic parts come through more and more, I'm not sure). I'm not fond of the tendency of a variety of characters to parrot bits of what must be the author...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70453248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76726535">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 13:37:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 07 12:13:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While still trying to cope with the aftermath of the recent war against the adversary, the Fabletown residents face a new danger that makes the adversary seem somewhat pale in comparison: Mister Dark. As if this is not enough, there's all kinds of frictions inside the community.<br/><br/>Willingha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76726535">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 22 20:37:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[To geek out completely, this issue reminded me a lot of the beginning of the 9th season of &quot;Stargate: SG-1&quot;.  The Big Bad (i.e. The Adversary) was defeated by the end of Volume 11, and now comes the addition of a new Big Bad for the characters to fight.  It's a lot of setting up of the che...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68514649">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 23 22:05:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some spoilers.  Though this volume slows the series down to a crawl of sorts.  We get a new villain in that of Mr. Dark who is terrifying and eats the teeth of the dead in order to conjure up their spirits to work for him.  He is going to be more of a problem to our Exiled Fables than the bloody Adv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64745918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67013692">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 17:13:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Harumph. If you know the mythology of this book, you know that &quot;dead&quot; doesn't mean &quot;dead,&quot; but we've now suffered the deaths of two characters, and they're two of my favorites. I won't go so far as to write that I'm done with this series, but I'm curious where it's headed. It see...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67013692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Posted with permission from the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sacramentbookreview.com">Sacramento Book Review</a><br/><br/>The Eisner award winning comic book series returns at a poignant moment.  The great war between the good and evil fables is finally at an end.  All should be right with the world.  The fables should be able to return to their Homeland...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73822163">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46438281">
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great volume!  I've been trolling the interwebs for ideas regarding which character from folklore forms the basis for Mr. Dark.  I first thought of Bradbury's G.M. Dark from <em> Something Wicket This Way Comes</em> and that's still the best idea I have, though the critical bit about his use of vitci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46438281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69733663">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The previous volume finished up a story arc so this is basically a setup for the next round of the storyline.  Still a wonderful series but this particular volume really came across as filler except for a handful of scenes.  Except for Boy Blue very little character development or screen time is giv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69733663">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bill Willingham's <strong>&quot;Fables&quot;</strong> series spent its first 75 issues being defined by the conflict between the Fabletown community on Earth and the Adversary's Empire, which had conquered their old homelands and driven them into exile centuries before. The despotic Adversary, eventually revealed to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55445481">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The last few volumes of this series have been a bit of a disappointment.  I would find myself skimming large chunks of conversation, trying to figure out what was happening and why I should care.  This 12th volume returns the series to what it used to be -- the series that I'm totally in love with! ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70280996">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[_The Dark Ages_ begins the next story line in the _Fables_ series, after ending the war with the adversary in _War and Pieces_.  While I was glad to read a new _Fables_ and see that Willingham decided to continue with a new plot line, it does begin disappointingly slow.<br/><br/>Geppetto is not as a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75074622">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First it must be said that I never thought I would enjoy graphic novels but I can't get enough of this story and who would have thought that after 12 volumes it still be interesting and fun to read.  At one point I was almost in tears because of how emotional it was and to think this was a series I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68384334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fables is a great graphic novel series.  I thought it ended with volume 11, when they wrapped up everything quite nicely, so I was very surprised and pleased to see another volume.  I finished it yesterday, and it's still going well -- the new arc is promising (if not as solidly as the original one)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75688537">more...</a>]]></body>
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