Grimm Fairy Tales #40
In "The Goose and the Golden Egg," writer Raven Gregory and artists Dave Hoover and Eduardo Garcias weave a haunting modern fable through the eyes of a reckless socialite whose life takes a sharp turn after a car crash. As her friend Sela shares the tale of the golden egg, the girl makes a fleeting promise to change—only to spiral back into excess, stealing her late mother’s jewels to sustain her indulgent ways. Cover by Norberto Fernandez and Al Rio captures the story’s eerie, sun-drenched tension, blending fairy tale warning with a grounded, emotional core.
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When a spoiled young socialite crashes her car, injuring herself and her best friend, Sela visits her in the hospital and tells her the story of the goose that laid the golden egg. The girl promises to act better but, once recovered, returns to her party life with gusto. Sela convinces her father to stop funding her destructive lifestyle but the daughter steals her dead mother's jewels and hocks them to continue living in the way she is accustomed. Belinda takes the girl out for a day of sunning and swimming on the ocean but a hungry shark cuts the day a little short.
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