Fables #90

The fourth chapter of the "Witches" arc arrives in this beautifully painted Vertigo entry from January 2010, with a cover by Joao Ruas that carries the quiet intensity of an Old Master portrait. A pale, white-haired young figure in a blue coat stands at the center, broom in hand, while shadowy demon-like forms press in from all sides and a black cat with glowing eyes watches from the shadows — an atmosphere of eerie poise amid lurking menace. With Bill Willingham writing and Mark Buckingham on interior art, this penultimate chapter of the five-part "Witches" storyline promises the kind of fairy-tale darkness that has made Fables one of Vertigo's most compelling long-running series.