Issue Description

Grimm Fairy Tales presents - "The Devil's Gambit". The armies of good and evil are gathering on both sides in preparation for a war that threatens to rip the Grimm Fairy Tales universe apart and destroy earth in the process. After recruiting Cinderella to help lead his army the Devil adds Pinocchio to his ranks. But first the boy puppet must endure a hideous transformation that makes him a potent living weapon. 
 
Cindy is re-introduced, with a slightly different costume and wielding the power of Carnage, the magical blade.  She is able to cut through many powerful agents with it, despite her overall lack of training.  The story is then told as it relates to Orcus.   The demon known as Orcus controlled a realm which he ruled alongside his evil goddess wife.  They were relatively indifferent rulers, except the wife like to interfere in the lives of the locals.  One farmer on the verge of starvation begged for some relief and she appeared.  She offered him bountiful harvest as long as he gave her one flower per year every year for seven years.  When she returned to collect finally it became evident that she meant in fact one of his daughters, all of whom were sacrificed to add power to Orcus' own.  When the time came to collect the seventh, the queen did not show, and the farmer thought she might not, but eventually she did.  Before the daughter was fully killed a knight visited the farmer and heard of his plight.  That knight was Shang.  He rode to the castle to free the last daughter and was aided by seven ravens.  These ravens contained the souls of the daughters.  Against strong odds, he bested the two and the daughters were returned to life.  The youngest daughter was given to him as a bride for his heroic effort.  This daughter was Alexxa.

Grimm Fairy Tales (2005)

Publisher

Zenescope Entertainment

Volume Description

A series which aims to tell updated fairy tale stories, often with an added touch of horror to them. They are generally told as something of a parable to the modern conditions of rotating character. The stories are usually narrated by either Belinda or Sela. The two control two books of fairy tales and they are generally used to either help or hinder those listening to them. Over the course of the series the fairy tales get used in different ways, for instance the two narrators can control the characters in magical worlds, modern characters outside of the fairy tales become fairy tale characters, or the two narrators live through the fairy tales themselves to examine their actions. The series is also notable for its generally misleading covers, as they often contain revealing pictures of the female characters, the characters in the stories themselves are generally portrayed in a more respectable manner. The series is also noted for some of its variant covers which are not fairy tales representations, but mythical or legendary ones such as Cleopatra or Rosie the Riveter.

Trade Paperback CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Volume 1 (#1-6)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2 (#7-12)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 3 (#13-18)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 4 (#19-24)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 5 (#25-30)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 6 (#31-36)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 7 (#37-42)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 8 (#43-50)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 9 (#51-56)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 10 (#57-64)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 11 (#65-70)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 12 (#71-75)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 13 (#76-81)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 14 (#82-84 & 86-87)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 15 (#89-93)Grimm Fairy Tales presents Age of Darkness vol. 1 (#94-98)Grimm Fairy Tales: Arcane Acre Volume One (#101-106)Grimm Fairy Tales: Arcane Acre Volume Two (#107-112)Hardcover CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Deluxe Edition (#1-12 & Annual #1)Omnibus CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Omnibus Volume 1 (#1-50)Grimm Fairy Tales Omnibus Volume 2 (#51-93)Digital Omnibus CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Digital Omnibus Volume 1 (#1-24)Grimm Fairy Tales Digital Omnibus Volume 2 (#25-50)Grimm Fairy Tales Digital Omnibus Volume 3 (#51-75)

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