The book begins with a brief flashback to the events of FEAR ITSELF and then thrusts us straight into an firefight in Afghanistan where we meet Sergeant Marcus Johnson. 72 hours later, all is quiet and Johnson gets a letter which send s him home. The letter tells him his mother has died. Four days later and there’s a funeral, followed by Johnson returning to the family home. Not long after that, he have Russian hit men attacking Johnson and the police on duty investigating the scene. And then there’s the Taskmaster trying to take him out. What does all of this have to do with a mysterious gentleman hooked up to a respirator?
Captain America and Quake show up to mix it up. Well, Cap mixes it up and Quake gets Johnson out of harm’s way. In short: that means S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ. Once there, Johnson gets debriefed, told that his mother was targeted by terrorists because of something she may have seen. S.H.I.E.L.D. may think he’s secure, but Johnson escapes to continue his own investigation of his mother’s death. He eventually hooks up with a fellow Ranger named Cheese who is told they have a target named Taskmaster. And then there’s the rumble with Deadpool, who also gets involved with Taskmaster and the Serpent Society.
Meanwhile, we have this old guy who apparently is dying, getting older with every minute. And then there’s Orion, who is really…NICK FURY?
Okay…so we’re four issues in and I have NO IDEA what the deal is, except someone wants Johnson’s blood to keep his old butt alive. I guess the whole idea of being so important to the Marvel Universe is going to depend on who the old guy is. To be honest, I really don’t care at this point who this guy is. He’s really an uninteresting guy in the middle of a bigger plot.
Chris Yost, Cullen Bunn and Matt Faction are all listed as being responsible for the story but Yost takes credit for the script. Bunn and Faction’s name on this piece lead me to believe that there is a much bigger story here, but it would be nice to see that…especially after four full issues. We have got all these superheroes and villains showing up because this guy is so important but, at this point, we have yet to see it. And you know, with two issues left, I feel I have to hang on for the payday.
Scott Eaton’s artwork fits nicely with the story. He’s a good artist…not phenomenal, but really good. But I really wish that this thing has a good payoff…not, make that an absolutely amazing payoff, in the next two issues otherwise I find myself feeling like I’ve been raped at $3.00 an issue.
UPDATE: the series has concluded and here's the BIG SECRET we waited six crummy issues to get(yeah MAJOR SPOILER ALERT HERE!)-Johnson's BIRTH NAME is Nicholas Fury Jr.! So he beats the bad guy, shaves his head(yeah...lost an eye during the mini-series too) and now looks like Samuel L. Jackson. So we retconned the whole idea of having Nick Fury be African American in all Marvel's movies starting with IRON MAN by doing this! And Nick, the REAL NICK, no longer has the Infinity Formula on his side soi he will eventually die and THIS will be Nick Fury. SERIOUSLY? Now I REALLY feel like I've been raped for six issues! Make Mine Marvel? Not after this pile of poop! I'll be thinking twice as to where I'll put my comic money in the future, especially with new titles.
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