Minor Threats already seems to have a few famous fans, with Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi, Baby Driver director Edgar Wright and The 40-Year-Old Virgin director Judd Apatow all singing the book's praises.

Minor Threats #1 variant cover by Mike Mignola. Everyday crooks in a fantastical world trying to get theirs.” 'An underdog story of inept costumed criminals in over their heads, trying to survive an unforgiving city filled with caped gods, fallen kaiju, and traffic causing time vortexes. “This is our love letter to superhero comics and crime fiction,' added Blum. I can’t wait to see you guys experience it.” There is fun and danger and violence and sadness just like in real life, but with way brighter colors. “Every comic book fan dreams of creating their own universe,” said Oswalt in Dark Horse's press release. As much as anything else, the series is about what happens when an idyllic, Silver Age-style superhero universe is dragged kicking and screaming into the twisted modern age. While Minor Threats features the off-kilter sense of humor fans would expect from this creative team, it's also shaping up to be an unexpectedly dark superhero series. With the super-team known as The Continuum cracking down on crime like never before, retired villain Playtime decides to assemble a team and hunt down Stickman herself. That's bad news for the blue-collar villains of the city who just want to rob a bank without attracting the attention of every costumed hero within hundreds of miles. In this world, a villain named Stickman has just murdered Kid Dusk, the teen sidekick to the Batman-esque hero Insomniac. Minor Threats should appeal to fans of Marvel's Superior Foes of Spider-Man, as it's also a series about the exploits of small-time super-criminals set against the backdrop of larger hero vs. Marvel) and letterer Nate Piekos (The X-Cellent). The Minor Threats creative team also includes artist Scott Hepburn (Deadpool), colorist Ian Herring (Ms.

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