Fables, Band 15 - Hexen

Von Bill Willingham und Mark Buckingham

In den Überresten dessen, was einmal Fabletown war, spinnt der finstere Mister Dark ein Netz aus Furcht und Angst, das alle Fables, die ihm zu nahe kommen, zu vernichten droht. Die Fables sind abgeschnitten von ihrem Ratsbüro und seinen vielfältigen magischen Vorrichtungen und müssen sich an ihre ältesten und mächtigsten Mitglieder halten, nämlich die Hexen und Zauberer aus dem 13. Stock des Woodland, um gegen die neue Bedrohung eine Chance zu haben. Doch während sich diejenigen, die im Ratsbüro eingeschlossen sind, gegen eine ganze Armee befreiter Feinde verteidigen müssen, brechen Rivalitäten unter den Magiern aus, die die Einheit der gesamten Gruppe gefährden – und sie der Vernichtung preisgeben.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: DC COMICS bei Panini Comics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28. Jan. 2020
• ISBN: 9783736711150

Bill Willingham

Bill Willingham never fought a desperate and losing battle in a good cause, never contributed to society in a meaningful way, and hasn’t lived a life of adventure, but he’s had a few moments of near adventure. At some point in his life Bill learned how to get paid for telling scurrilous lies to good people, and he’s been doing it ever since. He lives in the wild and frosty woods of Minnesota with a dog and a cat he hasn’t met yet.

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[bdgamer-669415 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Loved the characterization here. Made a lot of sense for these characters to do what they do.

[wealhtheowwylfing · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

The Adversary has been defeated, but at great cost--not least, financial. With their usual magical sources of money tapped, the Fables are fast running out of money to fund all the things that keep them hidden from the mundanes. Frau Totenkinder vows to solve this problem, but meanwhile Ozma makes a play for her seat and Baba Yaga is freed from her magical prison. Despite the epic witches involved in this story, its all resolved in pretty anticlimactic ways.

In a short story that follows these travails, King Flycatcher tries to keep his kingdom together after an orc eats a talking bird.

Overall it's fine storytelling and the art is good, but this trade feels aimless and unfocused.

[librarycin · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

3.75 starsThere is a new villain in this volume of Fables. Some of the witches gather to try to defeat him.This issue seemed more set-up for something I expect will come later. I do “like” the new creepy villain. I thought I'd like this one a little better than I did, with witches as main characters, but there was also plenty of other stuff going on, as well, that wasn't quite as interesting for me. I really liked the last story, though, with Flycatcher in it; that was another one that went a slightly different direction compared to the rest of the volume. Oh, I love the black cat in this one! As always, the illustrations are incredible, and I love the borders. You can flip through the book and tell from the border what scene is happening (or at least who the character(s) are in the scene)

[josh314 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This was a pretty good volume. The Witches arc itself is great, although, except for the Bufkin storyline, it is largely setup and backstory. Bufkin is the star of this show, with Frau Totenkinder and her transformation a close second. The Haven storyline is good but could maybe have been done in one issue; it's pretty slow compared to other issues. That said, Fly and Ride are always cute.

[lithicbee · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This volume is, appropriately, about the Fabletown witches, especially Ozma and Frau Totenkinder, but the star of the volume is Bufkin the winged monkey, who battles a genie and Baba Yaga with an army of irregulars. The two issues at the end about Fly and his kingdom's problems was also especially good, mixing humor and serious decisions well. The series has become darker and darker in general, which I am not overly fond of, but it contains enough light moments to keep me going.

[fyrefly98 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Summary: In this installment of Fables, we start with a little bit of the backstory regarding this arc's Big Bad, Mr. Dark. The main story, however, concerns the various witches of the Fables world. On the Farm, the former residents of the 13th floor are engaged in a bit of a power struggle over who will lead the Fable community through the coming battle. Meanwhile, in the newly cut-off business office, Baba Yaga is free from her confinement, and the only one who can stop her is Buffkin the flying monkey. Finally, there's a two-part story about Ambrose's attempts to maintain both peace and justice in his kingdom of Haven.Review: Each of the elements of this volume was very enjoyable on its own, but they didn't all connect to each other as well as they could have, and as a whole, it wound up feeling a little lighter and not as consequential as most of what's come before. Maybe because there were so many elements, the storyline involving what's happening to the main group of Fables felt like it was given somewhat short shrift. But overall, I thought Willingham did his usual nice job of providing information and backstory without giving too much away, and I was thrilled to get more Frau Totenkinder - she's a fascinating character, and I'm a happy girl whenever she shows up. 4 out of 5 stars.

[rosa.mill · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

In this volume we find out how Mr. Dark was captured the first time and Frau Totekinder changes back to a young woman. We also go to the business office to see how Buffkin, the Mirror and others deal with Baba Yaga. Ozma also makes a power grab for the 13th floor.

Still love this series and I enjoyed meeting a new character.

[ecataldi-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Let's get real, at this point would I give any of these installments less than 5 stars? They just keep getting consistently better and more complex. This volume didn't feature the regular staples but focuses on Bufkin, The Dark Man, and the witches. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Each layer to this series, strengthens it and makes it even more enjoyable to read.

[macha_4 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

... and right back on form with all the magic at stake. inwhich Bufkin and Frau Totenkinder step up, the Barleycorn Brides make their mark, the Adversary makes his move, Mister Dark gets lonesome waiting for the Fables to retrace their steps, and King Fly makes an agonizing decision in his Haven Heaven. on one level a meditation on what makes a hero medal you get to keep. and on another a demonstration of why the reconciliation model's blanket amnesty has to trump vengeance if all sides need to live together afterwards.

[deltaqueen50 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This Fables volume brings us back to Mr. Dark and the destruction of Fabletown and it appears this will be the main storyline over the next little while. The witches of the 13th floor are highlighted and we can see there is a tug-of-war going on for the leadership. We see a far different Frau Totenkinder as she solves the mayor’s money problems and is now engaged in learning how to create a box that we hope will eventually hold Mr. Dark.The secondary storylines involved Ambrose, Red Riding Hood and the people of Haven and the aftermath of a baseball game. But my favorite story starred Bufkin the flying monkey as he battles the evil witch Baba Yaga as they are trapped in the Battle office with all its nooks and crannies.Over all this issue is a good mix of old friends and new faces facing their difficulties with dark humor and resolution. Lots of political intrigue and action to look forward to.

[andreablythe · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Much more to my taste! The Dark Man continues to wreak havoc and the witches of Fabletown begin to plot a way to defeat him with Frau Totenkinder disappearing on a mysterious mission. Meanwhile, political turmoil on the Farm, where the Fables of Fabletown have escaped as refugees, continues to grow more chaotic.

[5eva5 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The new enemy of the Fables, who calls himself Mr. Dark, is expanding his empire while the Fables try to devise a battle plan, Frau Totenkinder discovers the history of Mr. Dark, Gepetto attempts to gain power over The Farm, and Flycatcher has to make a difficult decision in his role of King of Haven. Another great installment in the series where we learn more about this new enemy and get hints at where he comes from and which fairytale character he might be (since he isn't properly named). Frau Totenkinder's new guise is also interesting and she becomes quite a sympathetic character when she leaves her cranky-old-crone past behind.

[krau0098 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This is the fourteenth book in the Fables series and finally takes us back to the storyline started in book twelve. Finally we learn more about what Mister Dark is up to and what happened to Baba Yaga. It was very good installment in this series; I enjoyed it a lot.The first part of the book goes through the history of Mister Dark and how he was trapped in the first place. Then we go to Fabletown where the witches are preparing to smackdown with Mister Dark. Ozma is trying to throw out Frau Totenkinder and Frau Totenkinder takes a walk between worlds for mysterious purposes.While all of the above is going on Bufkin is still trapped in the Fable’s office and ends up facing off against Baba Yaga and a Genie; his only allies are the Magic Mirror and a bunch of seed fairies.It was a very fun issue. We learn lots of back history and there was lots of excellent action. The illustration is spectacular, in keeping with previous issues. I wasn’t as keen on the illustration for the last couple issues; this was a short diversion featuring Ambrose and Red Riding Hood.The main storyline progresses some, not a ton and I hope we really get to see the Witches and Mister Dark face off in the next issue.There was action, a great storyline, and some wonderful humor. All in all much, much better than The Great Fables Crossover.Overall another excellent installment in this series. I loved learning the history of Mister Dark, watching the Witches prepare for war, and seeing Bufkin face off with Baba Yaga. Fans of the series should be happy with this installment. Highly recommended for fans of fantasy and urban fantasy graphic novels.

[meditationesmartini · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Begins with promise--I just can't get enough of stuff with wizards and their secret worlds and secret societies and parallel lives--and there are some cool moments, but in the end it feels a bit unsatisfying. Let Bufkin beat Baba Yaga and that evil genie, fine, and the least of us save all, but make it a little more convincing/singular, or all you accomplish is to diminish them as adversaries. And we get some cool backstory on the Dark Man, who I guess is meant to be this boogieman/dullahan-type character. But a lot of subplots idle, and overall this feels like it starts with momentum and squanders it, reminding us that Fables is really not a trade-oriented series.

[elizajane_1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Reason for Reading: Next in the series.This was a fantastic volume! We are at the beginning of something new for the Fables and this volume just barely starts to put things in motion but it's main focus is to introduce us to some new main players, namely "the bad guys" out there and the Witches, the former residents of floor 13 whom so far we've heard mention but only met their leader Frau Totenkinder. We start off with a two-issue story that takes us back into the Dark Man's history, who he is, and how he was caught in the first place. So now we know just what a formidable foe the Fables are up against.Then we are off for the five title chapters which deal with the Witches of Fable. The residents of the 13th floor, some of whom we get to meet for the very first time. Frau Totenkinder is off on a secret mission and two Witches are vying for her place as new leader after her sudden disappearance. Here we meet up again with other familiar magical creatures such as Bufkin, Baba Yaga and Geppetto all regaining major roles, whom we haven't seen for some time now. There are also new magic wielders introduced. This is an exciting set-up for the new storyline which isn't fully unveiled yet but we have an inkling of the direction and certainly know who will be taking on major roles. I'm very excited about the direction of this new major story arc. Of course, everybody's minor storylines are all briefly visited upon during this time as well, keeping the general flow going. Finally the book ends with 2-issues back in the Homelands with a visit and a crisis in the Kingdom of Haven and its King, Flycatcher. This story doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rest of the volume but it does advance both Flycatcher and Riding Hood's characters and story arcs.All and all, a very enjoyable issue for me that felt fresh and exciting as we go forward into a new era for the Fables

[merrymeerkat · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

I have very mixed feelings about this collected volume. The art was good, not fantastic but good enough. But the story line with the witches annoyed me. The last two issues, were very good.



I found the introduction to be confusing and I felt like I was dropped into an ongoing story with no background information. It wasn’t immediately clear who the boxers are and what there purpose was. The first issue was better than the intro, the big witch is set free and Snow White and Bigby are around briefly.

In story 2, I love Bufkin the monkey, Beauty announces she’s preggers, Frau Totenkinder leaves town and is up to something. Not bad but average. Story 3 really annoyed me, I missed the regular characters but continued to love Bufkin. Story 4 didn’t like and Ozma was declared leader. Story 5 Ozma and Gepetto fight for control. This issue a little better but still not great.

Stoy 6 and 7 I loved because the regular characters are back. 6 was my favorite, the baseball game was amusing and in 7 the story line continues with a goblin on trial for murder of another fable. Missed Snow and Bigby.



I’m really torn between giving this 3 and 4 stars, but I think I’ll lean toward 3 because the witches story bored the crap out of me.

[wanderlustlover_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Oh, I had more love for this story. We return to Fables, and this time to Mister Dark. To more backgrounds, more research and more indepth knowledge on some of my most favorite second teir, mysterious characters -- The Witches of Floor 13.

I have to admit I didn't amazing love Bufkin's story, but it did amuse me. Mirror, Flowers girls, and all. The way they tell these stories, sometimes when I'm not in love with the characters, I still end up loving the story itself.

Not going to lie: I gleed at the image of Baby Yaga in her cauldron. (And all the flashbacks of Frau Totenkinder's past, and stories blurring together.)

[nesum_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

This is one of those rare cases when the whole doesn't live up to the sum of its parts. I enjoyed all of its parts -- the Bofkin situation, the backstory of the boxers, and the epilogue with Flycatcher -- but the whole of it didn't mesh all that well. Well, Fables on an off day is still better than almost anything else out there, so there's still three stars in this, but I have, in general, felt the series has been a little ungrounded since the war ended and the battle against the Dark Man began (not that he's not a really cool villain -- he is).

[.monkey.-1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Finally, a volume that I really enjoyed reading, post-war! It wasn't as great as the earlier ones, but there were a handful of things that made me laugh out loud, which there hadn't really been any of recently, and I was completely interested. The other post-war volumes have left me wanting. I hope it continues in this vein. Seems like Willingham can only handle things when there's a large objective they're striving for - when there's not, the story simply flounders. He seems to have found his various goals now, and found his mojo once more. Here's hoping that continues!