Fable Omnibus TPB (2024 Kodansha Comics) comic books published within the past year

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. It's Way of the Househusband minus the wife and kid, plus one adorable, friendly bird, topped off with a whole lotta blood! Misaki's safe from the yakuza for now, if traumatized and mortified. But the vicious lieutenant Sunagawa is on Fable's trail, and planning revenge. In the meantime, Fable has taken his new "apprentice" on an educational camping trip, complete with hallucinations and bear attacks, and Yoko has put yet another romantic victim in the hospital. Yet how long can these days of fun and frivolity continue? When will Sunagawa make his move? Omnibus edition includes Volumes 9 & 10. Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. An innocuous detective agency hides a criminal secret-they're entrapping doting helicopter parents and their entitled children, taking them for all they're worth, and burying the bodies with an excavator. It's a brutal racket, but it's not their first. Their last scheme was busted up, once upon a time, by none other than Fable. When he remembers a girl in a wheelchair from that hit years earlier, it'll shake loose memories and tempt him to act, just as the gang settles on their new victims: Etsuji and Misaki! Collects volumes 11 (The Bough Breaks) and 12 (The Copter Crashes). Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. Years ago, the Fable did a job that went wrong, putting a girl named Hinako in a wheelchair. Now, she's turned up again in his Osaka hideaway, far from the Tokyo underworld. But this is no coincidence. Hinako is being held by a killer known as "Utsubo," who is here for one reason: to assassinate the legendary assassin. Dealing with amateurs and yakuza without killing is one thing, but how will he pull it off when his opponent is another pro? Meanwhile, Yoko plans her own drunken battle on the most romantically fraught day of the year: Christmas! Omnibus edition includes Volumes 13-14. Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. A shadowy organization has Maguro in its sights, and one member is fixing to go rogue and attempt a daring assassination of either the chairman or the captain. The weapon? Poison. This tangled mystery will present the trickiest challenge yet to Akira and Yoko's incognito life in Taihei. Meanwhile, the Fable gets a new commission: to draw some cutesy Valentine's Day illustrations. But this time, he can't focus on his art. Something weird is happening around town... This omnibus edition includes volumes 15 and 16. Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. The boss of the Maguro group is dead, poisoned by an assassin hired by the ambitious and vicious Sunagawa. But there's another agenda operating in these dark waters. Yamaoka, a dangerous and fearless officer from the organization of killers that raised Akira, is planning a feeding frenzy to flood Taihei with blood. Predators are closing in on the Sato siblings-who are still supposed to be "on vacation!"-from all sides. But this crisis might become an opportunity Yoko never thought she would see, to exact revenge with her life on the line... This omnibus collects volume 17 & 18. Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

FINAL VOLUME!

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. FINAL VOLUME! One hitman is feared above all in Japan: the killing machine known as "The Fable." But is he really a tough guy or more of a...weirdo? After a particularly lucrative spree necessitates a break from his life of crime, the Fable faces his hardest assignment ever: living as a normal guy, with a cover story, an apartment, and a pet parrot! An Angouleme Official Selection. It's Way of the Househusband minus the wife and kid, plus one adorable, friendly bird, topped off with a whole lotta blood! Inspired the new anime. Omnibus edition includes Vol. 21-22. DONT KILL OR BE KILLED! All the masks have fallen away. The fearless Yamaoka is in open rebellion against the nameless organization some call the Fable. The true identity of Akira Sato is as the most skilled assassin Japan has ever known is now clear even to his gentle coworker Misaki. Traps are sprung, secrets are revealed, and time runs out for everyone as the grand finale begins! Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 432 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.