Written by: Matt Fraction
Art by: Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Laura Martin

We left off in Fear Itself #5 with Thor going all out to take out the Thing and the Hulk in order to save everyone. While Thor was victorious in getting rid of both of them, he was injured and exhausted. This issue picks up with the heroes trying to get Thor off of the battlefield, and to a place to heal.

Art
I have really enjoyed the art in this series. The characters and environments have been well done, and the colors have made the books visually stimulating. One of the things that I have really enjoyed about Stuart’s art is the expressions on the characters faces. The expressions really show the despair, the courage, the anger of each of the characters, and makes it very easy to get pulled into the story. (4.5 out of 5)

Writing
Like the other issues of Fear Itself, the books is in my top five to read pile, and I enjoy every panel of the book. If there is one concern that I have, it is the amount of story that will have to be completed in the final issue. Given how the rest of the story has gone up until this point, the final issue will have to include the completion of the weapons to be used in the final battle, the epic final battle, and some view of the consequences of Fear Itself. That seems to be a lot to be concluded in 22 pages, which could mean we will not get the complete story until we read all of the storylines after Fear Itself. Either way, I have really enjoyed this story so far, and I look forward to the conclusion of this series. (4 out of 5)

Would I read it again?
Once I have the final issue, I will definitely read this story again. I have really enjoyed Marvel’s latest big events (Siege, Fear Itself), and I definitely have a desire to read them again, whereas I do not have that same feeling with DC’s big events. I read all of Flashpoint again just to see the whole story, and it immediately was filed away to not read again. I will hold my final judgment until I have the full package, but as of right now things look promising. (4 out of 5)