MINOR THREATS LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 1

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Minor Threats volumes 1 and 2 witnesses the rise and fall of Twilight
City's first costumed criminal queenpin Playtime a.k.a. Frankie Follis. A
second-generation supervillain, Frankie is looking for a fresh start and to
escape the life of crime that was thrust upon her since childhood. But
when The Stickman, Twilight's A-list villain, kills the sidekick to its a-list
hero, The Insomniac, all hell breaks loose. No one feels it more than the
blue-collar D-list hoods who are being rounded up by the Insomniac's
superhero teammates on The Continuum, turning the city into a police
state. Frankie decides to seemingly put on the mask one last time,
assembling a team of fellow bottomfeeders as they venture out on the
most dangerous night of the year to collect the bounty on the Stickman's
head and bring him down themselves.
After upending the status quo between heroes and villains, Frankie
decides to embrace her super criminal past and ascend the ranks as she
builds her empire. But heavy is the head that wears the crown as new
threats emerge from every corner. Rival villain gangs are instigating a turf
war while Frankie's consigliere/lover Scalpel is pressuring her to
legitimize her growing business. The Action, a sociopathic group of
superhero sidekicks have come to Twilight, looking to uncover secrets
that could unravel the very nature of Frankie's power. Can Frankie hold
on? Or will the former D-lister turned crime boss lose it all? Find out in
the collected first two volumes of the supervillain crime noir saga that
launched an entire comic book universe...