Marvel's Next Event: Fear Itself

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It's the new seven issue event debuting in April by Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen.

More info here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=29984

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I say bring it, I am ready for another event.

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Finally, a Marvel event written by someone other than Bendis.

And by Matt Fraction no less!!!!

I'm interested.

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Finally, a Marvel event written by someone other than Bendis.

And by Matt Fraction no less!!!!

I'm interested.

Try trade-waiting this!

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I say bring it, I am ready for another event.

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12:16 - They've opened it up to questions - anyone have any? leave them in the comments below!

12:18 - They say they've been leaving clues about this event in books for the past few years - now begin the hunt to find them!

12:19 - Agent_M asked questions from Twitter about characters like Captain Britain and Nightmare and Phobos, will they be involved - Tom B. said that it will reach alot of characters and you'll have to wait and see

12:20 - A fan asked if this is related to the Map of Time shown in Avengers and Tom B. said if you go back, you'll see several things related to that

12:21 - Another fan asked about the Heroic Age and if this is the end of that time and we're back to the "dark" heroes? Tom B. said that despite that renewed heroism, this is another challenge the heroes will have to face.

12:22 - Joe Q. talks about how stories are the key - not whether they're dark or light, that its about building tension with good stories. If they tell a good story, then hopefully the fans will enjoy it.

12:23 - Another fan asks about the role of politics in this story, and Joe Q. says that this story is more about the tone of the story and current events than specific political views

12:27 - Axel stumbled while talking and said "Super heroes pumping each other" instead of "punching" and Tom B. laughed.

12:28 - Josh asked how long this has been in the making, Tom B. guesses 18 months to 2 years...Axel added that events and characters of the past year of X-Men tie into this

12:30 - I asked what the price point is, Tom B. said $3.99, but issue #1 will be oversized about 40 pages. The other issues will be 22 pages, and maybe the last issue will run longer

12:31 - A Member of the press asked if the image of Captain America with the shattered shield was Steve Rogers or not, Tom B. vaguely answered to read Brubaker's story to find out...

12:33 - A fan asked how this relates to the "architects" of Marvel? Tom B. said that simply that Fraction is one of them and he's writing it. Nothing to see here. Move along...

12:34 - A Marvel staffer asked if this wil have a longer affect to the status quo, or will it simply be something that they have to go through. Tom B. said that there will be a longing affect from this story and the characters will remember the events

12:35 - Joe Q. wraps up the press conference and announces that they will be providing a limited print of Immonen from Fear Itself for fans and he, Axel and Tom will be doing an impromptu signing for the fans in attendance.

Looks like that's a wrap! Dissect away!

Breakdown of the press conference

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Can you see me? I'm making jerk-off motions.

Fritchman's good, but this only means Fear Itself will be a 7-issue "event" that should've been told in one or two issues. That's exactly what's happening with his Iron Man run; the stories take far too long to get going.

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Can you see me? I'm making jerk-off motions.

Fritchman's good, but this only means Fear Itself will be a 7-issue "event" that should've been told in one or two issues. That's exactly what's happening with his Iron Man run; the stories take far too long to get going.

Fraction, Brubaker, and Bendis love to tell decompressed stories.

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There's a difference between "decompressed" and "overly padded for space." For example, there was no reason whatsoever that "World's Most Wanted" in Iron Man needed to run thirteen goddamned issues. Six would have sufficed, at most. The current arc, "Stark Resilient," needs to hurry up and finish as well. It's overstayed its welcome at nine issues.

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Try trade-waiting this!

I trade-wait everything now.

This will be no exception.

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There's a difference between "decompressed" and "overly padded for space." For example, there was no reason whatsoever that "World's Most Wanted" in Iron Man needed to run thirteen -- issues. Six would have sufficed, at most. The current arc, "Stark Resilient," needs to hurry up and finish as well. It's overstayed its welcome at nine issues.

Fraction has a slow-burn type storytelling approach that doesn't have enough dead zombies/husks or flying in space for some people's taste.

Maybe you're in that group.

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There's a difference between "decompressed" and "overly padded for space." For example, there was no reason whatsoever that "World's Most Wanted" in Iron Man needed to run thirteen goddamned issues. Six would have sufficed, at most. The current arc, "Stark Resilient," needs to hurry up and finish as well. It's overstayed its welcome at nine issues.

I disagree, I think the year long story length of WMW, and the anticipation for the next issue was fantastic and not ending rapidly was cool. It's how he writes, and I approve of that style.

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I trade-wait everything now.

This will be no exception.

No way! You'll miss out on all the fun!

Fraction and Brubaker love to tell decompressed stories.

No they don't.

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Fritchman's good, but this only means Fear Itself will be a 7-issue "event" that should've been told in one or two issues.

Taint no German writing this. And apparently this complaint is thrown at whoever is writing the event.

For example, there was no reason whatsoever that "World's Most Wanted" in Iron Man needed to run thirteen goddamned issues.

Good thing it didn't run for thirteen issues then.