Fear Itself: Book of the Skull - One-Shot
Story by Ed Brubaker
Art by Scott Eaton
Fear Itself: Spider-Man - 3 Issues
Story by Chris Yost
Art by Mike McKone
Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt - 6 Issues
Story by Sean McKeever
Art by Mike Norton
Fear Itself: The Home Front
Stories by Peter Milligan, Howard Chaykin, Christos Gage and others
Art by Mike Mayhew, Elia Bonetti, Howard Chaykin and more
Fear Itself: The Fearsome Four - 4 Issues
Story by Brandon Montclare
Art by Michael Kaluta
Fear Itself: Deadpool - 3 Issues
Story by Christopher Hastings
Art by Bong Dazo
Fear Itself: The Worthy - 8 issues, digital exclusive
Creative Team TBA
Fear Itself: Black Widow - One-Shot
Story by Cullen Bunn
Art by Peter Nguyen
Thunderbolts 158
Story by Jeff Parker
Art by Kev Walker
Invincible Iron Man 503-504
Story by Matt Fraction
Art by Salvador Larocca
Journey into Mystery 622-623
Story by Kieron Gillen
Art by Doug Braithewaite
Herc 3
Story by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente
Art by Neil Edwards
Iron Man 2.0 5
Story by Nick Spencer
Art by Ariel Olivetti
Avengers 13
Story by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Chris Bachalo
Secret Avengers 13
Story by Nick Spencer
Art by Scott Eaton
Avengers Academy 15
Story by Christos Gage
Art by Tom Raney
Ghost Rider 1-?
Story by Rob Williams
Art by Matt Clark
Fear Itself: The Deep
Story by Cullen Bunn
Art by Lee Gerbet
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Meanwhile Flashpoint has 15 brand new miniseries and some one shots.
I would really love to read this in singles, along with the deadpool mini and maybe a couple of the one shots. However, I am sort of pressed for cash.
I really look forward to seeing the arcs for Avengers and Invincible Iron Man later on in trade, though.
Excluding the digital mini, it's fewer tie-ins than World War Hulk. I believe that makes it the smallest number of tie-ins to date of either company. Even with those eight it is one more than WWH's 33.
This is compared to Civil War with approximately 168 and Secret Invasion at 120 (125 if you include the DCU Home Invasion series). I had to make spreadsheets to track all the tie-ins for CW, SI, Siege, Final Crisis, and Blackest Night. The collected trades for CW and SI take up most of entire shelves at the bookstore.
No. This is in no way "a lot."
some of those pre-existing books could have multi-issue arcs.
But still, it really isn't that much of a tie-in fest compared to other events, especially since most of them are in other books and not miniseries.
Jesus Christ, how do you guys keep up with this stuff?
The OP tie-ins already looks extremely hard to follow.
For years before I actually read singles, whenever I thought of Marvel I thought of tie-ins and crossovers. After having came along for Siege, I understand just how far removed some of that stuff is now. The entry barrier just seemed ridiculous from the outside, but now I really dig it.
And DC started to catch up with Blackest Night. I read way too many of the awful tie-ins for that. And now with Flashpoint, there are actually compelling reasons to check in with each mini.
In comparison, this seems pretty low key. Perhaps it's because Fraction's big summer crossover appeal is currently untested?
They explicitly said none of the tie-ins are required for Fear Itself. So if you see one you think you'd like, get it. If you have no interest in any of them, don't. Either way you will get the same main story.
Personally I'm more interested in Fear Itself: Spider-Man and Youth in Revolt than I am the main book!
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Maybe combined with the arm thing it's... foreshadowing?
Artist: There! Done!
Editorial: He looks too menacing, he needs to appear more human, and innocent. Right now it looks like he set that city on fire himself.
Artist: I...I spent a week on this. The deadline you set is tomorrow morning.
Editorial: That's right. Now give us that new Herc we want.
Artist: (grumbling, in panic, draws arm wound)
Editorial: PERFECT!
That's pretty good artwork I must say. Is it just me or does BW look like Olivia Wilde on that cover? (not that I'm complaining)
Now that you mention it, yeah, she does. And whenever Beast wears his spectacles into battle it's good art.
He beat up King Hyperion in it.
Either way King Hyperion is an evil SOB.
Anyway, Blue Marvel is pretty cool. Marvel doesn't have enough McCarthy-era heroes, and there aren't enough black heroes from that era in any books.
(Everyone read The American Way.)
Also, if there was ever an opportunity to do a story about racial tensions without it seeming too heavy-handed or out of place, Fear Itself would be it.
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American Way is great. I like Blue Marvel, but he's basically a Marty Stu with Sentry level power. He needs his power toned down a bit, some convincing villains, and a reason for doing the hero thing again. Since he's not time displaced or just waking up from stasis, I'm not sure how a story about him coming to grips with past racism works very well. Something interesting would be seeing him as a father and perhaps having to deal with his kids inheriting some/most of his powers.
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