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{{quote| "And he who shall be worthy shall wield the power of Skadi."}}

 

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== ''Fear Itself'' provides examples of: ==

** Fully justified in that Matt Fraction's original proposal was for a self-contained crossover between Thor and Captain America. Only afterwards was it decided that Fear Itself would be a [[Crisis Crossover]].

** an Issue of Journey into Mystery was an all Mephisto Issue. Also counts as an [[Villain Episode]].

** {{spoiler|That deal with Surtur? Loki agreed to work to bring into Asgard to feed on it's core to escape his imprisonment. He got out of it by bringing him into the Serpent's Dark Asgard, but due to everything now Surtur is still free.}}

* [[Artifact of Doom]], [[Evil Weapon]]: The Hammer of Skadi, natch, along with all the other Hammers of the Worthy.

* [[Big Bad]]: The Serpent.

* [[Breakout Character]]: '''Kid Loki'''. Critics and fans are praising ''Journey into Mystery'' as Marvel's best book in a long time and Kid Loki as a fresh take on the character that is still true to who he is. A good thing too, since the current JIM writer said Loki's main arc is planned at 30-40 issues and with the publicity it probably won't be cut.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The first issue of Hulk Vs Dracula is Hulk/Nul beating the crap out of vampires.

** Really, all three issues of Hulk Vs Dracula is a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].

* [[Denouement Episode]]: Fear Itself 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: One Marvel writer (Doug Zawisza) claims that The Serpent ""following Norse mythology, would be Jörmungand" apparently forgetting that Jormungand has already appeared in the comics for years as the Midgard Serpent who is not a god, but a force of Ragnarok. This is especially confusing since The Serpent was revealed to be {{spoiler|Odin's brother}} and therefore most are assuming that it is just a case of [[Lying Creator]] ir at least not-paying-attention creator.

* [[The Dreaded]]: The Serpent once again; while much about this elusive deity remains uncertain, the fact remains that he has Odin scared ''shitless'' of him, to the point where the Allfather is willing to ''raze the entire planet Earth'' just to destroy the Serpent.

** In fact, the only person in the MU not seemingly in on the mass panic attack is Loki, who is a kid at the moment (and actually has a plan...whatever it is).

* [[Dual Boss]]: Thor is confronted with Nul and Angir, the two strongest of the Worthy, at the same time.

* [[Evil Makeover]]: Those who become The Worthy.

*** She tries it again in Hulks vs Dracula #3, {{spoiler|This time it works and Hulk breaks free from the hammers control and destroys it.}}

**** Of course, {{spoiler|that wasn't actually Betty/Red She-Hulk, but a vampire mesmerizing Hulk so that he saw her as Betty.}}

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: More like Spoiler-given-mid-event. In their promos for November's "Shattered Heroes" Marvel unveiled the replacement for {{spoiler|Thor}} as well as a cover that seems to show the original dead. The bets on how long that'll last are short and ''really'' short.

** This is happening a lot. It seems the [[Executive Meddling|Execs at Marvel couldn't wait to tell us all about the next line, to the point of spoiling the current one.]]

* [[Mind Rape]]: Inverted: Veil tries to neutralize Skirn by possessing her like her [[Future Me Scares Me|future self]] had done to Korvac before, but it's ''Veil'' who gets mindraped with the horrors within Skirn's mind.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The seven other members of the Worthy, both for their actual names and for their titles. See [[The Red Baron]] for more information.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] When Hulk broke free from his hammers control, he destroyed his hammer....Which released Nul, who now doesn't need a host.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: The whole point of the Hulk vs Dracula mini is to have Hulk not cross into [[Moral Dissonance]] by having the his near unstoppable evil side rampage on [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|a nation of vampires instead of normal people]] rather during the second half of the event.

** and Angir, Breaker of Souls ([[Fantastic Four|Thing]]).

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|[[Bucky]] [[Captain America|Cap]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sequel Hook]]: }} {{spoiler|One shows up at the end when it is revealed that Nul somehow separated from Hulk and Bruce Banner, and is poised to be at the heart of the first story arc of Matt Fraction's new run on [[The Defenders]].}}

* [[Shoot the Hostage]]: {{spoiler|Hardball in order to get Juggernaut out of Las Vegas tries to blow him away with his powers. Juggernaut comes across some homeless people that didn't evacuate with most of the rest of the city to the designated areas. His team gets most out while holding Juggernaut back, but one group refuses to leave even with Hardball's team unsuccessfully battling Juggernaut right in front of them. So Hardball orders a evacuation of his team and uses his powers to blow Juggernaut out of the city limits, injuring himself but apparently killing those that didn't evacuate when his team tried to get them out. }}

** {{spoiler|Turns out to be the key. Loki's deals, machinations and secret infiltration into the Serpent's strong hold, allowed him to gain access to a type 3 [[Reality Writing Book]]. And give the Serpent just enough of a weakness that Thor could "win". }}

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Gravity and Hardball both get to say one of these {{spoiler|[[Headbutting Heroes|To each other]].}}

* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: We have yet to be told what Loki's plan for defeating the Serpent is (outside of the fact that he seems to be ''the only person'' with a plan at all and that it's a brains-over-brawn plan). Since we have no clue, it is therefore likely to succeed, according to this trope. And the fact that Loki is a reincarnated [[Magnificent Bastard]].