Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1

Dates

Cover date

May 2011

On sale

March 16, 2011

Pages

44

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 75960607574400111

  Source ↗
• 2nd printing

  Second Printing Variant

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  Barcode 75960607574400131

  This edition’s page
• Variant Edition

  Barcode 75960607574400121

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Fear Itself

This is part 1 of 127. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1
2. Fear Itself #1
3. Fear Itself: The Home Front #1
4. Journey into Mystery #622
5. Invincible Iron Man #503
6. Fear Itself #2
7. Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1
8. Fear Itself: The Home Front #2
9. Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #1
10. Journey into Mystery #623
11. Avengers #13
12. Herc #3
13. Invincible Iron Man #504
14. Iron Man 2.0 #5
15. Secret Avengers #13
16. Fear Itself #3
17. Fear Itself: The Deep #1
18. Herc #4
19. Fear Itself: Deadpool #1
20. Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #1
21. Fear Itself: Spider-Man #2
22. Journey into Mystery #624
23. Alpha Flight #1
24. Avengers #14
25. Avengers Academy #15
26. Fear Itself: The Home Front #3
27. Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #2
28. Invincible Iron Man #505
29. Iron Man 2.0 #6
30. Secret Avengers #14
31. Fear Itself: Black Widow #1
32. Fear Itself #4
33. Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #1
34. Fear Itself: Wolverine #1
35. Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #3
36. Heroes for Hire #9
37. The Uncanny X-Men #540
38. Alpha Flight #2
39. Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #521
40. Fear Itself: Spider-Man #3
41. Ghost Rider #1
42. Journey into Mystery #625
43. New Avengers #14
44. Avengers #15
45. Avengers Academy #16
46. Fear Itself: Deadpool #2
47. Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #2
48. Fear Itself: FF #1
49. Fear Itself: The Home Front #4
50. Herc #5
51. Invincible Iron Man #506
52. Iron Man 2.0 #7
53. The Uncanny X-Men #541
54. Fear Itself: The Deep #2
55. Fear Itself: The Worthy #1
56. Secret Avengers #15
57. Hulk #37
58. Thunderbolts #160
59. Avengers Academy #17
60. Fear Itself: Wolverine #2
61. Herc #6
62. Heroes for Hire #10
63. Alpha Flight #3
64. Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #522
65. Fear Itself #5
66. Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #2
67. Ghost Rider #2
68. New Avengers #15
69. New Mutants #29
70. Avengers #16
71. Avengers Academy #18
72. Fear Itself: Deadpool #3
73. Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #3
74. Fear Itself: The Home Front #5
75. Invincible Iron Man #507
76. Journey into Mystery #626
77. The Uncanny X-Men #542
78. Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #4
79. New Mutants #30
80. Fear Itself: The Deep #3
81. Fear Itself: Wolverine #3
82. Heroes for Hire #11
83. Alpha Flight #4
84. Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #523
85. Fear Itself #6
86. Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula #1
87. Ghost Rider #3
88. Journey into Mystery #627
89. New Avengers #16
90. Avengers #17
91. Fear Itself: Fearsome Four #4
92. Fear Itself: The Home Front #6
93. Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #3
94. Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #5
95. Invincible Iron Man #508
96. The Uncanny X-Men #543
97. Avengers Academy #19
98. Fear Itself: The Deep #4
99. Journey into Mystery #628
100. New Mutants #31
101. Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula #2
102. Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula #3
103. Ghost Rider #4
104. Fear Itself #7
105. Fear Itself: The Fearless #1
106. Fear Itself: The Home Front #7
107. Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt #6
108. Invincible Iron Man #509
109. Journey into Mystery #629
110. Avengers Academy #20
111. Journey into Mystery #630
112. New Mutants #32
113. The Mighty Thor #7
114. Fear Itself: Captain America #7.1
115. Fear Itself: The Fearless #2
116. Fear Itself: Thor #7.2
117. Fear Itself: Iron Man #7.3
118. Fear Itself: The Fearless #3
119. Fear Itself: The Fearless #4
120. Fear Itself: The Fearless #5
121. Fear Itself: The Fearless #6
122. Fear Itself: The Fearless #7
123. Fear Itself: The Fearless #8
124. Fear Itself: The Fearless #9
125. Fear Itself: The Fearless #10
126. Fear Itself: The Fearless #11
127. Fear Itself: The Fearless #12

Creators

Stories

• Book of the Skull · 28 pages

  In the Egyptian desert, Zemo helps Sin find her father's hidden base containing a book of spells. She relates how the Skull used magic in February 1942 to bring a powerful object to Earth.

Publisher’s description

All the Red Skull's terrible secrets and plans are in the hands of his evil daughter, Sin, who's intent on outdoing her father... Now find out about the Skull's most dangerous World War II mission, that he risked everything for...and how it's going to tear the Marvel Universe apart today. Fear Itself starts here...in the darkest secrets of the past!

Reprinted in

Fear Itself (2012), Captain America: Return of Winter Soldier Omnibus (2015)