Collects Fear Itself: Book of the Skull & Fear Itself 1-7. 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?

When a counterterrorist organization uses the chaos of Fear Itself to seize a heavily-armed H.A.M.M.E.R. helicarrier and threaten New York City with it, only Wolverine is availabe to defend the city from a possible nuclear attack. Then, Dani Moonstar tries to get Hela, the Norse Queen of the Dead, to help stop the Serpent, but instead has to rescue the goddess, while the other New Mutants end up facing Mephisto in Hell.

Fear Itself hammers the Avengers! The Red Skull's daughter has unleashed an evil as old as Midgard itself: The Serpent has risen to reclaim Earth, recruiting seven of its most powerful superhumans as his advance guard, the Worthy. The result is all-out action in classic Avengers style!

Collects Fear Itself: Deadpool #1-3, Fearsome Four #1-4. As the Marvel Universe is wracked with Fear Itself, only Deadpool sees it for what it truly is ... a way to make money. Has Deadpool really been chosen as one of the Worthy, granted one of The Serpent's Hammers? Or did he just take any old hammer and go to town with some rhinestones? Plus: do you fear ... your protectors turning on you? Man-Thing has gone mad as fear consumes the world, and...

Freed from the Puppet Master's malevolent mind control, former detective and current superhuman handler Misty Knight sets out to restore Heroes for Hire's reputation - and her newest recruit is none other than Spider-Man! But when Spidey finds himself at odds with Batroc the Leaper, a powered-up Scorpion and some Savage Land dinos, Misty, the sureshooting Paladin and the supernatural Satana will have to save the web-slinging superstar before he becomes...

Collects Invincible Iron Man #504-509 & Fear Itself #7.3. Fear Itself reaches its hand deep into the heart of the City of Lights! Iron Man races to Paris, France, to encounter one of "the Worthy" waiting there for him. How will the ultimate man of science react to a city turned to stone? Iron Man arms himself for the end of the world in hopes of stopping the Serpent.

Also collects Fear Itself: FF #1, Fear Itself: The Worthy One-Shot. As Fear Itself overtakes the world, New York City is mired in chaos ... and Spider-Man struggles to cope with his own crippling fears. He can help end the onslaught - but with his capabilities pushed to the brink, is he up to the challenge? With great power comes great responsibility - but Spider-Man's power is nothing compared to the power of fear, and his responsibility is more...

America blamed Speedball for the deaths of six hundred people in Stamford, Connecticut--the event that sparked the super hero Civil War. And while some have forgiven him, he hasn't forgiven himself. But a new crisis has arisen...fear is spreading throughout the populace...and, while doing charity work in disguise, Robbie Baldwin's true identity is exposed to the people of Stamford. With the world falling apart around him, can Speedball rally the population...

Collects Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #1-3 & Fear Itself: The Deep #1-4. As Fear Itself hits the Marvel Universe, an extreme faction of the mutant hate group, The Purifiers, believes that the end of the world has come, that the devil is here for humanity and it is up to them to "save" as many human souls as they can before he strikes. Can X-Force stop their drive for worldwide suicide? And what, exactly, is a mutant kill crew afraid of? Plus, Namor...