Characters are important to every story. Here is a list of the characters from this series and a look at their first appearances. Characters shown in flashbacks or photographs for their first appearance will be listed twice if they later make an appearance in person, unless that first appearance is in the same issue in which case the flashback or photograph will be ignored and their first actual appearance will be chosen. Likewise characters shown in issues or trades with multiple stories where the one or ones they appear in doesn't include any main universe Grimm Fairy Tales characters will be listed twice, first in that and then in the issue which contains their first appearance with main universe Grimm Fairy Tales characters, unless their first appearance with main universe Grimm Fairy Tales characters occurs in the same issue or trade, just in a later story in it. Crossover events are the exception for this. All pictures should be their very first appearance in the first issue they are in regardless of how closely it does or doesn't resemble them.
Characters listed on this page made their Grimm Fairy Tales comic debut in 2009.
January[]
Week of January 21st
There were 6 new characters in this issue.
There were 6 new characters and 1 new group of characters in this issue.
February[]
Week of February 4th
There were 8 new characters and 4 new groups of characters in this issue.
Week of February 11th
There were 10 new characters and 2 new groups of characters in this issue.
March[]
Week of March 4th
There were 2 new characters and 1 new group of characters in this issue.
Week of March 18th
Grimm Fairy Tales Oversized 1 (Hardcover - Signed Edition)
There were 0 new characters in this issue. It is a collection of thirteen previously published issues and 2 previously published short stories: Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, The Robber Bridegroom, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, The Frog King, Bluebeard The Pied Piper, Story Time, Legacy, and Timepiece.
April[]
Week of April 8th
There were 6 new characters and 13 new groups of characters all seen in flashbacks in this issue.
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Grimm Fairy Tales (TPB) 5
Bonus Story: Pawns
There were 1 new character, 2 new characters seen only in photographs, and 2 new characters seem only as figurines in the bonus story accompanying this collection of six previously published issues: The Little Mermaid: Part One, The Little Mermaid: Part Two, Three Blind Mice, The Ugly Duckling, King Midas, and Rip Van Winkle.
There were 7 new characters and 1 new group of characters appearing like flashbacks in the April Fools' joke parodies.
Red Riding Ho
There were no new characters in this April Fools' joke.
Hansel and Gretel 2
There were 3 new characters, 1 of whom has previously been a different character, in this April Fools' joke.
Dance Instructor
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The Rump Wrangler Is Reeferstiltskin
There were 2 new characters and 1 new group of characters in this April Fools' joke.
Jack and the Bromance
There were no new characters in this April Fools' joke, although one character got renamed.
Schizerella
There were 1 new characters in this April Fools' joke.
May[]
Week of May 20th
There were 12 new characters and 4 new groups of characters in this issue.
June[]
Week of June 24th
There were 9 new characters in this issue.
Grimm Fairy Tales (TPB) 6
Bonus Story: The Gift
There were no new characters in the bonus story accompanying this collection of six previously published issues: Pinocchio: Part 1, Pinocchio: Part 2, Three Snake Leaves: Part 2, Puss In Boots, Dorian Gray, and The Ugly Duckling: Part 2.
Tales From Wonderland 5
The Red Queen
There were 3 new characters and 8 new groups of characters in this issue.
(King of Hearts)
(Red Queen)
There were 2 new characters and 1 new group of characters in this issue.
July[]
Week of July 29th
There were 5 new characters in this issue.
August[]
Week of August 26th
There were 4 new characters and 1 new group of characters in this issue.
September[]
Week of September 23rd
The Little Mermaid Collected Edition
There were 0 new characters in this issue. It is a collection of two previously published issues: The Little Mermaid: Part One and The Little Mermaid: Part Two.
October[]
Week of October 21st
There were 6 new characters in this issue.
Week of October 28th
There were 14 new characters and 1 new group of characters in this issue.
December[]
Week of December 3rd
Campbell & EBAS Sketch Cover Set
There were 0 new characters in this because it is a calendar consisting of previously published cover art.
Week of December 16th
There were 6 new characters and 5 new groups of characters in this issue.
Week of December 23rd
There were 4 new characters and 2 new groups of characters in this issue.
Grimm Fairy Tales (TPB) Box Set
There were 0 new characters in this issue. It is a collection of six trade paperbacks containing thirty-six previously published issues and six previously published short stories: Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, The Robber Bridegroom, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, The Frog King, Bluebeard, The Pied Piper, Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast II, The Three Little Pigs, Little Miss Muffet, The Juniper Tree, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Rapunzel, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Snow Queen, Snow White & Rose Red: Part 1, Snow White & Rose Red: Part 2, The Little Mermaid: Part One, The Little Mermaid: Part Two, Three Blind Mice, The Ugly Duckling, King Midas, Rip Van Winkle, Pinocchio: Part 1, Pinocchio: Part 2, Three Snake Leaves: Part 2, Puss In Boots, Dorian Gray, and The Ugly Duckling: Part 2 along with Legacy, Timepiece, Wicked Ways, The Lamp, Pawns, and The Gift.