I just finished re-reading all sevven issues in as close to one sitting as I could and I’m left with the same feeling I’ve had after seeing a Michael Bay Transformers film. Big things happened, and they looked cool, but ultimately left me feeling nothing. I feel like something got lost on the road from Fraction’s outline to his script. All the beats of a decent story occur, but some beats are glossed over (the transformations of The Mighty, for one) while others should have been downplayed or omitted entirely (Spidey leaving to check on Aunt May). I feel like the leisurely pace of the early issues forced the story to race through its third act. And it was never terribly clear what effect The Serpent was having on our characters (does his ability to inspire fear explain Spidey’s departure or Cap’s defeated attitude? I’m not sure.) Personally, I wish we had seen the Asgardians enter the fray earlier, and just destroy everything in trying to save Midgard and stop The Serpent and his forces. Thor and Bucky’s deaths might have had a little more weight to them (since we’d actually see hordes of warriors fighting all over the planet). And I would have liked to have a little bit better understanding of how The Worthy and The Mighty were chosen. This is the first Marvel event I read as it came out, so I have nothing to compare the experience to, but I can say Fear Itself, while not all that good, DID read better in one sitting. Immonen elevates the story in a lot of cases, and the coloring is FANTASTIC, so overall, I’ll give it a C .