Issue Description

A mysterious illness befalls a high school cheerleader while her caring stepmother stays home to tend to her. But when a heinous act of betrayal is revealed, one person knows such actions can never go unpunished as a journey into Grimm Fairy Tales begins… A beautiful princess becomes the envy of her aging step-mother and nothing will stop the jealous Queen from remaining the most beautiful woman in the land. But when her jealousy is taken too far the Queen finds that the wrath coming her way is unlike anything she could have ever imagined.

This issue juxtaposes the story of Snow White against that of a step-mother and caregiver to her step-daughter who has Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Sela shows up and insists that the daughter read the story of Snow White, and suggests that maybe the step-mother might like to as well. In so doing she reads a story which is slightly different in which the Evil Queen is first sends the Huntsman after Snow White and then uses a poison apple. The Seven Dwarfs are reimagined as consumers of the evil, and after deeming that Snow White needs protection, they decide to eat the Queen alive as punishment. In the modern day the step mother is shown in an asylum as she thinks the Dwarfs are trying to eat her as well.

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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