Black Panther is wearing his Man Without Fear costume, with the para-militaristic feel. I miss the classic, sleek looking Black Panther costume. Having no vibranium doesn't necessarily mean he can't do that anymore, right?
It's very interesting to note that Hawkeye gets a new costume. It's quite obvious that 616 Clint's new look was heavily influenced by the Avengers movie costume, which in turn was heavily influenced by the Ultimate Hawkeye look. I get that his old costume was a bit too flamboyant and unrealistic but this new one just doesn't sit well with me. Couldn't they have updated his look a little? I always thought the updated costume post-Dark Reign was cool enough.
For those who are suffering event-fatigue (the feeling of getting tired of universe-wide crossovers that come one after another), solicits are hard pills to swallow. What sucks with Marvel is that for every large crossover event, there are always fallout events. After Fear Itself, we will be getting Shattered Heroes.
This serves as a teaser and spoiler for Fear Itself. Of course the heroes will win, and doing so will cost them dearly so the cryptic quote from Tom Brevoort doesn't really mean much. Personally, I would like to see Tony fight off alcoholism once again.