The murder mystery from volume one turns from intriguing to tedious. Bigby Wolf is all over the place, meeting random new fables who mostly want to kill him. Where were these people in the original series? There's a Crooked Man who runs a criminal empire? Seems like that would come up. And Bloody Mary, while a shot in the arm to a slow-moving story, is almost too crazy. Plus, the interwoven origin story for her is complete nonsense (I'm not even entirely sure it was her origin story). It complet...

The only thing taking this one down a peg is me loathing the art for one chapter (Sorry, artist), and Bloody Mary's backstory being so out there, it didn't even feel like Fables anymore.Otherwise, great conclusion.

The story picks up where Volume 1 leaves off with Bigby still reeling from the revelation that Crane is involved with the deaths of Lily and Faith. As Bigby soon realizes, however, Crane is just the tip of the iceberg. There's a very dark side to Fabletown and it stretches farther than Bigby or Snow could ever have possibly imagined. Can they bring justice to Fabletown without tearing the community apart in the process?As in the first volume, the plot follows the game's plot almost exactly with

This volume takes a really dark turn. Those flashbacks are harsh. The book loses a lot of the humor to be found in Fables and gets really grim and gritty. The art is uneven at best. It looks like this was a webcomic first. You'll get a good artist for 10 pages and an amateur for the next 10. There's a jarring difference. The Crooked Man is an interesting addition to Fables.

Fables as a general rule is a pretty dark series, but this limited series was the darkest yet. It's very much a noir involving prostitutes, murder and the seedier side of Fabletown. We see the Crooked Man, Bloody Mary, Georgie Porgie and others in totally new ways. I didn't like the ending, but noir is not known for happy endings. The art wasn't bad but several artists worked on the series and it did come across as a little inconsistent.Overall another good read, but I still prefer the regular F...

While the Fables series is very dark, this was even darker. This story delves into the darkest of fables and even urban legends, such as the extremely creepy legend of Bloody Mary. What I enjoy continually about the Fables series, and its spinoffs is how well the various fairy tales, fables and folktales are integrated. Imagine Bloody Mary thrown in with Georgie Porgie, Tweedle Dee and Dum (from "Alice in Wonderland"), the sad and disturbing fairy tale "Donkeyskin" and even Ichabod Crane from "T...

Just a quick warning to say that this review may contain spoilers for Fables: The Wolf Among Us Volume 1!I loved the first volume of The Wolf Among Us, almost as much as I loved playing the game, so I was eager to start the second volume and while I enjoyed it, I did not like it as much as the first one.Once again, the narrative follows the game whilst also adding more information in the way of backstories. However, as I knew the outcome of the story, I think some of the enjoyment was lost while...

As a whole I enjoyed the extensive background stories. I really enjoyed being in Bigby's head through the whole thing too. It is dark, but TWAU was always a darker noir tone than the comics.

While I really enjoyed the story on this one, I had more trouble getting back into the story each time the artist changed to silly, large eyes and mad smiles. The story is great, and one that was adapted well into a video game, but the goofy art style that rears its head every once in a while can take you out of it.

3.5/5 stars.I'm not sure I actually liked the direction they were taking past the game. And occasionally, the abrupt change of artwork drove me nuts. But it was still a pretty good depiction of the second part of the game, even though I could have actually done without so much back story this time around.

Spin-offs from the Fables series are often uneven, but The Wolf Among Us probably takes the prize as the one of the strongest of them all, giving readers a thorough and interesting look into an aspect of the series that we never got to see. It's a noir take on Fables, a genre quite fitting when you're following the Big Bad Wolf around the seedier areas of Fable Town. What makes this particular volume so interesting is the backstory that it gives the narrative that was not present in the video ga...

So overall, it's a fairly typical Fables story. If you haven't played the game this is based on, you'll be fine reading this one. If you have, there's content in here that wasn't in the games.I'm not sure I liked the added content.It's mostly a few pages here and there of flashbacks. They interrupt the main action and didn't make much sense. I don't think they added much to the story overall, either, but that's just me.It's worth a read, especially if you can't play the Tell Tale game, but if yo...

Juts like what the main Fables book did, this second half outshone the first half of this series. In which Bigby and Snow investigating are hugely up against it, with the Deputy Mayor being the prime suspect and so many Fables relying on the black market run by the mastermind behind it all. Quite a thoughtful and and well constructed book that is ultimately the prequel to the main Fables series. 8 out of 12. #25-48

I honestly think this is one of the best Fables spin-offs. Loved Bloody Mary's character and was happy with her origin story. This book does add characters not in the game nor the original Fables books. The Knave of Hearts play a big rule in this and kind of expands Wonderlands story in the Fables universe. This, like the game, do leave me a little confused though. Might have to replay the game again soon and still waiting for a second season of the game as well. Either way I was as happy with t...

Storywise, I enjoyed it. It was almost exactly like the Telltale game but darker, especially since they added more backstory (i.e., Bloody Mary). The ending was also less ambiguous than the game's ending, which was nice -- it actually seemed to set up a sequel (which I'm afraid will never happen 😔). The only thing I found slightly jarring were the different alternating artstyles, which were more obvious in this volume than in the previous. Though each artstyle still has its own charm, like what

Eh. I pooped out on this about 2/3 of the way through but still finished it. A bit angsty and rather long, but I do like Bigby and Snow. I don’t really love the unhinged lady baddie motif, though. With a diabolical male handler, using her as a weapon. Blah.

Fine I guess?

This is the point in this series where the Telltale game ends, and the comic confirms what most people (at least, so it seemed) felt like was going on in the end! Very interesting. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series to see where they go with that. I also really, really loved how much more backstory we got in the comics than in the game. I mean, Bloody Mary's past, man. What a horrible time. It's almost enough to make her sympathetic. (Almost.)

Like many of the reviewers here, I played the TellTale game first and was intrigued enough to chase down the comic book tie-in. I was vaguely aware of the comic book series before this but had never looked into it before discovering the game.If you have played the game, this comic is still interesting and well worth a read: this volume has some extra scenes, and shows which game choices count as canon. Please note that some of the extra scenes in Volume 2 include some potentially disturbing port...

Continues the rest of the story from the game, with a little extra addition after the ending.We get flashbacks with the origin of Bloody Mary and even while you can see exactly where it is going, it's still moving and tragic and horrifying.We also get Mary teaming up with the crooked man, a story arch that didn't work as well and which had me confused about when it was supposed to take place. Decades ago or at the same time as the rest of the story?Once again, we more context to the game and esp...