Fables #5 - The Mean Seasons [First Printing]
([May] 2005)

DC, 2002 Series
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Volume
5
Price
14.99 USD; 19.99 CAD
Pages
172
On-sale Date
2005-03-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for mature readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Vertigo
ISBN
978-1-4012-0486-0 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401204860 51499
Editing
Shelly Bond (original editor); Mariah Huehner (original assistant editor); Scott Nybakken (collection editor)

Issue Notes

Seventh printing available March 27, 2013; eighth printing available April 9, 2014; and ninth printing available February 4, 2015 (per comiclist.com).
This issue has variants:

The Mean Seasons (Table of Contents)

Fables / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

[Title page, credits, indicia, masthead etc.] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fables / credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with details from the covers from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #28 (October 2004), #30 (December 2004), and #31 (January 2005).

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the cover from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #31 (January 2005).

Who's Who in Fabletown (Table of Contents: 3)

Fables / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
  • from Fables (DC, 2002 series) #? [various panels].

[Fables #22 cover] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fables / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover sans trade dress or title.

Cinderella Libertine (Table of Contents: 5)

Fables / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Tony Akins
Inks
Jimmy Palmiotti
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Fables #28 cover] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fables / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Dog Company War Stories, Part One (Table of Contents: 7)

Fables / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Tony Akins
Inks
Jimmy Palmiotti
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Fables #29 cover] (Table of Contents: 8)

Fables / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Frankenstein versus the Wolf Man War Stories, Part Two (Table of Contents: 9)

Fables / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Tony Akins
Inks
Jimmy Palmiotti
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Fables #30 cover] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fables / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

The Cruel, Hot Summer (Table of Contents: 11)

Fables / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Mark Buckingham
Inks
Steve Leialoha
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Fables #31 cover] (Table of Contents: 12)

Fables / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover sans trade dress.

The Long, Hard Fall (Table of Contents: 13)

Fables / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Mark Buckingham
Inks
Steve Leialoha
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Fables #32 cover] (Table of Contents: 14)

Fables / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover sans trade dress.

The Dark, Killing Winter (Table of Contents: 15)

Fables / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Mark Buckingham
Inks
Steve Leialoha
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Fables #33 cover] (Table of Contents: 16)

Fables / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Jean
Inks
James Jean
Colors
James Jean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover sans trade dress.

Until the Spring (Table of Contents: 17)

Fables / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Willingham
Pencils
Mark Buckingham
Inks
Steve Leialoha
Colors
Daniel Vozzo
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mean Seasons
    Fables
  2. 1. [Title page, credits, indicia, masthead etc.]
    Fables
  3. 2. Table of Contents
  4. 3. Who's Who in Fabletown
    Fables
  5. 4. [Fables #22 cover]
    Fables
  6. 5. Cinderella Libertine
    Fables
  7. 6. [Fables #28 cover]
    Fables
  8. 7. Dog Company War Stories, Part One
    Fables
  9. 8. [Fables #29 cover]
    Fables
  10. 9. Frankenstein versus the Wolf Man War Stories, Part Two
    Fables
  11. 10. [Fables #30 cover]
    Fables
  12. 11. The Cruel, Hot Summer
    Fables
  13. 12. [Fables #31 cover]
    Fables
  14. 13. The Long, Hard Fall
    Fables
  15. 14. [Fables #32 cover]
    Fables
  16. 15. The Dark, Killing Winter
    Fables
  17. 16. [Fables #33 cover]
    Fables
  18. 17. Until the Spring
    Fables
This issue was modified by
  • Gordon Davie
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Kirk House
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore