Mike Carey

Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by PETER GROSS
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
The hammer goes down, the auction starts, and lot number 100 is Tom Taylor. Who’s going to be bidding, and what do they want him for? Tom hopes he never finds out – but he’s out of options, in the hands of his enemies, and locked in a sensory deprivation tank that’s terrifyingly familiar…

The weird cultists who worship Tommy Taylor are the chief suspects in a series of bizarre disappearances – and a young, relentless detective thinks she’s found a way to crack the case. Plus, puppetmaster Madame Rausch is on her deathbed – but can she find the strength to pull the final strings?

The land of the dead is just a story, but Tom Taylor is going there anyway on a rescue mission that hasn’t been tried since Orpheus – provided he can get the door to open in the first place. And provided the worlds of story are still there… A hungry vampire and two misfit lovers gather around the campfire in “Live Like Lazarus.”

(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu

In the conclusion to “Orpheus In the Underworld,” Tom meets the King of
Hell again-and this time it’s even more unpleasant than before. The only way out is up, and the only way to get there is through a story. But what if the story says you have to lose? This issue leads directly into the epic fiftieth issue, and the start of THE UNWRITTEN FABLES!