Fear Itself: Avengers
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It cuts to both the Avengers and New Avengers assembled near the scene of the riot; searching for technological, chemical, and magical traces to see if a villain had caused the riot. Everything comes up clean. Steve voices his disappointment in humanity. Iron Man , in an attempt to raise the country's moral, comes up with the idea to rebuild Asgard in Broxton, Oklahoma and wants Steve and Thor there as a publicity stunt to show unity between Asgard and Earth. It then cuts to Broxton where a local man who has lost everything is moving away from his house. His neighbor tries to convince him and his family to stay, telling him that Stark and the Avengers are going to put the whole town to work rebuilding Asgard and that he should stay.
The man replies with a warning that he needs to start locking his door at night. That if things keep happening, people will be at each others' throats. It then cuts to the Avengers addressing the locals of Broxton and the gods of Asgard. They talk about how they are all one and they are going to rebuild Asgard in Broxton. The panel shifts over to Odin and his ravens watching the Avengers address to the people.
Meanwhile, the Watcher watches Odin. Odin lashes out at the Watcher, saying has no right to judge him and accuses that he is watching Ragnarok coming upon them in cruel curiosity. Odin rants on about Skadi and that the Final Prophecy is at hand. The Watcher says nothing and walks away silently as Odin keeps ranting. Thor then appears on the scene and asks his father to stand with them as they announce their plans to rebuild Asgard.
Odin replies that they could rebuild Asgard with a simple snap of their fingers back in Asgard-space and not on Earth with these apes. Thor says that Odin needs to accept humans even though they no longer worship Odin. Odin then lays a beating down on Thor and says that humans are ants and are useless.
Odin asks Thor if he is man or god. Odin tells Thor to choose. There she finds an underwater tomb guarded by giant sea dragons. Skadi takes out the dragons and then bursts into the tomb. An old Norse god steps forward and said that he is the true All-Father. The old Norse god calls Skadi his child and says "I am returned. We cut back to Odin sensing that Skadi has freed the old Norse god.
Odin calls the old Norse God "The Serpent. Dracula 1 Fear Itself: Dracula 2 Fear Itself: Dracula 3 Fear Itself: The Home Front 5 Fear Itself: The Fearless 1 Fear Itself: The Fearless 2 Fear Itself: The Fearless 3 Fear Itself: The Fearless 4 Fear Itself: The Fearless 5 Fear Itself: The Fearless 6 Fear Itself: The Fearless 7 Fear Itself: The Fearless 8 Fear Itself: The Fearless 9 Fear Itself: The Fearless 10 Fear Itself: The Fearless 11 Fear Itself: Hardcover , Premiere , pages.
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Lists with This Book. Jul 16, Kemper rated it liked it Shelves: And it was great to see Tony Stark mouthing off to Odin and demanding access to the workshops of Asgard so he can forge some weapons. View all 3 comments. Sep 04, Jeff rated it liked it Shelves: When Jack Kirby was involved with Marvel back in the sixties, he and Stan Lee explored various mythologies and greatly expanded on the Norse stuff for the Thor stories.
I think in some ways this mega-multi book crossover is a tribute to those days. Be forewarned about this collection, although the story telling is fairly linear for mega-multi book crossovers , this is only the bare bones story.
A lot of the developing plotlines, e When Jack Kirby was involved with Marvel back in the sixties, he and Stan Lee explored various mythologies and greatly expanded on the Norse stuff for the Thor stories. A lot of the developing plotlines, especially those involving the enchanted hammers, go nowhere. The battle at the end also comes off half-baked. Is it me or does The Watcher, as depicted here, resemble the creepy babydoll from Toy Story 3? Apr 28, Terence rated it liked it Shelves: Something has Odin spooked. Spooked enough he's ready to beat Thor and destroy the Earth.
An ancient powerful enemy known as The Serpent has returned. He is armed with magic hammers that possess fighters with the spirits of fallen warriors. So I'm not sure if I didn't like this because I don't care for Asgardians or if it's because the general story was lacking.
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This was the general the world is ending, what will we do?! I'm so indifferent that I don't really have anything good or bad to say.
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Desp Something has Odin spooked. Despite appearing in every fighting sequence Wolverine only has one sentence of dialogue. Fear Itself emphasizes why many people groan about major crossover events. May 16, Nicolo Yu rated it really liked it Shelves: Fear Itself was a major crossover event that Siege was not. Seven issues by Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen, plus a lengthy epilogue that was also a miniseries.
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Like Siege, it was a Thor-centric story given that the villain had a vague Norse origin and his avatars have faux Asgardian Kirbyesque design. It was definitely a retelling of the Ragnarok cycle, something Walter Simonson did twice in his legendary run on Thor. Fear Itself centered on the part of myth where Thor battles the Serpent and Fear Itself was a major crossover event that Siege was not.
Fear Itself centered on the part of myth where Thor battles the Serpent and for those who know their Norse sagas, that is spoiler enough. I enjoyed this story and because of its epic scope it needed a miniseries and it tie-ins to be told. The best moment was when Captain America, with his shield broken into shards, picks up the fallen hammer of Thor and helped rally their ragged forces. Nov 11, James DeSantis rated it it was ok.
SO Thor gets told he can't defend the mortals and his father whoops his butt and takes him back to Asgard. Then Sin Red skulls daughter finds the hidden weapon her father summoned years ago. A Hammer that gives her massive power. With it she also gives it to Hulk and The Thing and more to join her evil army.
Tus the big fight begins of people dressed in big armor fighting with huge overweight weapons. The art is pretty solid throughout and there's some really Rushed event feels The art is pretty solid throughout and there's some really solid moments of badassness. The storyline is all over the place.
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It feels extremely rushed. Deaths don't seem to stick at all. The fights basically just happen over and over without any character moment. Yeah, it's basically one big event, like mostly, but really doesn't do much character development. We can do better. Aug 05, Sesana rated it liked it Shelves: There's both good and bad here. Not bad, not bad at all. Probably the worst thing about this event is just how thin it feels. Obviously, a lot of the important stuff has been farmed out to other titles, and it feels that way reading this.
Probably inevitable, let's be honest, and not really something I hold against a big event.
The comic "Fear Itself" is a crossover comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a seven-issue, eponymous miniseries written by Matt. As he begins to spread fear throughout Earth, the Asgardians go back to Asgard, leaving the heroes of Earth to fend for themselves, while the fear.
But it could feel more cohesive and less fragmented. There's a lot of action, and very little substance. Big deaths wi There's both good and bad here. Big deaths with no emotional resonance. But then there's a very real sense of hopelessness, of our heroes and, by extension, the rest of humanity, being very much in over their heads. And then there's Tony sacrificing his sobriety to gain an audience with Odin so he can tell him off and demand access to his forges. So far, I've read two tie-in books for this event, Journey into Mystery: Fear Itself and Fear Itself: Both were actually good, but if you read this book without also reading the Journey into Mystery component, you're honestly missing out.
But Gillen's entire run on that book is a good read, so go for it. Feb 10, Sam Quixote rated it it was ok. Another year, another Marvel comics event. The concept this time around?
Odin's brother has become free for the first time in centuries from his underwater cell and with the help of eight magical weapons, he turns heroes into super-villains with the power to destroy the Earth! It's not the best setup given its just superheroes fighting for the entire book. The good guys sustain some losses, a couple of major characters die but you know they'll be back, as ever , but eventuall Another year, another Marvel comics event.
The good guys sustain some losses, a couple of major characters die but you know they'll be back, as ever , but eventually the bad guys will lose. So what's entertaining about this book? Lots of hammy dialogue from the villain "now I will rule the Earth, kneel before me! The problem is there isn't much substance here. The idea doesn't really allow for much leeway as the only real person who can defeat this ultimate creature is Thor so we have to wait until Thor steps up before the book is over.
Meanwhile it's the other superheroes who're checking their watches and doing the usual superhero nonsense. Strangely, the interesting stuff happens in the epilogue. I won't give away what happens but Hulk's storyline is fascinating and one I definitely want to read. Unless you're a die-hard Marvel fan it's not something you'd want to read either. Unless fight scene upon fight scene and predictable endings are your bag in which case this book has both in abundance.
Mar 18, Chelsea rated it it was ok. Well, kids, I've put this off for so long. I skipped right over it and went to Avengers v. X-Men when I was on my events kick and I don't regret that. This is mediocre, if I'm being nice. It's hard for me to pinpoint what exactly didn't work for me with this book. It had the key elements for an event I like: Steve, Tony, Thor all alive and on pretty okay terms with each other. A writer I love Fraction and some fantastic art.
It was even at a time when the Aveng 2. Bruce was even around! But alas, this was only a step above Secret Invasion and that is not a compliment, trust me. It's not often artists care to draw characters that are supposed to be larger as larger. I know that sounds like no big deal but when you draw Thor just as large as Steve, that's inaccurate.
I loved seeing Clint attempt to hold things together. There was a cute moment between Jess and Carol. Honestly, Journey Into Mystery's tie ins were so wonderful that I just wanted to read that instead of this. And one of those was Natasha screaming "Take this!
Even Sin, who started out as a bigger character, dwindles into nothing as the series goes on. I'm at a loss as to what exactly went on here. The Serpent, Odin's brother, decides to wreck earth for reasons and he does that by inciting fear and riots all over earth. There's a Spider-Man tie in that shows Peter was also scared but I don't remember any of spirits that possessed the heroes. I'm sure they might have larger roles in tie ins but, you can't rely solely on your readers reading all 86 tie ins.
And I'm still working my way through them - At times, the dialogue seemed out of character. Ults Steve would definitely do that but maybe I missed the Cap comic where he did that. Dude's a terrible father, I get that. He's done some awful shit and he's worse in than the films. Still, his strategy was all over the place. Initially, he was so willing to let earth burn that he tossed his son in prison rather roughly with no concern for his feelings.
Then later on, he's seen taking offense to people calling him a monster and sends Thor off to his death? I'm sure this change of heart is better explained in a tie in - Lastly, the worst part of the book, in my opinion: Tony Stark gives up his sobriety to get Odin's attention. That is such an understatement. Fraction wrote Tony's bright idea as giving up his sobriety something he'd worked on for decades just to get Odin to talk to him.
He does this partially because an atheist like Tony Stark who doesn't believe in gods which doesn't make sense considering he'd known Thor for so long at that point , suddenly acknowledging Odin's existence is a big get. Let me get into why this sucked for me: I'm against this being the way he gets Odin's attention.
This wasn't him going through a serious event like in CW II where he dropped by a meeting because he was stressed. This wasn't a spell or sabotage leading him to do this like in Avengers Disassembled. It was purely to get Odin to listen to him? They show Tony drinking wine called "Demon dans une Boutelle" and freaking kiss my ass for that. This is a serious situation and you're making jokes about it? Apr 25, Jesse A rated it really liked it Shelves: I liked this a lot.
Some of the dialogue was iffy but the art was good. I'm a big Thor fan so it was a pretty easy sell for me. May 05, Malum rated it liked it Shelves: This one is a hard one to review.
I didn't love it, and yet I can't really pinpoint what's wrong with it. There are lots of heroes, but no one is really given time to shine here. Really, this whole event just seems like an excuse to give everybody "kewl" magic weapons and armor and have them beat the hell out of each other for a bit.
There are a few important deaths that may have been impactful at the time, but reading it now you know these people all came back shortly after this Maybe 2. There are a few important deaths that may have been impactful at the time, but reading it now you know these people all came back shortly after this and so the impact is greatly diminished.