Fearless Volume 1

by Mark Sable, David Roth, P.J. Holden

From the creator of Graveyard of Empires and Grounded comes the story of a literal man without fear. The vigilante known as Fear is a bold, even reckless superhero. He's also a man paralyzed by a crippling anxiety disorder who needs an anti-fear drug to fight his war on crime. Hell, he needs it just to get out of bed every day! So what happens when his drug supply runs out?

Genres: Comics

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 2012

About the author

Mark Sable is a writer for stage, screen, television and comics.

He is most noted as the writer/creator of the comics GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES, GROUNDED, FEARLESS and HAZED for Image Comics and UNTHINKABLE for Boom! Studios.

Mark has worked on WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN: DARK REIGN for Marvel Comic and SUPERGIRL, TEEN TITANS: COLD CASE, TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT: CYBORG and TWO-FACE: YEAR ONE for DC Comics. He has contributed to Image's COMIC BOOK TATTOO, POPGUN and 24/7 anthologies.

He is also the only person ever to work for both Charlie Rose and Howard Stern.

Mark's most recent works include GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES for Image Comics and RIFT RAIDERS, the launch book for Kickstart Comics.

Both UNTHINKABLE and HAZED were optioned as feature films.

Upcoming books include DECOY and BLUE SKY for Kickstart.

Reviews

[P Fosten · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really enjoyable tale about an urban vigilante (kind of Batman meets low tech Iron man) who only has the guts to do what he does because he takes an extremely powerful anti-anxiety drug that gives him uber-courage/recklessness. But what if if the villain was on that too...?

The story goes in a variety of interesting directions, showing the mirroring between hero and villain, questioning whether the hero's exploits are truly his own and how far we'd all go to be 'Fearless'!

The art is cartoony in the style of Michael Avon Oeming but even so that doesn't hide the fact that this a dark tale indeed.

Recommended

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

What if the super hero who kept our city safe was really a coward. The armor powered "hero" Fear is able to perform his acts of city saving because he takes a drug that relieves his crippling anxiety disorder. Someone finds out who supplies him with the drug, and that removes his access to it. The nature of heroism isn't centered so much on the "hero" being a drug addict, but because of his reckless action when he takes the drug.

[Dean · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't really enjoy this one. Premise was promising, but the execution not so much. I found the writing a tad too simplistic, kept waiting for a plot twist that never came, and the art, though coloured nice and moody, was a touch cartoony. I never warmed to any of the characters, and so never felt engaged enough to care. It was a quick read from cover to cover.
Not terrible, and the main character certainly has promise, but the execution needs to be better next time round.