Stan Shaw's Beauty & the Beast #[nn]
In this 1993 Dark Horse entry, Stan Shaw’s *Beauty & the Beast* reimagines the classic tale with a quiet, poignant intensity. When a storm drives a desperate man to seek shelter in the Beast’s castle, the curse-bound creature is forced to confront his isolation—and the fragile hope of connection—when the man’s daughter agrees to take his place. Written, drawn, and colored entirely by Stan Shaw, the issue’s moody, expressive art brings a haunting depth to the familiar story, as Beauty’s decision looms, and the lines between fear and compassion begin to blur.
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Beast is cursed to hideousness and isolation, but one day detains an intruder sheltering from a storm who clips a rose for his daughter. The old man agrees to have his daughter take his place. Beauty accepts this responsibility and the two grow closer. Beast releases her when her father falls ill, and so she must decide what fate will befall her, her family, and her former captor.
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