Fables #116

A young child rides a massive, intricately mechanical tiger into battle, sword raised and shield in hand, while armored knights loom in the smoky background — it's a striking image that captures the eerie, fairy-tale-gone-wrong tone Fables does so well. This June 2012 Vertigo issue brings us the third chapter of "Cubs in Toyland," with the creative team of Willingham, Buckingham, Leialoha, and McManus delivering the kind of unsettling wonder the series is known for. Joao Ruas's cover work renders the clockwork beast with gorgeous, almost watchmaker-precise detail, making this one hard to pass by on the shelf.