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    Grimm Fairy Tales #4

    Grimm Fairy Tales » Grimm Fairy Tales #4 - Rumpelstiltskin released by Zenescope Entertainment on January 2006.

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    Rumpelstiltskin last edited by Darkside_of_the_Sun on 05/29/18 09:25PM View full history

    A mother resents her infant son, a young girl is in jeopardy of losing her unborn child and a mysterious stranger connects the women’s souls through an abiding tale… When a desperate father lies about his daughter’s gifted ability it immediately puts the girl’s life in danger. Her only salvage may be found in a deal with a hideous dwarf who offers to help her for a tremendous price. The classic story of Rumpelstiltskin gets the Zenescope treatment and delivers yet another shocking twist for fans of this intriguing series.

    Sela overhears a young woman having an argument with her boyfriend. She is pregnant but is afraid of having an abortion. Instead the boyfriend suggests that while he is not ready to be a father and have a child drag him down, that the couple should consider selling the child to a rich family. Sela interjects after he leaves and begins to tell the familiar though somewhat modified version of Rumpelstiltskin which follows the story to most of its usual plot developments, except that the evil dwarf in the end is able to not steal the princess's first born child but rather transfer his hideousness to him. The princess is devastated but she in the process she learns the value of a child, as does the young woman who had to make the choice about her unborn one.

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    For a series which has built itself thus far on morality tales, this issue tackles a somewhat taboo topic for comics - abortion.  As a young woman deliberates what to do with her pregnancy and her selfish boyfriend, Sela interjects a morality tale to help her decide.  This is not about only abortion per se but also incorporates other issues surrounding an unplanned and unwanted child such as putting the baby up for adoption or facing the prospect of being a single parent.  There is of course a d...

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