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| Be afraid: Marvel's heroes gear up for 'Fear Itself' - USA Today Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:50 AM PST By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Most of Marvel Comics' greatest superheroes will find something to fear in the company's huge event series of 2011. The seven-issue monthly miniseries Fear Itself launches in April and will feature the likes of Spider-Man, Captain America, the Avengers, Thor, the Hulk and many others going up against secret characters and a major-league malevolent force. Fear Itself will feature the creative talents of writer Matt Fraction as well as Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger and Laura Martin. The announcement of the event was made on Tuesday during a live-streaming news conference on Marvel.com, which was watched by 5,000 viewers. "It's a great time to be fearful. The world has gotten smaller, and fear above all else is the great motivator," says Joe Quesada, Marvel's chief creative officer. A Fear Itself prologue written by Ed Brubaker will debut in March that involves a mission from World War II featuring Captain America, Namor and the Invaders. There will be a mysterious character involved in the Fear Itself series, which comes a month later and revolves around a concealed act that happened in the Marvel Universe years ago, unleashing something seriously bad that casts its shadow across the world. Many heroes enter the fray, and there will a chosen eight deemed most worthy to, of course, save the world. "Our characters have always battled the darkness around us," says vice president and executive editor Tom Brevoort. "The threats they've faced have never been a game of Tiddlywinks. We want to see how much they can triumph over adversity. The stakes have to be high for our heroes to triumph." Much like Secret Invasion, Marvel creators have been setting up this storyline covertly for a while, and Fear Itself will be analogous to that in terms of crossover with other Marvel titles, according to Brevoort. However, it will be more like Civil War in terms of ambition and real-world themes alongside a rip-snortin' superhero adventure. "It's an extinction-level event, like Civil War," says vice president and executive editor Axel Alonso. "Expect to see interesting alliances." Adds Brevoort: "They're not going to be sitting in a bread line wondering about a foreclosure on Avengers Tower." Naturally, there will be a lot of characters involved, from fan favorites to Phobos, the adolescent god of fear who's a member of the Secret Warriors. Like other Marvel comics in the past, Fear Itself will speak to the world we live in, according to Fraction. "Everyone is afraid of something right now. "It's the very best of us against the very worst of gods," he adds. "Wait until we start teasing who the worthy are and why they were chosen. We are going to be busting the doors down with the biggest story we've ever told." Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Real World To Collide With Heroes & Villains - NPR News Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:54 PM PST  Associated Press In this comic book image released by Marvel Comics, The Hulk is shown in part of a seven-issue limited series called, "Fear Itself." The theme will cover fear, uncertainty and overarching anxiety that has gripped the modern world. The story line will start in March 2011.  Associated Press In this comic book image released by Marvel Comics, Spider-Man is shown in part of a seven-issue limited series called, "Fear Itself." The theme will cover fear, uncertainty and overarching anxiety that has gripped the modern world. The series will start in March 2011.  Associated Press In this comic book image released by Marvel Comics, Thor is shown in part of a seven-issue limited series called, "Fear Itself." The theme will cover fear, uncertainty and overarching anxiety that has gripped the modern world. The series will start in March 2011.  Associated Press In this comic book image released by Marvel Comics, Captain America is shown in part of a seven-issue limited series called, "Fear Itself." The theme will cover fear, uncertainty and overarching anxiety that has gripped the modern world. The series will start in March 2011. PHILADELPHIA December 21, 2010, 05:56 pm ET The real world is intruding in a real way for the heroes — and villains — of the Marvel universe. The publisher — whose characters range from the wall-crawler Spider-Man to mutant outcasts X-Men — said Tuesday that the fear, uncertainty and overarching anxiety that has gripped today's world will play havoc with its fictional heroes next spring as it embarks on "Fear Itself," a seven-issue limited series that will reach across numerous titles and leave its characters scarred but smarter. The story line starts in March with a one-shot prologue penned by Ed Brubaker. The prologue, said Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort, will involve Captain America, Namor and the Invaders "and a mission in World War II that sets the stage for what's to come in the main 'Fear Itself' book." From there, the seven issue miniseries will launch in April, written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Stuart Immonen and will, Brevoort said "be, in terms of its size and scope across the Marvel Universe" analogous to the multi-issue, cross-title epic "Secret Invasion" that focused on the subtle, behind-the-scenes invasion of Earth by shape-shifting Skrulls. Marvel has never shied away from cataclysmic story events. In "Civil War," the company put its heroes on the front lines of personal civil liberties and freedoms, a story that ultimately ended with the death of Captain America. "Fear Itself" will run through numerous issues, too, and, Brevoort said, shake up the Marvel universe. Fraction said that the story would be relatable the world at large. "It is something that speaks to the world we live in," he said in videotaped address at a press conference in New York. "It feels like there is this great shadow over us all, this anxiousness, this anger. It feels like reason and discourse have taken a back seat to mob mentality and hysteria. And everyone is afraid of something right now." The details of the story, and its path, were closely guarded, but Fraction said it would feature heroes versus a "God of Fear" who draws his power from fearful feelings. "The more you fear him, the stronger he gets and we are all his weapons," Fraction said. Joe Quesada, editor-in-chief and chief creative officer at Marvel Entertainment said the story was born out of plans for bigger stories for Marvel's universe. Brevoort and Axel Alonso, another Marvel executive editor, said the thread of the story will be woven in the coming months and involve major characters from the X-Men to Dracula. What the outcome will be is still a secret, but Alonso remarked that with the tension plaguing the world at large, the aim is to "tap into the Zeitgeist of the day." ——— Online: http://www.marvel.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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