Fables #144

A towering armored figure dominates this striking 2014 Vertigo cover by Nimit Malavia, rendered in deep crimsons and silvers as it looms over a fallen, bloodied body — the floating letters spelling "FABLES" framing the scene with an almost eerie calm. This is part four of the "Happily Ever After" arc, subtitled "The Last Story of the Three Blind Mice," promising that the long-running Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham series is building toward something momentous. If you've been following Fables through its many twists, issue #144 looks like exactly the kind of chapter you won't want to skip.