Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184543-20140513084411/@comment-184543-20140513201703

OK, got the answer:

IE on Windows Phone 8 is not currently a fully supported mobile browser on Wikia - we currently support those listed here: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Supported_browsers.

Regardless, I will pass on your report to the team and we'll have a look into the issues with loading images.

So there is hope... :)