Patton Oswalt Sets Second Volume Of ‘Minor Threats’ Comic For Dark Horse
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Patton Oswalt is forging a second volume of his Minor Threats comic for Dark Horse. With Jordan Blum and Scott Hepburn, the hit superhero saga’s Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down Vol.
2 will be issued in April 2024. Comic’s logline reads: “Frankie Follis, AKA the costumed criminal Playtime, has won. Twilight City’s greatest hero, The Insomniac, and its greatest villain, The Stickman, are dead, allowing Frankie to unify the super crook underworld and assert herself as the Queenpin of Redport.
But Frankie is feeling the pressure from every side. Rival gangs are challenging her authority, Scalpel, her consigliere, is pushing her to legitimize her empire, and the act of murdering The Insomniac has broken something deep inside her.
Frankie is about to learn the hard way… heavy is the head that wears the supervillain crown.” The Sin City-esque graphic novel comes after the first volume from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D star and stand-up comic Oswalt was praised by the likes of Judd Apatow and Edgar Wright. “We’re thrilled to get the chance to return to Twilight City and continue Frankie’s story,” said Blum. “It’s important to us that every chapter has its own unique crime-fiction flavor.
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