So, I've long admitted I'm a Marvel guy. I read comics as a kid and although I picked up DC titles when I saw something I thought was cool, I always felt Marvel was a more inviting atmosphere for me as a fan. 
 But I dropped comics in the late eighties when Marvel lost their way going crossover crazy. The only comic book store in town closed down and I was forced to go back to buying comics at the rack at the gas station. That sucked because if I wanted to follow a particular story, I couldn't get X-Men, X-Factor, New Mutants, X-Force, Power Pack, Alpha Flight and whatever other title was required to complete the storyline. It was really a stupid move they made back then. Totally drove me away. 
 I'm told the nineties was a dark time from a lot of my beloved comics from my youth. 
 But, whatever happened, I'm glad Graphic Novels are popular now, as they can collect a story AND you can pick up the side story things too as stand alone stuff. I totally did that when the Fear Itself books showed up for cheap. Books-a-Million has a bunch of these there for $5-$8 and have really been enjoying them. 
 As for this one, it's the main story, and this is about Thor's uncle coming to earth in order to destroy Odin, as his godling power is that he gets stronger when people fear him. So he sent out magic hammers and when the right people touched them, they became possessed by evil godthings and then went about smashing stuff. 
 Pretty cool, and most of the possessed people went off and fought other heroes while Thor and a few of Marvel's more popular heroes faced off against the big bad. 
 So I have a bunch more to read. Yay me. 
 Anyhoo - I liked this. Had a bit of a shocker of an ending, and I didn't realize what a dick Odin is. I mean, that guy is as bad as the evil guy they're fighting... of course, they're brothers, so I guess that makes sense. 
 Anyway, I'd recommend it if you can get it on sale.