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Grimm Fairy Tales #9
Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 9
Fairy tales and fables have been passed down from generation to generation throughout the world for hundreds of years. But there has never been an adaptation quite like this!
Sela Mathers sets out on a dangerous journey to find the Limbo Key, the only thing that may be able to save her true love's soul. She will be tested like never before, but she will also begin to discover a unique power inside of her; one which she will need to learn to use in order to survive the many dangers that lie ahead.
Collecting six brand new Grimm Fairy Tales that reinvent the fables you loved as a child and will absolutely intrigue you as an adult.
Sela Mathers sets out on a dangerous journey to find the Limbo Key, the only thing that may be able to save her true love's soul. She will be tested like never before, but she will also begin to discover a unique power inside of her; one which she will need to learn to use in order to survive the many dangers that lie ahead.
Collecting six brand new Grimm Fairy Tales that reinvent the fables you loved as a child and will absolutely intrigue you as an adult.
176 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2011
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June 1, 2012
I have to say that I really and truly enjoy Zenescope's series Grimm Fairy Tales and and all the various spinoffs (Neverland, Piper, etc). Unless something major happens I will continue to follow this series. My one and only gripe with it is the unnecessary and gratuitous sexuality and objectification of women within the pages. It truly has no place within the story. Now I am by no means a prude but they don't even try to give it purpose. They are no better than the creators over at the bigger publishers (Marvel, DC). This is why this series will never reach the greatness that is Bill Willingham's Fables. Nothing is done without purpose. And he knows that his story is so good that he doesn't need clichéd tropes like massive mammaries and barely there clothing.
February 25, 2020
Another solid inter dimensional fun. Fairy tales re-imagined and with a fair bit of twist thrown in the mix. I love this series.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
October 18, 2021
49- no name?-Nissa, Sela, and Shang arrive in the mist (the place where magic was born). It is where the book came from and the realms came from. A reminder that the highborn were the only ones who were to be able to use the gateways between realms but that was broken and the dark one was excited. The dark horde still was able to spread. Most of the gateway portals were destroyed and the rest were moved and hidden, all the magical beings on earth returned to their realm and they became what we refer to now as legends/myths. The faeries are the only ones who can openly move because they were created with the same power that made the realms, hence why the dark one wants to kill them. Sela meets Erik the nutcracker from before and Nissa leaves. When the portals were closed and the dark one couldn't travel between realms he recruited some fairies to his side the rest he ordered to be executed. Erik tells her that her book is a secret portal bounded to Sela's soul. Sela goes to a meeting with the leaders from the realms. They say that the dark one is preparing for a battle and they must get rid of the secret portal they have in the "casket of provenance". The members are split 50:50 because they are afraid of what that will do. Sela is the deciding vote. She is going to sleep on it and while she is off to bed Erik reminds her they were together and she was pregnant many decades ago way before Belinda erased her memories. She awakes to Shang saying the dark one was there and it looks like Erik is dead/posessed?
50-Hard Choices- beings with telling the story of how selas dad died when she was a child. Her father was once part of the horde but left the myst and everyone was mad that he had falsblood kids. Erik goes all crazy ass by being possess by the devil but true loves power breaks his spell buuuut just as that happens the pied piper "Anslied"sings a song that puts him in limbo. The pied piper returns back to vegas with the his skeptor that was given power for the dark horde to enter the myst realm. In vegas where he meets the devil cindy and morrigan. The dark horde travels back to the myste and attacks the members basically killing everyone but sela and blake a realm knioght. The dark horde has a possessed nessa open the portal back to earth so the dark horde's entire army can enter earth and take over but sela kills nesa to save the earth and back on earth baba yaga and belinda capture the devils army in some tupe of gem stone.
51-The Glass Coffin- Orcas is finally able to return to his castle. The powerful sorcerer Morgazera wants what is his too but orcas says he will have to wait. Mor is mad but not at orcas and instead at sela so he seeks revenge. He finds her and turns into a snake but is driven away by these rats who were sent there to help sela from morigan aka death. And the gnomes put eril in a glass coffin to preserve his body while in limbo.
52-The Golden Stag-Sela is on a mission to find Erik's soul. Death "morigan" wants to help sela because he too is trapped in the myst. He wants her to find a key in limbo that will help him return to the underworld. death doesn't want to do it because it is too dangerous but he gives eala this bracelet thingy and blake gives her a phoenix. on the way she is attacked by morgareza as a bull but a stag who she thinks is erik helps her and then finally a dwarf names boulder comes and kills morgazera. he was sent by the phoenix reporting the issue. elsewhere, orcas and pinochioo are causing havoc.
53-The Fairy and the Dwarf- Sela tells the dwarf she is looking for the oracle delphina but the dwarf says she is dead. he tells her the soty of death/morrigan. Turns out boulders brother was bragg and he became delphina apprentice to gain back the family name. At the end it shows goblin gruel finding morgareza on his deathbed and gruel promises to get revenge on sela. Story of Morigan: death was in love with a princess but he was too poor. the king called upon his dwarf bragg to get rid of morrigan and in return he would get a seat upon his throne. Bragg enlisted a fairy who put a spell on morigan and left a note saying morigan was leaving the princess for the fairy. Blagg then told the princess and she promised blagg she would marry him. but when blagg rescued morigan he threw acid on his face and princess ended up marrying blag. Morigan tried to get revenge but couldn't until the devil gave him power as long as he served him forever and gave up his humanity. Morigan was too late to save the princess but was indebted to the devil forever.
54-The Grateful Beast- Sela is dreaming about when she was pregnant and the Horde came after her and Erik. Boulder and Sela are still on the mission to find the key. On the way they run into Orcs, find something is wrong with bees and she helps them. Gruel tells ORcas that Morgareza died from Sela. Sela and boulder save some ducks and a wolf. And it looks like that wolf was for the goblin queen.
50-Hard Choices- beings with telling the story of how selas dad died when she was a child. Her father was once part of the horde but left the myst and everyone was mad that he had falsblood kids. Erik goes all crazy ass by being possess by the devil but true loves power breaks his spell buuuut just as that happens the pied piper "Anslied"sings a song that puts him in limbo. The pied piper returns back to vegas with the his skeptor that was given power for the dark horde to enter the myst realm. In vegas where he meets the devil cindy and morrigan. The dark horde travels back to the myste and attacks the members basically killing everyone but sela and blake a realm knioght. The dark horde has a possessed nessa open the portal back to earth so the dark horde's entire army can enter earth and take over but sela kills nesa to save the earth and back on earth baba yaga and belinda capture the devils army in some tupe of gem stone.
51-The Glass Coffin- Orcas is finally able to return to his castle. The powerful sorcerer Morgazera wants what is his too but orcas says he will have to wait. Mor is mad but not at orcas and instead at sela so he seeks revenge. He finds her and turns into a snake but is driven away by these rats who were sent there to help sela from morigan aka death. And the gnomes put eril in a glass coffin to preserve his body while in limbo.
52-The Golden Stag-Sela is on a mission to find Erik's soul. Death "morigan" wants to help sela because he too is trapped in the myst. He wants her to find a key in limbo that will help him return to the underworld. death doesn't want to do it because it is too dangerous but he gives eala this bracelet thingy and blake gives her a phoenix. on the way she is attacked by morgareza as a bull but a stag who she thinks is erik helps her and then finally a dwarf names boulder comes and kills morgazera. he was sent by the phoenix reporting the issue. elsewhere, orcas and pinochioo are causing havoc.
53-The Fairy and the Dwarf- Sela tells the dwarf she is looking for the oracle delphina but the dwarf says she is dead. he tells her the soty of death/morrigan. Turns out boulders brother was bragg and he became delphina apprentice to gain back the family name. At the end it shows goblin gruel finding morgareza on his deathbed and gruel promises to get revenge on sela. Story of Morigan: death was in love with a princess but he was too poor. the king called upon his dwarf bragg to get rid of morrigan and in return he would get a seat upon his throne. Bragg enlisted a fairy who put a spell on morigan and left a note saying morigan was leaving the princess for the fairy. Blagg then told the princess and she promised blagg she would marry him. but when blagg rescued morigan he threw acid on his face and princess ended up marrying blag. Morigan tried to get revenge but couldn't until the devil gave him power as long as he served him forever and gave up his humanity. Morigan was too late to save the princess but was indebted to the devil forever.
54-The Grateful Beast- Sela is dreaming about when she was pregnant and the Horde came after her and Erik. Boulder and Sela are still on the mission to find the key. On the way they run into Orcs, find something is wrong with bees and she helps them. Gruel tells ORcas that Morgareza died from Sela. Sela and boulder save some ducks and a wolf. And it looks like that wolf was for the goblin queen.
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March 19, 2013
Once again, the absence of punctuation rears its ugly head.
"I had a baby, Morrigan," is probably what the writer meant, when the character who had a baby was talking to The Morrigan. In fact what was written was "I had a baby Morrigan" which has a rather different meaning. No, really. The image of a baby Celtic death deity is difficult to ignore, once it starts running around in your head...you know, sucking its thumb as it commands ravens on the field of battle, that kind of thing.
Otherwise, and other than the fact that The Morrigan is mysteriously made male in this story, the story had some really good bits. I especially liked the use of the motif of the grateful beasts, helping out someone who had been kind to them. That was the best folkloric element in this volume of stories. The role reversal in the Seven Dwarfs segment was also good, with the sleeping prince encased in a glass casket. You just know there's going to be a kiss in there somewhere, by the time he gets awakened.
I still wish they'd tone down the fan service a bit. It's so heavy-handed that it's getting silly.
"I had a baby, Morrigan," is probably what the writer meant, when the character who had a baby was talking to The Morrigan. In fact what was written was "I had a baby Morrigan" which has a rather different meaning. No, really. The image of a baby Celtic death deity is difficult to ignore, once it starts running around in your head...you know, sucking its thumb as it commands ravens on the field of battle, that kind of thing.
Otherwise, and other than the fact that The Morrigan is mysteriously made male in this story, the story had some really good bits. I especially liked the use of the motif of the grateful beasts, helping out someone who had been kind to them. That was the best folkloric element in this volume of stories. The role reversal in the Seven Dwarfs segment was also good, with the sleeping prince encased in a glass casket. You just know there's going to be a kiss in there somewhere, by the time he gets awakened.
I still wish they'd tone down the fan service a bit. It's so heavy-handed that it's getting silly.
February 17, 2015
This comic became so much better when it started to focus on an more complete storyline instead of one off fairy tales.
July 12, 2022
The epic quest has begun! In order to try and save the soul of her true love, Sela has to help out Morrigan/Death regain his rightful place on the throne of Limbo. But another already has the throne, someone much more powerful than Morrigan, so will this be able to happen? Will Sela save her true love?
Yeah these are the questions you basically have at the beginning of this one. But we do get to meet a new dwarf character and he's pretty cool. I really did enjoy reading this one. We get to see more of Sela's powers and learn a little more of her backstory through dreams she has...which makes you have to ask ?
I read this one cover to cover - the story is solid and the art is great. There are times where it seems like they changed artists, but I can ignore that just because the story is good and keeps things moving. Looking forward to reading more in the next volume. It's really great to be able to read all of these in order without having to wait to see what happens. It helps to keep things straight in your head and you don't forget important details to the plot.
Yeah these are the questions you basically have at the beginning of this one. But we do get to meet a new dwarf character and he's pretty cool. I really did enjoy reading this one. We get to see more of Sela's powers and learn a little more of her backstory through dreams she has...which makes you have to ask ?
I read this one cover to cover - the story is solid and the art is great. There are times where it seems like they changed artists, but I can ignore that just because the story is good and keeps things moving. Looking forward to reading more in the next volume. It's really great to be able to read all of these in order without having to wait to see what happens. It helps to keep things straight in your head and you don't forget important details to the plot.
February 2, 2019
The plot continues on, and continues to have side stories woven in. I would like to know what is happening with Belinda, and on Earth tho.
There is still a lot a lot of fan service, and that is why this continues on as a 3 star read.
There is still a lot a lot of fan service, and that is why this continues on as a 3 star read.
April 27, 2018
51-56
May 7, 2018
DPL hoopla
March 24, 2023
I like the tales where our present day society learns from the book. I did enjoy the origins of Sela’s power and I understand her frustration with our current world.
December 16, 2024
It’s getting crazy up in here
December 25, 2015
All of the issues in this volume are focused on the larger story arc relating to the inter-realms conflict, so there's no fairy tale in this one. There are hints and references of course, but I'm kinda missing the retelling of fairy tales now, since that was the original point of the series.
The realm conflict, while interesting, is actually full of gaping plot holes that make little sense. But I guess they're not really trying very hard to make things believable, but just even to tell a tale. So, while they're somewhat entertaining, they're not high quality storytelling, especially when yet more of Sela's rather weird and sudden backstory gets revealed (). The artwork, as usual, depends on the individual artist, but overall they're pretty good, except one or two issues I found to be poorer.
The realm conflict, while interesting, is actually full of gaping plot holes that make little sense. But I guess they're not really trying very hard to make things believable, but just even to tell a tale. So, while they're somewhat entertaining, they're not high quality storytelling, especially when yet more of Sela's rather weird and sudden backstory gets revealed (). The artwork, as usual, depends on the individual artist, but overall they're pretty good, except one or two issues I found to be poorer.
May 19, 2016
This series is really starting to slow down and go off in a direction that kind of bores me. There are no more horrific lessons taught with fairy tales to terrible people, now it's a sword and sorcery epic on another world between Sela and some kind of lord of darkness trying to take back his throne.
August 9, 2022
There is much less fairytale here and more background story on the main character, Selma. But I can still see fairytale influences here and there. And I think the story is transitioning; we might see more real fairytale renditions once the story has fully transitioned and Selma is back on earth. Still slightly interesting.
January 6, 2015
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