Going into Fear Itself

Fear Itself is of course the big event of the summer , to coincide with the Capt. America and Thor movies , the Hulk looks to play a large part along side Juggernaut and if i am going to call it on the third person from the teasers I'm going to say that's Dracula, there have been speculations as to it being the Grey Gargoyle but i would be surprised to see him in that big of a role. though he is in the teaser art along with the Absorbing man. Anyways since we are going to get that crammed down our throats i'm going to look at titles i have looked over that are not related.
The first being the New Avengers, a title which doesn't need to exist, but the last issue was very well executed and if you can't get your fill of characters who hav e no business being together it's a must. For fans of Dr. Strange and Ms Marvel it's a must as you can't catch those character's else where. I the roster needs to be re thought , it worked best back in the Sentry days or during Dark reign, but with Thunderbolts, Academy and the Bendis book is it really needed .
Wonder Woman has been surprising well written as well, the pacing of the action making more sense than alot of the Dc titles , it's all about the balance folks , while Matt Fraction bores me with the Build up and Loeb was insulting with all fists and no story a common occurrence of Batman/Superman title, the perfect blend we got in the 80's is rare but it happens .
Invincible Iron man- here Fraction gives us three issues that could have been two, the Dr. Ock dynamic with Toney Stark, is a one trick pony, best delved into way back in Marvel Fanfare which is winked at here. The sinister six would have been a better inclusion, it would have given Fraction the same chance to build off family, i'm guessing his was fairly co-dependent as his heroes are too defined by the supporting cast. A lesson in Spider- man could be well learned whose supporting cast fleshing out the gaps but he isn't reliant upon them.