Marvel Announces Big Event of 2011: Fear Itself

Today Marvel Comics held a press conference to announce their new big event for 2011, Fear Itself. This is the first event for Marvel since they took a break from large series-spanning events with the Heroic Age earlier this year. The main Fear Itself series will be seven issues and will be written by Matt Fraction with art by Stuart Immonen. Little was announced about the actual details of the event other than it will “reflect the real world and what happens when despair becomes the norm and whether heroes fall to fear or stand up” and is “The Marvel heroes vs the God of Fear”.

A prologue to Fear Itself will start in March featuring Captain America and is written by Ed Brubaker with art by Scot Eaton. The main Fair Itself series will start in April.

The Fear Itself press conference and trailer can be viewed after the jump.