You know where this is going even before it happens. He'll find May Parker and she'll inspire him to act on the 'Great Responsibility' he carries and rejoin the fight. I've seen it argued that it's cliche, but thematically it works. What I don't like is that the set-up for that is abrupt coming out of nowhere. Perhaps it was set-up in a tie-in comic reprinted elsewhere, but I don't know that. If so, a note in panel to tell me there was more to this story somewhere else would have helped. There are a couple of things like going on. Again pot holes in an otherwise flat track.
I'm going to have to sidebar for a bit on this. I do read comics regularly but not everything and sometimes in reprint months after the fact. I bought this in a bookstore and not from a comic shop. It's racked with a limited number of others. This is not a book that you can just pick up and read without extensive knowledge. As a long term reader, I know Tony Stark has a drink problem.
But I'm not a current reader so I have no idea if he's fallen off the wagon already. And if I were not a long term reader I'm not sure the significance would hit. There are some moments like that also. Last, endings and epilogues. The actual ending of the story is fine. The Serpent is defeated with an appropriate sacrifice and our heroes pick up the pieces.
And then it doesn't stop. I understand that as presented in a monthly form, the series was designed to launch a number of new titles, all of which get an epilogue here. The problem is they are all designed to set up conflicts and mysteries in their own titles and so are all cliffhanger endings. Meaning you finish the book without the story feeling done. Marvel seems to do this a lot and on a serialized basis I get why.
But it doesn't necessarily encourage anyone to pick up another book. DC are much better at putting out stories that have a sense of closure to it.
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In short, it's enjoyable enough but don't pay full price for it. Feb 09, Mike rated it liked it.
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Brubaker's writing on the prologue is positively awful - just riddled with cliched dialogue, and the art isn't much better. After a few issues of repetitive face-pounding on all sides boy does that get old , and one significant "death", the climax finally starts to build - we finally get to see something new happen, and original dialogue get spoken.
And I find myself excited at the climax and new premise - a weapon for each Brubaker's writing on the prologue is positively awful - just riddled with cliched dialogue, and the art isn't much better. And I find myself excited at the climax and new premise - a weapon for each Avenger - what will each of our beloved heroes earn that suits them?
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How will this glean insight into their true nature? This felt a little forced, but I'll allow it as it seems to suit the moment. The wrap-up feels a little tidy, but then it's a Marvel Event and if you just wait a few months there'll be another one to shake things up again for a short while.
Can I rave for a moment about the art? As much as the story isn't mind-blowing, the art does its very best to look bigger than life, creative and fun. The lines are heavy and the colours are juicy and dazzling. Here are my plot notes because I can never remember who when and what, when I'm reading later books: Tony Stark loses his sobriety drinks to gain audience with Odin.
Many of Asgard is exiled to Earth. Cap's shield is scarred but stronger for the Asgardian uru infusion. Sep 27, Petergiaquinta rated it it was ok Shelves: I haven't been able to finish a real book in over a month, so I read this instead. Now I don't really have time to keep up with what's going on in the Marvel Universe, but I can tell you this at least: Asgard has crashed into the middle of Oklahoma, and it's making a big mess.
And apparently someone at Marvel has resurrected the old Journey into Mystery title from back in the day, and I like that because it had some interesting content when I was a kid, and I always loved the name. But th I haven't been able to finish a real book in over a month, so I read this instead. But the whole new storyline seems kind of lame to me: Loki somehow is transformed into a child and the writing just isn't that good. I read another collection from this new storyline in hardback, and I found myself skipping around and flipping through Fear Itself is a little better, but not much.
There's a Ragnarok scenario which all comes together way too quickly without being played out the way it should. Apparently today's comics readers don't have much of a long-term attention span, if they ever did. But I'd suggest something like Ragnarok could use a little more build up. Anyway, it turns out the Midgard Serpent is Odin's brother which isn't the way that should go, but whatever , and if you know anything about Norse mythology, that's who Thor will be killed by.
And he dies at the end. So sorry for the spoiler, but everyone knows the Midgard Serpent kills Thor, even Thor himself What would be really cool would be if Marvel kept Thor dead, kind of like Captain Marvell, the only superhero who ever really died. But if Thor isn't already back as I write this, I'm sure he will be soon enough because there's way too much movie tie-in money to make at the moment. But if you want to read something much better that plays with the idea of the Norse gods and Ragnarok and ties in a bunch of other mythological storylines, try Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
You won't be sorry Nov 20, Richard Guion rated it it was ok. The artwork by Stuart Immonen is very nice and the initial setup was interesting. Odin has an evil brother that was imprisoned for eons under the ocean, who now rises up and transforms some of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains into mega-weapons against Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers. It is a terrific threat that they seemingly cannot overcome.
However, the conclusion to the overall story was extremely lame. There are a couple of deaths by the end and deaths have become meaningless in all superhero comics. Especially because the two characters who died were revived within the recent past, and you know they will be returning soon.
One of them comes back in the Fear Itself 7. Beyond this complaint, I just did not find any surprises at all in the overall story. It followed a formula and it wasn't that fun by the end. Nov 23, Jared Millet rated it really liked it Shelves: Marvel's crossover event packed quite a bit more punch than DC's did this year, although from a standpoint of plot and themes it's in many ways a rehash of the classic DC crossover Legends. Basically, an all-powerful dark deity Odin's older brother serving in place of Darkseid unleashes all kind of hell on earth by way of his minions, seven mind-controlled, hammer-wielding heroes and villains, including the Thing and the Hulk.
More than relying on simple violence, though, he unleashes a w Marvel's crossover event packed quite a bit more punch than DC's did this year, although from a standpoint of plot and themes it's in many ways a rehash of the classic DC crossover Legends. More than relying on simple violence, though, he unleashes a wave of fear throughout the world to turn the populace against their heroes and the heroes against each other. Cool stuff, and suitably epic, though it looks like they're not even going to pretend that the two major hero deaths will last more than fifteen minutes.
Aug 12, Get X Serious rated it liked it. I think this book was written to serve as a means of commenting on our current er well, more like political climate Not terrible, but not a Marvel Universe event worth reading. May 26, Lynn Rainbow rated it really liked it. I loved the drawings, they were pretty impressive! The story was okay, enjoyable but not too hooking. Jan 28, Sineala rated it liked it Shelves: People have been disparaging this event at me since I started reading Marvel again, so I avoided it, and it And, okay, sure, all the deaths get immediately reset, and the plot itself hits several of Marvel usual cliches for indicating that something is a Serious Event without any irony whatsoever, but, you know, it's not half-bad, really, and I like Steve and Tony's angst.
Feb 28, mercedes rated it liked it Shelves: Jun 26, Patrick. Decent Marvel event featuring an Asgardian prophecy that turns earth into a battlezone with the Avengers caught in the middle.
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A fun enough event, but the plot gets a bit muddled in towards the middle. Dec 20, Bill rated it liked it. Middle-of-the-road Marvel crossover event nonsense. Thor doesn't disappoint as the central hero of this tale, standing his ground against his father, and cutting loose in a few great fight scenes. But there's a lot of other rushed parts, and a lack of explanation of what happened in the many, many crossovers associated with this event; a few summary pages here and there would have helped this stand on its own. I have to admit that I'm a bit jaded by these mass-cataclysm storylines, when I k Meh.
I have to admit that I'm a bit jaded by these mass-cataclysm storylines, when I know that Marvel earth will reset and "dead" heroes return to life soon enough -- ultimately lots of bluster and forced pathos, conflict without consequences. Any book that reminds me of "Blackest Night" apologies for the comparison deserves, at least, 4 stars!
A great story and stupendous art with Thor and Captain America as the main protagonists. Feb 28, Jbainnz rated it really liked it. After hearing so many not so great opinions of this event my expectations were pretty low. Which I'm guessing is why I enjoyed this so much! Although there are some gaps that didn't get filled due to the stuff that happened out of the main story seems to be a reoccurring theme with Marvel events I've noticed I thought this was really entertaining.
There was some big shit that went down in this book, none of which I'll mention cause I'm not a total prick, but worth a mention. So for that reason a After hearing so many not so great opinions of this event my expectations were pretty low. So for that reason alone it's worth picking up. Matt Fractions writing is really spot on here and I can see why his Hawkeye series has so many raved reviews after tasting his skills here.
Along with the freakin stellar art, it makes for a cool ride. Aside from House of M, this would be my next favorite Marvel event! I wasn't intending to read this but after reading the first Iron Man tie in issue and realising it was scripted by Fraction I decided to read them both, ending up alternating the issues.
The main event is heavy with grief and a sense of hopelessness and manages to feel truly epic in scope. I think it was Civil War though I read parts of the later events, mostly through the eyes of Spider-Man , so currently going back and rea I wasn't intending to read this but after reading the first Iron Man tie in issue and realising it was scripted by Fraction I decided to read them both, ending up alternating the issues.
I think it was Civil War though I read parts of the later events, mostly through the eyes of Spider-Man , so currently going back and reading this diverted from my current reading of Fraction's Iron Man run I was a little out of touch on some matters. While I quite liked it, the miniseries comes across quite light which seems inevitable these days as all the heavy lifting gets farmed out to the companion tie ins.
For example, the Invincible Iron Man story works well as a companion piece, providing back story and depth to the more superficial nature of his moments in the Fear Itself story. If you just stick with the main event there's very little pay off with any of the characters.
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And who has time to read all the tie ins? Anything else worth reading related to this event? Not bad, better than some of the later Marvel events and I guess more satisfying if you can read some of the companion books. Jun 19, Jota Houses rated it did not like it Shelves: El macroevento se completa con la muerte de Superm Que seguro que resucita pronto, ya estamos curados de espanto.
En fin que no perdais el tiempo. Aug 09, Sookie rated it liked it Shelves: As a crossover event, the plot is pretty thin. This event is a bit messy with stilted dialogues, slow plot movement and a repeat villain. There have been many variants of Sin - as a metaphor and a motif in several events before. Fear Itself varies slightly by introducing obscure villain and general mayhem that follows a harebrained scheme and power obsessed insane person.
The deaths of known faces have no impact because the aftermaths of tragedy isn't seen in this volume. Without reading the tie- As a crossover event, the plot is pretty thin. Without reading the tie-ins or the characters' individual story arcs, Fear Itself is a difficult and an incomplete read. For the sheer entertainment factor this volume deserves a three star rating but the overall plot and its execution is a sold 2. Jul 14, James Rodrigues rated it it was ok. The idea was this event was an interesting one.
The Red Skulls daughter seeks to carry on her fathers work, utilizing Asgardian weaponry to carry out her plan. FF 50th Anniversary Variant. Stuart Immonen 2nd Printing Variant. Textless Stuart Immonen 2nd Printing Variant. Stuart Immonen Variant B. 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.
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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.
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