Fear Itself Book Six (#6)

I've been reading the main limited series for Fear Itself and a few of the other ones that are connected to it. Overall, so far, I hadn't really liked them that much. They were great for action scenes and the art, but the story was kind of weak. This issue is finally going somewhere and getting into some of the meat of the story again. The artwork by Stuart Immonen continues to be amazing in its detail and just the awe inspiring devastation being wrought by this event in the Marvel Universe.
Here's the last 5 issues summed up:

1. Sin, the Red Skull's daughter frees Odin's brother who is revealed to gain his power from people's fear...he sends 7 hammers plummeting to Earth to empower his chosen
2. The Thing and the Hulk are chosen and go nutso on New York. Sin who is also one of the chosen kills the new Captain America (former Bucky/Winter Soldier)
3. Sin shatters Cap's shield as the original Captain America enters the fray in costume again
4. I don't even remember what happened in this one really
5. Thor beats down the Thing who is saved and transports Hulk into the atmosphere, so he can fall to earth and continue his devastation...Thor collapses from his injuries. Although we do get a great dialogue between demi-god Hulk and Thor in this one which was worth the punchline even though it wasn't a joke.

The best part of issue 6 is Captain America arriving in Asgard with Thor's beaten body and immediately smack talking to Odin. Odin's reaction to the affair is not surprising as he points his hand at Cap and the rest of the Avengers other than Thor and sends them back to Earth. The closing scene with Cap is worth it all and shows us the kind of hero he is and always has been. Cap standing on the final line of defense against the Nazi war machine powered by the god of fear and Sin's mechs holding a couple of automatic weapons...priceless.
Anyway, I don't really recommend the series at all unless you're a completist. If you want the story, I would wait for the trades and get it all at once. It might turn out to be a better story that way. As far as I can tell though, this was just another big event that will mean nothing in the long run to the Marvel Universe. This is probably the reason I've been picking up more DC books lately, and I'm down to just picking up the Avengers books due to my love of Cap, Iron Man, and Thor (who's individual books have been better lately than the Avengers or the huge events they are part of...especially Captain America under the guidance of Ed Brubaker. (I'm always going to be biased towards Cap though, he's my favorite comic book hero).

Thanks again for reading.