Grimm Fairy Tales (comics)

Grimm Fairy Tales

Little Red Riding Hood encounters the wolf in Grimm Fairy Tales #1
Publication information
Publisher Zenescope Entertainment
Schedule Monthly
Publication date

(v1)June 2005–2016

(v2)2017
Creative team
Writer(s) Ralph Tedesco
Joe Tyler
Penciller(s) Joseph Dodd
Inker(s) Justin Holman

Grimm Fairy Tales is a Dark fantasy comic book series by Zenescope Entertainment that presents classic fairy tales, albeit with modern twists or expanded plots. It began publication in June 2005.

Summary

Each issue of Grimm Fairy Tales has two parts: a frame story and a fairy tale. The frame story revolves around Dr. Sela Mathers, a Doctor/Professor of Literature who has been given the ability to help people by showing them fairy tales with a lesson about their life. She struggles with the fact that people ignore her advice and ruin their lives anyway, and begins using her ability to dispense justice instead (see issue #15 "The Three Little Pigs"). Sela's nemesis is Belinda, who has the same ability as Sela but uses it for evil.

The other portion of the story is a twisted version of a classic fairy tale. The fairy tales are often violent and end in depressing ways, warning the readers to change their lives or suffer a similar (sometimes, worse) fate.

It is later revealed that Belinda is working for the Dark One, a Satan-like demon who is seeking to conquer not only Earth, but four other worlds from which the fairy tales come from. The worlds include Wonderland, Oz, Neverland, and Myst. The series gradually begins to revolve around Sela herself, as she discovers that she has become a major player in an ancient war between the Dark Horde, led by the Dark One and his allies, and the Guardians, leaders of the worlds the Dark One seeks to conquer. Already Wonderland and Neverland have fallen and are now ruled by the Dark One's allies, the monstrous Jabberwocky and the soul-devouring immortal Pan, respectively.

After Volume 15 concludes, the beginning of a Zenescope comic event begins: The Age of Darkness. It spans in every comic related to the Grimm Fairy Tales series. There are major tie ins and things especially related to major worlds in Grimm Fairy Tales. These worlds are Oz, Myst, Neverland, Wonderland, and Earth. The event happened in 2013-2014 heading up to the 100th issue of GFT.

Issues

Note: Links are to original versions' pages, not the comic arcs.

Annuals and Specials

Spin-offs and miniseries

Starting in May 2007, a Grimm Fairy Tales spin-off and limited series called Return to Wonderland debuted. Written by Raven Gregory, the series tells the tale of Alice Liddle, the heroine of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and her teenage daughter, Calie Liddle (an anagram of "Alice").[5] Alice is no longer the little girl who fell down the rabbit hole and discovered Wonderland. Now an adult, she once tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists. Mentally disturbed and in a dream-like state, her only link to reality is the disturbing white rabbit that she clings to. Calie, not wanting to deal with her mother's mental illness, is now a substance-abusing, alcoholic, promiscuous party girl. The series will deal with the entire Liddle family, Alice's childhood, and Calie venturing into a darker and more frightening Wonderland than the one her mother knows. Confirmed characters for Return to Wonderland are the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter,[6] the Caterpillar, the Carpenter, the Walrus, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Cheshire Cat, the Jabberwocky, the March Hare, and the Cook.

Tales From Wonderland, a three part prequel to the Return to Wonderland series, was released in 2008, which included The Queen of Hearts, Alice, and The Mad Hatter, followed in June by #0 of Beyond Wonderland, the sequel to Return to Wonderland.[7][8] The series is expected to return for a third time in the summer of 2009 with another sequel Escape from Wonderland and Tales From Wonderland Series 2, which includes The Cheshire Cat, The Red Queen, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and The Mad Hatter #2.

Zenescope has now released a 2009 Annual For Wonderland entitled "The House of Liddle", and continued the story of Calie in Beyond Wonderland, Escape From Wonderland, as well as an annual for 2010, 2011, 2012. Recently Zenescope has begun publishing an Ongoing Wonderland Series, as well as the Upcoming Madness of Wonderland; Both of which revolve around Calie and her teenage daughter Violet.

Spin offs

Wonderland:

  1. Queen Of Hearts
  2. Mad Hatter
  3. Alice
  4. Cheshire Cat
  5. The Red Queen
  6. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  7. Mad Hatter II
  8. The White Knight
  9. The Red Rose
  10. Queen Of Hearts Vs. Mad Hatter

Neverland:

  1. Tinker Belle
  2. Tiger Lilly
  3. Croc

Oz:

  1. Tin Man
  2. Cowardly Lion
  3. The Scarecrow
  4. Glinda
  5. Adraste
  6. Zamora

Robyn Hood:

Miniseries:

Crossover:

  1. Prologue
  2. Issue One – Once Upon A Time
  3. Issue Two – The Piper (one-shot)
  4. Issue Three – Myths and Legends #6
  5. Issue Four – Wonderland (one-shot)
  6. Issue Five – Neverland (one-shot)
  7. Issue Six – Salem's Daughter (one-shot)
  8. Issue Seven – Myths and Legends #7
  9. Issue Eight – Sinbad (one-shot)
  10. Issue Nine – Grimm Fairy Tales #63
  11. Issue Ten – Grimm Fairy Tales #64
  12. Issue Eleven – Inferno (one-shot)
  13. Issue Twelve – the Conclusion: Ever After
  1. Issue Zero
  2. Issue One
  3. Issue Two – Grimm Fairy Tales #85
  4. Issue Three – Grimm Fairy Tales 2013 Annual
  5. Issue Four – Grimm Universe #5
  6. Issue Five – Grimm Fairy Tales 2013 Special Edition
  7. Issue Six – Grimm Fairy Tales Giant-Size 2013
  1. Hunters: Shadowlands 1–5
  2. Vampires: The Eternal 1–3
  3. Demons: The Unseen 1–3
  4. Werewolves: The Hunger 1–3
  5. Zombies: The Cursed 1–3
  1. Issue One
  2. Issue Two
  3. Issue Three
  4. Issue Four
  5. Issue Five
  6. Issue Six
  7. Issue Seven
  8. Issue Eight
  9. Issue Nine

Collections

The contents of a Grimm Fairy Tales comic collection can be defined into three categories: there are those issues that are "officially" reprinted in the collection (these issues have their original covers included in the cover gallery section), there are (parts of) issues from another series (these are included to induce the reader to buy that series), and there are bonus stories (original stories that were made specifically for the collection).

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 1 collects issues #1–6, and the short story "Legacy" July 2006 0-9786874-0-X
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2 collects issues #7–12, and the short story "Timepiece" September 2007 0978687469
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 3 collects issues #13–18, and the short story "Wicked Ways" April 8, 2008 0978687493
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 4 collects issues #19–24, and the short story "The lamp" September 15, 2008 0981755003
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 5 collects issues #25–30, and the short story "Pawns" April 21, 2009 0981755089
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 6 collects issues #31–36, and the short story "Gifts" July 7, 2009 0982363044
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 7 collects issues #37–42, bonus story: "The Collection" March 16, 2010 0982363036
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 8 collects issues #43–50, and a story from the 2010 Swimsuit Edition October 26, 2010 0982363060
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 9 collects issues #51–56, bonus story: "Goddess" April 19, 2011 0982582625
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 10 collects issues #57–62, also includes The Dream Eater Saga #0 September 20, 2011 0981755046
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 11 collects issues #65–70 May 15, 2012 1937068331
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 12 collects issues #71–75 September 18, 2012 1937068463
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 13 collects issues #76–81 March 12, 2013 1937068803
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 14 collects issues #82–84, and #86–87 October 22, 2013 193968305X
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 15 collects issues #89–93 March 26, 2014 9781939683519
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Age of Darkness Volume 1 collects issues #94-98, and Grimm Fairy Tales Age of Darkness one-shot July 22, 2014 1939683734
Grimm Fairy Tales Omnibus collects issues #1–50 June 18, 2013 1937068447
Grimm Fairy Tales Omnibus Volume 2 collects issues #51-93 October 28, 2014 1939683866
Grimm Fairy Tales: Different Seasons Volume 1 collects Giant-Size 2009, 2009 Halloween Special, 2009 Holiday Edition and the Las Vegas Annual March 8, 2011 0983040400
Grimm Fairy Tales: Different Seasons Volume 2 collects the 2007 Annual, 2008 Annual, 2011 Halloween Special and 2011 Holiday Edition May 8, 2012 1937068374
Grimm Fairy Tales: Different Seasons Volume 3 collects the 2010 Halloween Special, 2010 Holiday Edition, GFT Valentine's Day Special 2013, GFT St. Patrick's Day Special 2013, GFT 2012 Swimsuit Special December 3, 2013 1939683033
Grimm Fairy Tales: Different Seasons Volume 4 collects the GFT Wounded Warriors Special Edition, Robyn Hood versus Red Riding Hood One-Shot, GFT 2012 Halloween special, and GFT 2012 Holiday special September 17, 2014

Single issue collections

Title Material Collected Publication Date
Grimm Fairy Tales: Beauty & the Beast collects Grimm Fairy Tales #13–14 October 2008
Special Collected Edition collects Grimm Fairy Tales #3, 8, and 12 2008
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid Collection collects Grimm Fairy Tales #25–26 January 2009
Grimm Fairy Tales: Pinocchio collects Grimm Fairy Tales #31–32
Grimm Fairy Tales: Short Story Collection collects short stories from volumes #1–6 2010

Myths & Legends collections

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Myths & Legends Volume 1 collects issues #1–5 and Grimm Fairy Tales #1 September 20, 2011 0983040443
Grimm Myths & Legends Volume 2 collects issues #8–11 and Grimm Fairy Tales #25–26 March 27, 2012 1937068315
Grimm Myths & Legends Volume 3 collects issues #12–15 and Grimm Fairy Tales #13–14 May 29, 2012 1937068412
Grimm Myths & Legends Volume 4 collects issues #18–21, Grimm Fairy Tales #3, and previews of Robyn Hood #1 and Sleepy Hollow #1 November 27, 2012 1937068641
Grimm Myths & Legends Volume 5 collects issues #16–17, and #22–25 March 26, 2013 1937068838

Crossovers

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Fairy Tales: Sinbad collects 2011 Annual, Giant-Size 2011 and 2011 Special Edition; also includes Sinbad #1 March 27, 2012 1937068986
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Dream Eater Saga Volume 1 collects issues: The Dream Eater Saga #0–1, #2 being The Piper (one-shot), #3 being Myths & Legends #6, #4 being Wonderland (one-shot), #5 being Neverland (one-shot), #6 being Salem's Daughter (one-shot) December 20, 2011 1937068935
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Dream Eater Saga Volume 2 collects issues: Myths and Legends #7, Sinbad (one-shot), Grimm Fairy Tales #63–64, Inferno (one-shot), the Conclusion: Ever After March 27, 2012 1937068307
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Unleashed Volume 1 collects issues #0–2 (being: Grimm Fairy Tales Unleashed #1–2, Grimm Fairy Tales #85) July 30, 2013 1939683017
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Unleashed Volume 2 collects issues #3–5 (being: Grimm Fairy Tales 2013 Annual, Grimm Universe #5, Grimm Fairy Tales 2013 Special Edition) November 12, 2013 1939683173
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Hunters collects Hunters: Shadowlands #1–5 (Unleashed Tie-in) November 12, 2013 1939683262
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Vampires & Werewolves collects Grimm Fairy Tales: Vampires #1–3 and Grimm Fairy Tales: Werewolves #1–3 (Unleashed Tie-ins) October 22, 2013 1939683130
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Zombies & Demons collects Grimm Fairy Tales: Demons #1–3 and Grimm Fairy Tales: Zombies #1–3 (Unleashed Tie-ins) November 12, 2013 1939683149
Grimm Fairy Tales: Realm Knights collects Grimm Fairy Tales: Realm Knights one-shot (#0) and Grimm Fairy Tales: Realm Knights # 1–4 (Unleashed Tie-in) December 17, 2013 1939683270
Age of Darkness Volume 1 Collects Dark Queen (2014 Zenescope) 1-Shot and Grimm Fairy Tales (2005) #94-98. July 9, 2014 1939683734
Age of Darkness Volume 2 collects: Robyn Hood Age of Darkness (One-Shot), Inferno Age of Darkness (One-Shot) and the Dark One Age of Darkness (One-Shot) August 26, 2014 1939683742
Age of Darkness Volume 3 Collects: OZ: Age of Darkness (One-Shot), Wonderland Age of Darkness (One-Shot), and Godstorm: Age of Darkness (One-Shot) October 7, 2014 1939683807
Age of Darkness Volume 4 Collects: Grimm Fairy Tales #0 Free Comic Book Day Edition, Grimm Fairy Tales 2014 Annual, Grimm Fairy Tales 2014 Giant-Sized Edition, Grimm Fairy Tales Realm Knights Age of Darkness One-Shot, Grimm Fairy Tales #99, and Grimm Fairy Tales #100 December 10, 2014 1939683874
Neverland: Age of Darkness collects: Neverland: Age of Darkness July 30, 2014 193968370X
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Code Red Volume 1 Code Red (2013 Zenescope) #1-5. June 10, 2014 1939683580

Grimm Universe

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Grimm Universe Volume 1 collects issues #1–4 June 18, 2013 1939683009

Wonderland

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Alice in Wonderland collects: Alice in Wonderland #1–6 January 22, 2013 1937068668
Tales from Wonderland Volume 1 collects: Alice, The Queen of Hearts, and the Mad Hatter one-shots, bonus story: "The Experiment" September 30, 2008 0981755038
Tales from Wonderland Volume 2 collects: Cheshire Cat, Red Queen, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum one-shots December 15, 2009 0982363028
Grimm Fairy Tales: Return to Wonderland collects: Return to Wonderland #0–6 August 4, 2009 0981755054
Grimm Fairy Tales: Beyond Wonderland collects: Beyond Wonderland #0–6 2010 0982363079
Tales from Wonderland Volume 3 collects: The White Knight, The Red Rose, and Queen Of Hearts vs. Mad Hatter; also includes Charmed #0 and a preview of #1 January 4, 2011 098258265X
Grimm Fairy Tales: Escape From Wonderland collects: Escape From Wonderland #0–6 May 17, 2011 0982750714
Wonderland Omnibus collects: Tales from Wonderland Volumes #1-3, Return to Wonderland, Beyond Wonderland, and Escape from Wonderland. August 5, 2014 1939683637
Wonderland: House of Liddle collects: Wonderland Annual: 2009 House of Liddle, Annual 2010, Annual 2011, bonus story: The Experiment September 20, 2011 0983040451
Call of Wonderland collects: Call of Wonderland #1–4 November 13, 2012 1937068617
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland Volume 1 collects: Wonderland #1–5, includes a preview of Wonderland #6 January 22, 2013 193706865X
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland Volume 2 collects: Wonderland #6–10 May 21, 2013 0985337893
Madness of Wonderland collects: Madness of Wonderland #1–4 July 2, 2013 1937068897
Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole collects: Wonderland – Down the Rabbit Hole #1–5 December 10, 2013 1939683238
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass Collects Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass (2013) #1-5. March 4, 2014 1939683491
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland Volume 3 collects: Wonderland #11–15 Jan 14 2014 1939683300
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland Volume 4 collects: Wonderland #16–20 March 25, 2014 1939683505
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland: Asylum Collects Wonderland Asylum (2014) #1-5. July 1, 2014 1939683629
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland: Clash of Queens collects: Wonderland: Clash of Queens 1-5 July 30, 2014 1939683718

Neverland

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Neverland collects: Neverland: #0–7 March 15, 2011 9780982582619
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Tales from Neverland collects: Tales From Neverland: Tinker Belle, Tiger Lilly, Pan April 24, 2012 193706834X
Grimm Fairy Tales: Neverland: Hook collects: Neverland: Hook 1–5 August 14, 2012 1937068323

Mini-Series Collections

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Piper collects: The Piper #1–4, also includes Grimm Fairy Tales #12 and Sinbad #0 August 1, 2008 0981755011
Grimm Fairy Tales: Inferno collects: Inferno #1–5; also includes Grimm Fairy Tales #29 and #41 February 8, 2011 0982750706
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Jungle Book collects: The Jungle Book #1–5 October 16, 2012 1937068420
Grimm Fairy Tales: The Library collects: The Library #1–5; also includes the Jurassic Strike Force 5 free comic book day issue May 22, 2012 1937068978
Grimm Fairy Tales: Bad Girls collects: Bad Girls #1–5 February 19, 2013 1937068676
Grimm Fairy Tales: Robyn Hood collects: Robyn Hood #1–5 March 12, 2013 193706879X
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Sleepy Hollow collects: Sleepy Hollow #1–4 April 9, 2013 1937068811
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Godstorm collects: Godstorm #0–4 May 28, 2013 193706882X
Jungle Book: Last of the Species collects: The Jungle Book: Last of the Species #1–5 August 27, 2013 1939683025
Grimm Fairy Tales: Robyn Hood: Wanted collects: Robyn Hood: Wanted #1–5 November 5, 2013 1939683041
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: No Tomorrow Collects No Tomorrow (2013 Zenescope) #1-5. February 25, 2014 1939683327
Grimm Fairy Tales: Oz collects: Oz 1-6 March 18, 2014 1939683297
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Tales from Oz collects: Tales from Oz 1-3 April 29, 2014 1939683564
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Quest Collects Quest (2013 Zenescope) #1-5. May 13, 2014 1939683556
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Helsing Grimm Fairy Tales Helsing #1-4 August 26, 2014 1939683777
Grimm Fairy Tales: Robyn Hood Legend collects: Robyn Hood: Legend 1-5 September 17, 2014 1939683882

Chronological order

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://blog.zenescope.com/2014/04/zenescope-previews-grimm-fairy-tales-97-bar-maid-5/
  2. ↑ http://blog.zenescope.com/2014/05/zenescope-previews-grimm-fairy-tales-98-godstorm-age-of-darkness-one-shot/
  3. ↑ http://blog.zenescope.com/2014/07/zenescope-previews-realm-knights-aod-one-shot-gft-giant-size-2014-gft-99-age-of-darkness-vol-1-trade-paperback-gft-2014-swimsuit-special-and-robyn-hood-legend-5/
  4. ↑ http://blog.zenescope.com/2014/07/zenescope-previews-grimm-fairy-tales-100-wonderland-25/
  5. ↑ Raven Gregory on Return to Wonderland, Newsarama, January 24, 2007
  6. ↑ Tales From Wonderland: The Mad Hatter, Comic Book Resources
  7. ↑ zenescope.com ~ View topic – Zenescope Announces It's 2008 Schedule
  8. ↑ Going Beyond Wonderland with Raven Gregory, Newsarama, April 11, 2008
  9. ↑ http://blog.zenescope.com/category/new-releases/

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