^ It's part of Thor's character arc in the event but it was over the top to me and didn't like it either.
Marvel's "Fear Itself"
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Ugh. Why must every single Captain America story revolve around WWII? I just caught up on the last few years of the series and every single story involved WWII and I probably read a dozen WWII flashbacks. Obviously it's a fundamental part of the character... but EVERY story?
^ Well in this case I really do think it has to do with tie-in'ing into the movie.
It's overdone but the fact is that both Bucky and Steve are tied to that era of history. All of their memories and experiences are based in that era. They're foes are from that era. It's only natural to be revisiting it time and time again.
I'm agreeing with you dude. I'm just pointing out what Marvel's possible stance is on the issue. Steve has had a hard time moving on and adjusting in our time for whatever reason. I would like to see a story arc where he finally does this. I mean he's finally dating Sharon Carter and has things relatively back on tract now as the new "top cop" in America now. It's unfortunate that Marvel decided that now is the time for something like Fear Itsself because I think it would have made more sense during Dark Reign. Instead of the lame "Siege" storyline you could have this. Maybe have the Void be the fear entity after Osborn looses control of it? I really think Marvel dropped the ball with the potential of the Void. It seems pretty close as to inspiring fear and corruption than what this "Skadi" Norse Fear God who no one has ever heard of until now.
Dunno. Mephisto has been rumored to being in every Marvel event since his actions in OMD and they've all turned out to be not the case at all. He has been around though 
Finished reading issue two and already my interest is waning significantly. This is wanting to be epic but doesn't feel epic to me. I dunno maybe as the story unfolds and things are explained my interest level will go up but I'll give it one more issue before I drop it.
I only care about Fearsome Foursome and a few one shots or tie-ins to a series I'm already reading. I've done a cursory skim read of the first two issues on the shelf and I wasn't impressed enough to buy them and do a thorough read.
Well I'm not DISliking it but the story feels so one-off since it's not part of any larger story the way Siege or Secret Invasion or Civil War were. Has this Serpent guy ever been mentioned before? And the premise of everybody just going nuts... I dunno... I also don't like the fact that the Worthy become possessed by the evil force rather than acting out their own personality.
^ I'm actually enjoying it, but agree that it has been a slow build-up. As for the characters acting not acting out of their own personalities...
...I did note that there was enough of Banner and/or Hulk left in Worthy-Hulk (Whose hammer-name escapes me and I don't have the issue handy) to tell Betty to "Run." I wonder if Banner and Hulk, who have a lot of experience in fighting for dominance of the body, are going to be too much for Hammer-guy to handle.
Fraction is very much a writes-for-the-trade kind of writer, so any given single issue probably isn't going to all that satisfying. Iron Man was very much like that--a dull monthly read, but pretty good when read as a whole.
The Serpent has been mentioned in "Secret Avengers" I believe as part of it's first arc. The Shadow Council has been all about obtaining the Crown of the Serpent which possessed Michael Rider (Nova). Not sure if this is the same entity but I'm betting that it is.
@Mike Farley I agree with your statement about Fraction as a arc/trade oriented writer. I suspect that this will read far better when collected at the end of the year. So far though as a single issue paced story it's not working for me.
The story of the Fear will be told in all the tie-ins and how it's impacting the Marvel Universe as a whole. So I'm not sure what Mr. Light is talking about that this isn't a larger scale event.
@Mike Farley I agree with your statement about Fraction as a arc/trade oriented writer. I suspect that this will read far better when collected at the end of the year. So far though as a single issue paced story it's not working for me.
The story of the Fear will be told in all the tie-ins and how it's impacting the Marvel Universe as a whole. So I'm not sure what Mr. Light is talking about that this isn't a larger scale event.
It's a large scale event I'm just saying that's it's not a natural evolution of the larger storyline the way that Civil War and WWH and Secret Invasion and Dark Reign and Siege were. They were all one massive storyline ebbing and flowing over what five years? This is something new out of the blue
(I thought that Serpent Crown in Secret Avengers was some other old thing from 80s comics that had nothing to do with the Asgard?)
(I thought that Serpent Crown in Secret Avengers was some other old thing from 80s comics that had nothing to do with the Asgard?)
The Serpent Crown gets its power from the demon Set, of the Elder Gods. The connection there is more to Atlantis than to Asgard.
The serpent crown story has more to do with the martian plotline foreshadowed in Captain America Reborn.
But I agree with your point. I think it really shows how different the House of Ideas is, now that Joe Quesada is no longer Editor in Chief.
