Fear Agent

Fear Agent
Cover of Fear Agent 4 (May 2006), art by Tony Moore
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
Image Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateOctober 2005 – November 2011
No. of issues32 (of 32)
Main character(s)Heath Huston
Creative team
Written byRick 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-IgnitionISBN 1-59307-764-5

Fear Agent is an American science fiction comic book series written by Rick Remender with art by Tony Moore and Jerome Opena, who alternated on story arcs. The series was published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2018 and by Image Comics from 2005–2006 and currently from 2018.

The series stars the rugged alcoholic Texas spaceman Heathrow Huston, the supposed last Fear Agent, in a series of fast-paced adventures. The series emphasizes 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 was his attempt to fight that trend. Numerous incidents that occur early in the series are left unexplained for a large period of the story in order to reinforce this.