Comments on: Do You Fear… Meaningless Teasers? Fear Itself‘s Teasers Revisited http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/26/do-you-fear-meaningless-teasers-fear-itselfs-teasers-revisited/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 21 May 2013 12:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: johnK (UK) http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/26/do-you-fear-meaningless-teasers-fear-itselfs-teasers-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-667167 johnK (UK) Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:24:50 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28346#comment-667167 O! Graeme McMillan! When will you just accept that Spider-Man was being pragmatic! I look forward to the spin-off series The Pragmatic Spider-Man in each issue of which Spidey spies a far-off threat, thinks better of it and spins off home for wheaties with his Aunt and chums! With great power must complete nutlessness! With 56000 variant covers! The best thing about this Fear Itself mess has been you and Mr. Jeff Lester kicking it all over the shop. Kudos! O! Graeme McMillan! When will you just accept that Spider-Man was being pragmatic!

I look forward to the spin-off series The Pragmatic Spider-Man in each issue of which Spidey spies a far-off threat, thinks better of it and spins off home for wheaties with his Aunt and chums! With great power must complete nutlessness! With 56000 variant covers!

The best thing about this Fear Itself mess has been you and Mr. Jeff Lester kicking it all over the shop. Kudos!

]]> By: Jane A http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/26/do-you-fear-meaningless-teasers-fear-itselfs-teasers-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-667147 Jane A Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:32:44 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28346#comment-667147 I think the Cyclops teaser will pay off in the Uncanny tie-in for Feir ITself. Final issue next month. I think the Cyclops teaser will pay off in the Uncanny tie-in for Feir ITself.

Final issue next month.

]]> By: Steven R. Stahl http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/26/do-you-fear-meaningless-teasers-fear-itselfs-teasers-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-667122 Steven R. Stahl Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:49:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=28346#comment-667122 I didn't see any of the teasers -- what I fear is the result of an editorial brainstorming session. FEAR ITSELF is an editorial Frankenstein's monster,an unliving assemblage of once-living story elements. The worst thing about FEAR ITSELF is the use of yet another fear god. To get an idea of how often Marvel writers have resorted to stories about fear, see the Wikipedia entry for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Spayre" rel="nofollow">D'Spayre</a>. If FEAR ITSELF has any good points, I'm unaware of them. SRS I didn’t see any of the teasers — what I fear is the result of an editorial brainstorming session. FEAR ITSELF is an editorial Frankenstein’s monster,an unliving assemblage of once-living story elements.

The worst thing about FEAR ITSELF is the use of yet another fear god. To get an idea of how often Marvel writers have resorted to stories about fear, see the Wikipedia entry for D’Spayre.

If FEAR ITSELF has any good points, I’m unaware of them.

SRS

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