In the mail today: Battle Royale, the penultimate issue of The Hidden Kingdom, my run on Fables spin-off, Fairest. This ain’t your Disneyfied Rapunzel.
Interior art by Inaki Miranda, terrifying cover by Adam Hughes.
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