In this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil and mass hysteria, Sin, the new Red Skull, has made an awesome discovery - a revelation that will divide father and son, turn friend against friend and herald the rise of Fear personified. Who is the Serpent? As Odin and the Asgardians leave the Earth to fend for itself, the Avengers and the world's remaining heroes battle the unstoppable tide of terror! And then - the Serpent's Hammers fall! Who shall rise up and join the Serpent as the Worthy, living avatars of his evil? And how can the Avengers respond...to fear itself? Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen bring fans the biggest Marvel event since Civil War! Collecting: Fear Itself: 1-7, Book of the Skull

First: the critical Fear Itself prequel that couldn't be told until now! Discover the true story behind the Serpent & Odin's past! Then, in the wake of Fear Itself, Odin decides the final fate of Asgard, and the heroes of the Nine Worlds bid farewell to one of their own. Thor no more! But who is Tanarus, and why is he the new God of Thunder? Loki tries to expose the imposter god by enlisting the help of ... Doctor Donald Blake! And as the new All-Mothers of Asgardia battle their first threat to the Nine Realms, Thor struggles to free himself before the Demogorge consumes him... Collecting: The Mighty Thor 7-12, Fear Itself 7.2: Thor

Collects The Mighty Thor #12.1 and #13-17.His father in exile! His mother on the throne! Thor's world is upside down - and what the heck is Donald Blake doing here, too?! As Thor readjusts to life on Earth, all Broxton - and all Asgardia - begins having the same nightmare. How can Thor fight a foe that's not there?