Written by Mike CareyArt by Peter Gross and Vince Locke
When we last saw Tom, he was stuck in the novel Moby Dick, and had somehow managed to freeze the story around him. This issue, after yet another cryptic conversation with the Frankenstein monster, he learns how to move between stories with his magic door knob. You see, the problem before was that he was using the knob on the Pequod, which has only ever been in one story, instead of the sea, which has been in many.
This leads Tom on a bit of a nautical journey, and in short order, we see him travel to Sinbad's story in the Arabian Knights, and we meet Baron Munchhausen. It seems that stories can become interconnected, and it is possible for Tom to move between them, although it's not known how that can lead him home.
While this is all going on, his two friends are still in the clutches of that weird puppet master guy, who is used to deliver a few hints as to where the series is going, and what certain characters will say when we get there.
I'm more interested in this book than ever, as I like the way that Carey is dropping Tom into and out of different classic novels. The addition of Vince Locke to ink the 'novel pages' is brilliant, and has injected new life into the book's appearance.
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