FEAR ITSELF #5 (OF 7)
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Art by Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger
Cover by Stuart Immonen & Billy Tan
Size: pages
Price: 3.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
I know it's becoming passe to dump on Fear Itself, but I have enjoyed the event so far, particularly the side issues in Iron Man and New Avengers. Unfortunately, those other books continue to outshine the main book itself, and most recently spoil them.
This issue had some excellent moments, including some large-scale, tear-down-the-city brawls between giants and a tender moment borrowed from FF between the Thing and the Richards kids. Those moments shone, as did the increasingly hard to describe, beautiful artwork by Stuart Immonen.
However, the problems with this book caught me off guard. First, if you've been reading Invincible Iron Man, you've already seen Tony begin work on these Asgardian weapons he dreams of; in this issue we go back to Tony begging Odin to let him make weapons. For a series panned by many for going too slow, in this issue, we've actually gone backwards.
But more importantly, this issue had moments where characters behaved so uncharacteristically I had to reread dialogue to make sure I hadn't misread something. Thor shouts profanities at a hammer-wielder, seemingly losing his cool in the heat of batter. But more strikingly, Captain America - the man who did all he could to join the army despite his limited physical gifts; the man who stood up to Thanos after superhumans and gods fell - ends the issue by telling the others they will not win. Captain America!
I have enjoyed Matt Fraction's writing in other things, and I have faith in the ending of this event, but man, that left a really sour taste in my mouth.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
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