Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #3

Written by Chris Roberson
Art by Shawn McManus

I get the feeling that a lot of writers really miss the Cold War.  It must have made writing thrillers and suspense stories much easier than the nebulous "War on Terror", in that it allowed for a serious matching of resources, as well as wits.  That Fabletown participated in its own Cold War, with the Shadow Fabletown, for so many years is an interesting concept.

Roberson is using this volume of Cinderella to explore the scheming of the other Fabletown, made up of mostly Fables from Soviet Bloc countries, and to find many reasons to pit Cinderella (our Fabletown's answer to James Bond) against Dorothy Gale.

This issue advances the plot by bringing in the character of Anansi, the infamous spider of African myth and legend, and by raising the question of just who is being caught in whose web.  There are plenty of good moments in this enjoyable story.