"Fear Itself" is a 2011 crossover comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a seven-issue, eponymous miniseries written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Stuart Immonen, Wade Vo
Promotional image by Stuart Immonen
Joe Quesada, Axel Alonso and Tom Brevoort announcing the storyline at Midtown Comics Times Square, December 21, 2010
Brandon Montclare, Michael Kaluta and Ryan Bodenheim at a June 8, 2011 Midtown Comics signing for Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #1
The Serpent, Skadi and the seven characters turned into the Worthy. From Fear Itself #4 (September 2011). Art by Stuart Immonen.
Absorbing Man is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and writer-artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Journey into Mystery
Fear Itself (comics)
…City superhuman prison known as the Raft, from which a number of imprisoned superhumans escape. In the tie-in books, Grey Gargoyle, the Thing, and the Absorbing Man find the other hammers, and are transformed into the remaining three Worthy: Mokk: Breaker of Faith; Angrir: Breaker of Souls; and Greithoth: Breaker…
Absorbing Man as depicted in Thor #376 (February 1987). Art by Walt Simonson.