Remember last year when Brian Bendis was promoting the big Marvel event "Siege" and he said that this was going to be the last big Marvel event for awhile? Well a year later and we're already into "Fear Itself," Marvel's new event. I'll be honest: I think Marvel has better books than D.C. but for some reason I've never bothered to read Marvel's event mini-series. "Civil War," "Siege," and "Secret Invasion" just did not interest me at all. Ed Brubaker wrote this prologue and he used to be a great writer (his run on Captain America has gotten boring, his Secret Avengers stint sucked, and his new Incognito series isn't half as good as the first series) so I thought I'd see what this was all about. After reading this set-up issue I'm guessing that "Fear Itself" will deal with Sin, the Red Skull's daughter, taking over the world. In this issue, Sin and Baron Zemo go to a hidden bunker to find a Thor-esque hammer. What this hammer does has yet to be revealed, but to get it they have to read some incantation from a book made out of Antlantean flesh. The book jumps back in time to when Captain America and Bucky battled the Red Skull while he was setting up his hidden bunker. We also get to see Captain America and Bucky vs. a Yetti creature. Yes, it's as stupid as it sounds. The art by Scott Eaton is very sloppy and the writing is swift but same-old. Whether or not this event turns out to be awesome is up in the air, but they do have Stuart Immonen drawing it and Matt Fraction writing it so at least the potential for greatness is there. As for this prologue? It's silly but it's at least entertaining. Maybe I'll actually read a Marvel event series for once. **
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