Jack of Fables Vol. 5: Turning Pages [Paperback]

Bill Willingham (Author), Matthew Sturges (Author), Tony Akins (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Jack of Fables | Publication Date: March 10, 2009

Get ready for Jack's adventures out West, as Smiling Jack Candle crosses paths with a grim sheriff from back East who carries no gun. Collecting issues #22-27 of the series Publishers Weekly says "any sophisticated comics fan will enjoy."

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Vertigo (March 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401221386
• ISBN-13: 978-1401221386
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reposting as other review got eaten up: Outlaw Jack in Wild West with Lawman Bigby On His Trail...and the Pages are "Turning", March 11, 2009

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This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 5: Turning Pages (Paperback)

There is less humor than usual in the first storyline of this volume. Jack is in the wild west, and he's as wild as anything else out there. He's still messing with the ladies, but he's also robbing and killing and leading an outlaw gang. Bigby is dispatched to stop him--aided, transportationaly, by Incitatus, aka "Tate", the famed horse of Caligula and Roman Senate fame--from doing damage to mundies and drawing attention to himself. The spots of humor come in regular doses of Babe the Blue Ox having his delightful flights of fantasy. Always good for a giggle.

After the Western escapade--which includes an amusing behind-the-scenes use of the Lone Ranger--a new narrator takes over, Eliza Wall, to tell the story of the Page sisters, some backstory, some current. They've all had dealings with our Jack--ahem. We see how their relationships are damaged by Revise's partiality, but also the stresses of just being different people with different weaknesses, some stronger than others. There is a lot more pain in store, especially with Bookburner marching toward Golden Boughs, causing strife to Jack and his crew, the Pages, and bringing revolutionary thoughts to the fabley inmates. I will add there is a marvelous new Literal who shows up in the nick of time. Hee.

War's coming to Golden Boughs, and the NY contingent may not be out of this mess. We shall see in Vol 6.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wild West Jack..., January 25, 2011

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The least interesting of the Jack of Fables trades so far...this volume we follow Jack through the old west as he rides around robbing and killing helpless passers by. A small bit of humor in the old west tale, but not up to the usual.

The story following the old west tale is one about the Page sisters. We get a little bit more history on all three of them and their escapades with Jack. Humor is to be expected when dealing with the sisters and Jack, however, it's not up to par IMO. Vol 6 looks to be more pleasing...

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Best, Moves the Story a Bit, September 19, 2010

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Nicola Manning (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jack of Fables Vol. 5: Turning Pages (Paperback)

Reason for Reading: Next in the series.

This has got to be my least favourite of the Jack volumes. This one contains two completely unrelated story arcs. The first one called 1883 goes back into Jack's past and the 2nd one is back to the present day continuing the overarching theme with the new villain and focuses on each of the Page sisters in turn.

1883, takes us back into Jacks past. This is obviously a western and Jack is using the Candle name here while he is the leader of a gang. Back in Fabletown Ichabod Crane sends Bigsby Wolf out to bring Jack in for violating all sorts of Fables rules, the biggest being killing Mundies. The story follows the gang's dastardly deeds and Bigsby's hunting him down. It ends in a showdown and anyone can guess who the winner is. This story seemed out of place in the whole scheme of things as there was no segue into it or obvious purpose to it except perhaps to show why Jack and Bigby hate each other so much now.

Turning Pages is back to the Jack of Fables story at hand. We learn more of the Page's as we see them from their childhood years and growing up. Three chapters, each focusing on a different Page sister show us the instability going on at Golden Boughs, and the advancing evil of The Bookburner as he gets closer to his goal with his army. This man is a threat to all Fables everywhere. The family dynamics of the Page sisters if further explored and a new reveal is exposed. Enjoyable but I'm left with the feeling "that's all?". Let's get on with Volume 6.