Fear Agent
| Fear Agent | |
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Cover of Fear Agent 4 (May 2006). Art by Tony Moore.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Dark Horse Comics Image Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | October 2005 – November 2011 |
| No. of issues | 32 (of 32) |
| Main character(s) | Heath Huston |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Rick Remender |
| Artist(s) |
Tony Moore (#1-4, 12-15, 22-27) Jerome Opena (#4-10, 17-19, 21) Francesco Francavilla (#11) Eric Nguyen (#16) Kieron Dwyer (#20-21) |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1: Re-Ignition | ISBN |
Fear Agent is a science fiction comic book series by Rick Remender with art by Tony Moore and Jerome Opena, who alternate on story arcs. The series is published by Dark Horse Comics and previously by Image Comics.
The series stars the rugged alcoholic Texas spaceman Heathrow Huston, the supposed last Fear Agent, in a series of fast-paced adventures. The series is notable for its emphasis on action, adventure, horror, and plot twists rather than realism or scientific detail; Remender claims in the first issue that "science fiction has lost its stones" and that Fear Agent is his attempt to fight that trend. Many incidents in the early issues are unexplained until many issues later to reinforce this.
The series launched in October 2005, published by Image Comics. It ran for 11 issues. In September 2006, Dark Horse Comics announced that Fear Agent would be moving to Dark Horse. The company reprinted the first trade paperback collection (originally published by Image), released on April 28, 2007. The second volume followed on May 30, 2007.
On June 13, 2007, Dark Horse began Fear Agent: The Last Goodbye, a four-part mini-series telling of the alien invasion and creation of the Fear Agents by way of flashback after issue 10's events.
After completion of The Last Goodbye and a one-shot "Tales of the Fear Agent: Twelve Steps in One," Dark Horse resumed chronological numbering for the series with number 17, making "The Last Goodbye" issues 12-15 and the one-shot #16.
The series went on a hiatus with issue #27 (cover dated June 2009), following Remender signing an exclusive deal with Marvel, but restarted in July 2010 for the last five-issue storyline "Out of Step".
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