This volume features Jack Frost and his wooden owl in an old school science fiction story. Most of the story is based around John Carter of Mars, but there's also touches of Flash Gordon and some other pulp style sci fi. The art isn't bad and the story is entertaining, but really it seems a little pointless. The Fables series is built around a continuing narrative that always seems like it's leading somewhere. This one wasn't bad but didn't seem to be going anywhere. Not bad, just not great.

If it wasn't for the fact I had known Jack Frost was Jack of the Tales' son and that MacDuff the mystical wooden owl had appeared earlier in the series, I would have been a bit baffled as to what I had stumbled upon. Without any forewarning, Jack is in a sci-fi world like something out of Flash Gordan or Buck Rogers, not the typical European fairy tale world one would expect. This wouldn't be that bat, except it seemed to forced and out of place it took some getting used to. Once the action star...

I far prefer Jack Frost as the main character than Jack Horner. Horner was getting on my nerves as the series went on. I liked the quests Frost gets involved in during his vocation as a hero. :) The futuristic setting for Jack Frost really shows how morality and good/bad is quite quite relative.

We have a new Jack = Jack of Fables son, Jack Frost, hero for hire. Let the adventure begin.

The Spin-off never manages the heights of Fables, and almost aggressively attempts to keep expectations low, but manages to clear the bar every time. The Reboot explores the difficulties of starting to be a HERO, while being naive. It is difficult to credit the the authors with much, when the message is ham handed. Plus it seems almost an aggressive attempt to draw the comparison with the nominal titular character, who was cynical and self-centered. The new reset is just being used by anyone and...

This volume of Jack of Fables features no Jack of Fables, nor any other recognizable member of the Fables universe, and focuses entirely on Jack Frost attempting to become a hero. I'm not sure why this story arc needs to exist. It's hyper fantasy with robots and ray guns and phallic centipede chariots and a green witch and furry monsters that live in the sky. Am I meant to recognize any of these characters? I don't get it! And it's kind of gross looking. The only redeeming quality is the wooden

Series doesn't even come close to the regular Fables, but at least it's readable with the focus on Jack Frost instead of his idiot father. That said, this was a weird storyline that didn't really have much point to it. Glad I'm getting these at the library and not wasting my money on them.

A good old fashioned swashbuckling cum cyberpunk(!) adventure sees the continuing adventures of Jack Frost... delightfully for me, presenting a Jack Horner free volume! :)

Yuck...this series really is going down the gutter. Luckily there are only 5 issues left (phew!). Bland story, dumb characters and stupid resolution, at the end of a story if you need to ask yourself "what was the point?" you know you've got problems.

This series is really running its course. Now it has gone sci-fi for no real apparent reason.

Take this rating with a grain of salt because I really just flipped through and looked at the pictures since I have absolutely no interest in Jack Frost whatsoever. If you like him I'm sure you'll like this volume a lot more than I did but I was already annoyed with how much of the previous volume was devoted to him and this one is some kind of scifi story that is all about him with the original Jack nowhere in sight so I really don't see what the point is. I get building him up as a character i...

A series I am barely caring to finish switched to a character I care little about, and told a story of little to no consequence. Apparently this arc touches on Jon Carter of Mars and Flash Gordon? I didn;t even know that until I read other reviews, because I NEVER watched those series. I feel like the bulk of this arc was lost on me, simply because I did not have those touchstones. That being said, I am in my mid-20s and if I had trouble recognizing what was going on here, it does not bode well

This book has taken a real nose dive now that Jack of the Tales has been replaced by his son, Jack Frost. It's an interesting direction to take the book, to completely remove the main character and all the supporting characters from a book. The problem is that Jack Frost is earnest and wholesome, everything that Jack Horner is devoid of. Unfortunately, without Jack Horner the book is also devoid of fun and humor and everything that made the book interesting. This a bland story set in an odd sci-...

I vowed never to read this book again, but the library had it so I figured what the hell. Probably my favorite trade from this series, because the main character of the book isn't in it at all. Instead it focuses on a sword and sorcery/sci-fi adventure of his son, which was quite a fun read. Too bad those stupid Babe the Blue Ox pages were still included.

This is the second to last installment of the JACK OF FABLES series which is a spinoff from the FABLES series. In this volume we focus on one of Jack's sons, Jack Frost, who has decided he is going to become a multidimensional hero. In the previous book he was a total noob to the heroing career but here we find him suddenly quite experienced and he's gone from the standard fantasy setting to one that mimics settings similar to the pulpy sci fi fantastic action mixes of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ther...

I'll be honest - I like Jack Frost/Jack Junior as a character. He was a welcome addition to the Fables universe, but this book is a rather weak installment in the Jack of Fables series. This is a slimmer volume than others, containing only five issues (41-45) as Jack Frost tries to save virgin maidens and villages from this villain called Empyrean. The story progresses along nicely, though I really wish we could have had some interludes featuring Jack Sr. and the Pathetic Fallacy.What caused me

I don't know what the point of this was. It's just a random traditional fantasy thrown into the middle of several long story arcs (Jack and the literals, Fabletown and their issues) that has no connection to anything. Even Babe isn't a part of the story, he's just floating in space somewhere, unconnected to anyone, not a sidekick or a pal, just a random comic. It's just a total bore. I'm guessing from my glances ahead that Jack and Jack are going to meet again in the next book and the author is

A nice fast paced read, and so far I prefer the shift of the story focus from Jack of Fables to Jack Frost Jack of Fables' son. Probably this is because Frost wants to be a hero whereas Fables is out only and truly for himself. There is some sadness by the end of the tale even though those helped by Jack do see him as a hero.

Reprints Jack of Fables #41-45 (February 2010-June 2010). Jack Frost is setting off for another adventure. When he and his wooden owl friend MacDuff discover a kingdom menaced by a giant called the Empyrean, Jack sets off to free the kingdom and slay the Empyrean. Teamed with a forest witch, Jack discovers that trusting people might be difficult…if not impossible when he wins the Fulminate Blade to become the kingdom’s hero!Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, Jack of Fables Volume 8:...

Okay, I miss Jack. The real Jack Of Fables. This volume our titular hero is nowhere to be found leaving his son, Jack Frost, to take the reigns. What's really missing is the debauchery. Jack's constant search for ill-gotten gain is the driving force of the book. Here, Jack Frost gets a quest and its pretty epic but its lacking. There is some humor but not nearly enough. I think its a misstep to leave Jack Horner out completely. Overall, this was my least favorite of the series but I still expect...