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madelinerossell's review
4.0
So far, this volume has done the best job at illustrating how fear has consumed everyone. It showed us, rather than told us like even the main event did.
shane_tiernan's review
3.0
This was divided up into 3 parts.
"The Worthy" one-shot, which was really a series vignettes, one for each of the hammer bearers. It was interesting but they were focused on the bearers rather than the powers possessing them. I thought it would be more interesting to know about Angrir the Breaker of Souls, but I get that it wouldn't have the emotional impact of Ben Grimm struggling with his insecurities.
FF one shot - I never followed Fantastic Four or as they're called now the Future Foundation. This didn't make me feel like I needed to start following them.
Spider-Man 1-3 - This was exactly the right length and stuck to the "fear" theme well, carrying over the "no one dies on my watch" philosophy from some of the spider-man comics I've read recently. I liked how it didn't just concentrate on Spider-Man, but looked into the lives of regular people and how they were affected.
"The Worthy" one-shot, which was really a series vignettes, one for each of the hammer bearers. It was interesting but they were focused on the bearers rather than the powers possessing them. I thought it would be more interesting to know about Angrir the Breaker of Souls, but I get that it wouldn't have the emotional impact of Ben Grimm struggling with his insecurities.
FF one shot - I never followed Fantastic Four or as they're called now the Future Foundation. This didn't make me feel like I needed to start following them.
Spider-Man 1-3 - This was exactly the right length and stuck to the "fear" theme well, carrying over the "no one dies on my watch" philosophy from some of the spider-man comics I've read recently. I liked how it didn't just concentrate on Spider-Man, but looked into the lives of regular people and how they were affected.
nnebeluk's review against another edition
3.0
The 3 part Spider-Man arc is a nice story about hope in the face of fear. but the extra stories added on just feel like a need to finish a quota
tabman678's review against another edition
4.0
For being a tie in to a major event this one has lots of heart and feels like a Spider-Man story instead of an event filler.
The basic premise is fear is spreading like a viral infection among the population, they're afraid of all sorts of different things but the biggest is other people. So Spider-Man gets to work, because after all he's scared too. He doesn't know where his Aunt is, or Mary Jane, Carlie is safe though. But the comic weaves in the tales of other people (Swamp Thing style) into Spider-Man story and it's very well done. The four stars is based off the solid art and writing of these three Spider-Man issues. The other stuff included are teasers that were released mostly prior to the event and the FF tie in issue for Fear itself. Which to put it simply is fine, the tie ins don't tell you much more then a character history.
And the FF issue has the plot of Ben Grimm going on a rampage because he doesn't like himself and he thinks everyone else dislikes him too, there's some interesting stuff going on but it's mostly by the numbers Hero turned bad goes on a rampage until he decides not to because that'll be handled in the event itself.
The Spider-Man issues here are the most enjoyable part of this event so far for me (though I've only read up to issue #4) with good art and writing with good pay off and conclusion. The four stars is for those issues.
4 stars.
The basic premise is fear is spreading like a viral infection among the population, they're afraid of all sorts of different things but the biggest is other people. So Spider-Man gets to work, because after all he's scared too. He doesn't know where his Aunt is, or Mary Jane, Carlie is safe though. But the comic weaves in the tales of other people (Swamp Thing style) into Spider-Man story and it's very well done. The four stars is based off the solid art and writing of these three Spider-Man issues. The other stuff included are teasers that were released mostly prior to the event and the FF tie in issue for Fear itself. Which to put it simply is fine, the tie ins don't tell you much more then a character history.
And the FF issue has the plot of Ben Grimm going on a rampage because he doesn't like himself and he thinks everyone else dislikes him too, there's some interesting stuff going on but it's mostly by the numbers Hero turned bad goes on a rampage until he decides not to because that'll be handled in the event itself.
The Spider-Man issues here are the most enjoyable part of this event so far for me (though I've only read up to issue #4) with good art and writing with good pay off and conclusion. The four stars is for those issues.
4 stars.
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