

Fear Itself (Book of the Skull #1, Fear Itself #1-#7).Support CBH on Patreon for exclusive rewards, or Donate here! Thank you for reading!Īny questions or comments with any of this can be sent here. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. With these orders you can do both.Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported. With the trade reading orders, I generally recommend knocking out the primary issues first, but I realize it’s often more fun to jump around issue by issue. The reading orders below include first a collection of all relevant trades, followed by an issue by issue reading order list. This essentially just deals with the aftermath of Fear Itself and an issue by issue reading order has been included. It’s worth noting before you begin that Fear Itself is followed by a mini-event entitled Shattered Heroes. Nonetheless, there are some good ideas presented here, confronting both heroes and readers with their greatest fears and the impact they can have on our society.



The fact that Marvel stopped with Fear Itself will probably provide some indication as to the success and critical reception of the event. It’s also the only Marvel event named after a famous historical quote, even though at the time Marvel was promising more of these types of events in the future. It’s the first major event following the Bendis-led arc that began with Avengers Disassembled and more or less ends with Siege. In the history of the Marvel age of events, Fear Itself is likely to go down as an outlier. The Marvel Universe really gets it handed to them, marking the end of several notable heroes for at least 12 seconds at a time. We Have Nothing to Fear… But OMG SIN HAS A THOR HAMMERįear Itself is all about Odin’s greatest failure, with Thor-like Hammers falling to earth and possessing all those chosen worthy.
