History Comicbook / FearItself

* AGodAmI: The Serpent is a god of fear, but at some point he starts referring to himself as ''the'' {{God}}.

The 2011 CrisisCrossover for MarvelComics.

* CanonImmigrant: ''Battle Scars'', one of the miniseries dealing with the aftermath of the event introduced the UltimateMarvel Nick Fury ([[AffirmativeActionLegacy albeit as the original Fury's biracial son]]) and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Phil Coulson]] into the classic Marvel Universe.

** [[spoiler:The good guys end up facing them as the Mighty thanks to a deal between Iron Man and Odin, wielding Uru weapons. In addition, Cap gets to wield Mjolnir.]]

** And yet a third teaser, showing [[spoiler: [[http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/template.php?src=/images1/aaimages/Forgiven_Final.jpg The Forgiven]], a team of Vampires to deal with the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]].

* TheChosenOne: More like the chosen seven for the bad guys; The Worthy are those deemed... well, worthy to wield the Serpent's hammers. [[spoiler:The good guys end up facing them as the Mighty thanks to a deal between Iron Man and Odin, wielding Uru weapons. In addition, Cap gets to wield Mjolnir.]]
** And yet a third teaser, showing [[spoiler: [[http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/template.php?src=/images1/aaimages/Forgiven_Final.jpg The Forgiven]], a team of Vampires to deal with TheHulk]].

-->'''Thor:''' And '''him''' I liked. But [[TheHulk you]]? You were always a '''[[SophisticatedAsHell giant pain in the ass]]'''.

** Nul, Breaker of Worlds ([[TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]);

* PokeInTheThirdEye: Happens to anyone who tries to read/possess one of the Worthy. The ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' tie-in has Veil trying to possess Skirn, only to be flooded by visions of hundreds of people crucified to Yggdrasil. And when the X-Men finally get Juggernaut's helmet off, Emma Frost doesn't have a fun time when she tries to mind control him.

* DemonicPossession: Those chosen to wield the Hammers of the Worthy find their personalities overwritten or at least subsumed by the deity to whom their respective hammer belongs. Because of this, the villains of this piece are a mixture of actual bad guys like Sin (Skadi), Attuma (Nerkkod), [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} the Juggernaut]] (Kuurth), and the Grey Gargoyle (Mokk), and heroic or antiheroic characters whose bodies have been taken over by the evil spirits within these hammers, like ComicBook/IncredibleHulk (Nul) and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]] (Angrir).

* TookALevelInBadass: Juggernaut, '''big time'''. He was by far the most powerful Worthy of them all[[note]]Though Skadi explicitly claimed that Nul and Angrir were the strongest of the Worthy, they fared worse against Thor than Kurrth did against the X-men.[[/note]]. Just to elaborate: As [[TheJuggernaut his name]] and history says, he was nigh-unstoppable ''even before'' being chosen by the Serpent. As Kuurth, he lost all of his old (already few) weaknesses, he couldn't be teleported away[[note]]Which Nul was vulnerable to.[[/note]], he couldn't be attacked from the inside, he was literally able to walk through air, he shrugged off telepathic assault and of course completely ignored physical assault. Even when his Juggernaut-powers were transferred to Colossus, he still overpowered the guy and only narrowly lost due to his own former power, aka Unstoppable Momentum. In short, an already unstoppable force was made [[UpToEleven even more unstoppable]].

*** If is the first one: Odin has faced down far stronger opponents than the Serpent in the past without even a shudder, and has undergone a degree of BadassDecay in regards to just how powerful he really should be (in the past its been demonstrated he can destroy entire ''galaxies''). The Serpent is powerful, but it doesn't even come close to matching the power of, say, [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Dread]] [[DimensionLord Dormammu]], or the various other things he has succesfully defeated before.

* ADayInTheLimelight[=/=]MerchandiseDriven: The series, whilst a CrisisCrossover featuring important roles for several of Marvel's A-List heroes, is more focused on [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] & CaptainAmerica. [[SarcasmMode Coincidentally]], [[Film/{{Thor}} both]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger characters]] had [[SummerBlockbuster Summer Blockbusters]] released during the publication of the series.

* NeverSayDie: [[spoiler: A subversion of this happens when one of the Avengers Academy students asks [[Comicbook/TheFalcon Falcon]] about [[CaptainAmerica Bucky Cap]] being stabbed, he initially lies to them saying that it was critical and they are trying to save him, until realizing he is treating young heroes that just fought a [[WarIsHell hellish battle]] like children and told them the truth that he is dead.]]

* WhamEpisode: Played with in Issue 3: [[spoiler: Sin/Skadi apparently kills [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes Bucky Cap]], though this was arguably done to return [[StatusQuoisGod Steve Rogers]] to his role as CaptainAmerica.]]
** WordOfGod states that this ([[spoiler:Bucky dying & Steve becoming CaptainAmerica again]]) was always going to happen in the main ongoing.

At some point during the Second World War, the RedSkull [[{{Ghostapo}} enacted an arcane ritual under the orders of Adolf Hitler]], causing a mysterious artifact to fall from the heavens and crash land in Antarctica. Upon locating the artifact--a large hammer, supposedly tied to the Norse goddess Skadi--and learning that he is incapable of lifting it, the Skull has the Thule Society seal it away in a fortress and guard it with their lives. Fast forward to the present day, where [[DaddysLittleVillain Sin]], believing the hammer to be her inheritance, comes to collect; and after killing the guards and getting her hands on the hammer, she proves capable of lifting it. Of course, as with any mystical weapon there is a catch to wielding it, and this hammer is no exception; for, as the runic inscription on its shaft states,

** StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: With the little time that the Serpent got to show his strength, most of his power remains only in supposition; either he is a casual traducPlanet-Buster or a Universal Threat.

** StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Odin has faced down far stronger opponents than the Serpent in the past without even a shudder, and has undergone a degree of BadassDecay in regards to just how powerful he really should be (in the past its been demonstrated he can destroy entire ''galaxies''). The Serpent is powerful, but it doesn't even come close to matching the power of, say, [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Dread]] [[DimensionLord Dormammu]], or the various other things he has succesfully defeated before.

* ADayInTheLimelight[=/=]MerchandiseDriven: The series, whilst a CrisisCrossover featuring important roles for several of Marvel's A-List heroes, is more focused on [[TheMightyThor Thor]] & CaptainAmerica. [[SarcasmMode Coincidentally]], [[Film/{{Thor}} both]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger characters]] had [[SummerBlockbuster Summer Blockbusters]] released during the publication of the series.

* SeriesContinuityError: Fear Itself is full of these mostly written by the same writer. Odin has always been portrayed as the god with a plan for anything to save everyone and willing to sacrifice himself for the good of all. Yet a last resort plan is his only plan. Odin is depicted as defeating the Serpent only after a massive war the first time around. The prequel Fraction wrote depicted Odin defeating the Serpent with ease. Odin mourns the death of Thor, but previously Fraction wrote Thor resurrecting Odin with ease which is a power that has always alluded Thor and Odin in the past and ask why Odin didn't resurrect Thor. The Serpent displays vast strength and mystical powers such as shattering Captain America's shield, but forgets these to turn into a giant snake that is easily cut up by Thor

** [[spoiler: It is later DoubleSubverted when it turns out that although he didn't realize it, he actually was telling them the truth; {{Bucky}} really was in critical condition at the time and was on the verge of being revived with ComicBook/NickFury's Infinity Formula. Unbeknownst to him, Bucky's [[FakingTheDead death was faked]] through [[ActuallyADoombot the use of an LMD]] planted by [[ComicBook.BlackWidow Black Widow]].]]

* WhamEpisode: Played with in Issue 3: [[spoiler: Sin/Skadi apparently kills [[BuckyBarnes Bucky Cap]], though this was arguably done to return [[StatusQuoisGod Steve Rogers]] to his role as CaptainAmerica.]]

** [[spoiler: It is later DoubleSubverted when it turns out that although he didn't realize it, he actually was telling them the truth; {{Bucky}} really was in critical condition at the time and was on the verge of being revived with NickFury's Infinity Formula. Unbeknownst to him, Bucky's [[FakingTheDead death was faked]] through [[ActuallyADoombot the use of an LMD]] planted by [[ComicBook.BlackWidow Black Widow]].]]

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: {{Bucky}} [[CaptainAmerica Cap]]]]
** [[spoiler: Though eventually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in Issue 7.1, where it was revealed that he survived the beating given to him by [[TheDragon Sin/Skadi]] and had his death faked by [[ComicBook.BlackWidow Black Widow]] and NickFury to convince Steve Rogers to become CaptainAmerica [[StatusQuoIsGod again]], as well as give him the leeway he needed to attend to his own problems.]]

* PokeInTheThirdEye: Happens to anyone who tries to read/possess one of the Worthy. The ''AvengersAcademy'' tie-in has Veil trying to possess Skirn, only to be flooded by visions of hundreds of people crucified to Yggdrasil. And when the X-Men finally get Juggernaut's helmet off, Emma Frost doesn't have a fun time when she tries to mind control him.

** An Issue of ''JourneyIntoMystery'' was an all-Mephisto issue. Also counts as an VillainEpisode.

** [[spoiler: Turns out to be the key. [[JourneyIntoMystery Loki's deals, machinations and secret infiltration into the Serpent's strong hold]] allowed him to gain access to a type 3 RealityWritingBook, and give the Serpent just enough of a weakness that Thor could "win"]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Juggernaut, '''big time'''. He was by far the most powerful Worthy of them all. Just to elaborate: As [[TheJuggernaut his name]] and history says, he was nigh-unstoppable ''even before'' being chosen by the Serpent. As Kuurth, he lost all of his old (already few) weaknesses, he couldn't be teleported away, he couldn't be attacked from the inside, he was literally able to walk through air, he shrugged off telepathic assault and of course completely ignored physical assault. Even when his Juggernaut-powers were transferred to Colossus, he still overpowered the guy and only narrowly lost due to his own former power, aka Unstoppable Momentum. In short, an already unstoppable force was made [[UpToEleven even more unstoppable]].

!''Fear Itself'' provides examples of:

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Thor Girl, at the end of the Youth in Revolt series, after reawakening her original powers and deciding to leave the Earth. ]]

** Red She-Hulk's also vaguely trying this on Hulk, while mainly trying to get people out of his way.

* DualBoss: Thor is confronted with Nul and Angrir, the two strongest of the Worthy, at the same time.

* DualBoss: Thor is confronted with Nul and Angir, the two strongest of the Worthy, at the same time.

** and Angir, Breaker of Souls ([[ComicBook/FantasticFour Thing]]).

* WildCard: Juggernaut explains that this is how he sees himself; he's not hero and he's not a villain. He works for whoever's offering him a spot on the team for however long that lasts(and it never lasts long) and then he moves on.

* TookALevelInBadass: Juggernaut, '''big time'''. He was by far the most powerful Worthy of them all. Just to elaborate: As [[TheJuggernaut his name]] and history says, he was nigh-unstoppable ''even before'' being chosen by the Serpent. As Kuurth, he lost all of his old (already few) weaknesses, he couldn't be teleported away, he couldn't be attacked from the inside, he was literally able to walk through air, he shrugged of telepathic assault and off course completely ignored physical assault. Even when his Juggernaut-powers were transferred to Colossus, he still overpowered the guy and only narrowly lost due to his own former power, aka Unstoppable Momentum. In short, an already unstoppable force was made [[UpToEleven even more unstoppable]].