Tales of the Fear Agent

Fear Agent

by Rick Remender (Writer), Eric Nguyen (Illustrations), Francesco Francavilla (Illustrator)

Down on his luck and drunk as a skunk, Heath Huston, alien exterminator, stumbles upon a corrupt and immoral alien race using religion as a justification to drain a sun of the energies that sustain it. This race of scumbags always finds a rationale to put economic bottom lines before the cost to life and the environment. With no love for money-grubbing, heartless manipulators, Huston hires himself to stop the twisted operation in hopes of saving the lives of billions of creatures . . . and maybe for a bit of personal satisfaction.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Action

136 pages, Paperback

First published May 14, 2008

About the author

Rick Remender is an American comic book writer and artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. He is the writer/co-creator of many independent comic books like Black Science, Deadly Class, LOW, Fear Agent and Seven to Eternity. Previously, he wrote The Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, Captain America and Uncanny Avengers for Marvel Comics.

Reviews

[Jan Philipzig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Collecting Fear Agent short stories by various writers and artists, this book is primarily targeted at fans of the regular series who should enjoy at least some of the fresh takes on familiar characters and plot elements. Freed from continuity constraints, the tone tends to be playful, and even the most pointless stories at least look pretty thanks to generally elaborate artwork. 2.5 stars.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Fear Agent anthology book featuring out of continuity stories by various creators. As with most anthologies, the stories here are hit and miss. These are also split across the 2 library editions of Fear Agent. If you like the series enough to want to read this, you should probably look into just picking up the library editions.

[ELION1738 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably closer to a 3.5. I’m a sucker for an anthology series.

[Artemy · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you take these for what they are: an out-of-continuity backup stories about Heath Huston alien hunter years, they are pretty fun. Of course, many different writers and many different artists inevitably prompt the varying quality, but for me, these stories were included in the back matter of two massive library edition hardcovers, and I can't complain that they were included. I enjoyed reading more stories about Heath, even if they were not all great. As a separate trade, though, I would advise purchasing this only if you really love Fear Agent and/or want to collect the whole story. But I would recommend in that case to just get the library editions, they are worth it anyway.

[Bill Coffin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume answers an interesting question: What if Fear Agent was just a series of detached episodes about Heath Huston before he gets involved in a plot to save the entire universe? Turns out,it loses its luster pretty fast, in part because of the uneveness of the writing and art, and in part because knowing where his story goes, these stories have no stakes to them. Huston is not an interesting enough character, and his universe is not an interesting enough setting, to hold our attention just for the sake of itself.

[Ganesh Sreeramulu · Rating 2 out of 5]

So the Fear Agent series was pretty good. But what if you have read them all and want to get out of the addiction. I guess that's when you read "Tales of the Fear Agent". I succeeds in weaning you away from the high paced, swashbuckling action of the "Fear Agent" series

The "Tales of the Fear Agent" does this by being sub-par. But I guess you can't expect more from an assorted set of random stories.

Reserve this for the fans.

[Emma Alice Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Sci-Fi Adventures WIth A Modern Twist

This was my first encounter with Fear Agent. It won't be my last. I love the format of this book though. The bite-size length is perfect for some of these retro sci-fi adventures. Although I did like the longer story that concludes the book the best. If the book has a flaw, it's the old "It was just a dream/alcohol-induced hallucination" trick. Man, I hate that.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Erzählt werden die Abenteuer von Heath Huston, der dauerbetrunken durch das All fliegt und die Welt, vor allem aber sich selbst, vor Monstern retten muss. Die Artwork in diesem Sammelband ist sehr unterschiedlich, da jedes der zehn Abenteuer von einem anderen Team gestaltet wurde. Die Stories sind größtenteils sehr kurz und oft skurril. Mich hat der Band weder emotional noch optisch angesprochen.

[Matt Sabonis · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are more fun stories of the Fear Agent; it's too bad that almost none of them carry the emotional resonance that the main story carries. Still fun, though, and the artists chosen are, as always, stellar.

[Alexander Morfesis · Rating 5 out of 5]

My new hero.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Anexo de Fear Agent.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muchos altibajos. Queda mejor en dosis cortas complementando la serie principal que leídos así en montoncito.