Fear Itself ...

Even though i have been leery of Fraction's writing after a redundantly boring Thor run, i will admit , there's nothing to fear in buying Fear Itself one. It proved worthy of the four bucks i invested in it and for the most part kept me happy, though i doubt Odin can school Thor in a fight like he does here. Take away the power of his hammer yes but not school him in fisticuffs, the red skull's daughter seems to come into this power rather easily, not even a raiders of the lost ark level of booby traps waiting for her, just nazi's easily shot down. Any ways , an entertaining read makes me less afraid of investing in this event.The art work was outstanding, as is the art work coming up in the red hulk series previewed in the back of the book which looks to be some of the best art work i have seen in some time even if the idea of trying the red hulk on planet hulk seems a weak idea to me .
Next up was Avengers issue 11, the weakest of the three title i bought this week, it seemed like Bendis wrote Fear Itself and Fraction wrote this issue as it dissolves into a comic amorphous soup. The scene where they are fighting on a shore of an island, hero's are ko'd in the desert then every one is in a stand off in an urban environment, with no teleportation shown just willy nilly scene changes. it was a distraction am i am going to need a re-read of this book to make sense of it , the red hood seems a transitory villain for another big bad , who i am not up to date on the cosmic characters so the flow of his appearance seems forced, of course Thor and Ross Hulk getting to share the spotlight with Stark is cool for me .
Next Skaar in the savage-land mini, seems promising, proves you can lead into a series and set up the danger with out having to skim on the smashing . Not familiar with the writer but , the pacing is excellent.