With Brain Tease out of the picture, the sadistic teen heroes, The Action, have set their sights on Frankie as they tear through Redport to uncover the truth about The Insomniac's death. Meanwhile Frankie's recent reckless behavior begins to jeopardize her criminal empire, putting her in direct conflict with her partner Scalpel. It's Minor Threat vs Minor Threat in a brutal rooftop battle for the ages. All that and "justice for Snakestalker" as the second arc of the Minor Threats saga continues...
This comic really has all the ingredients for a fantastic new world of chaos. Fractured childhoods, teen superheroes who you truly hope fail miserably, revenge, humor, action, and a sock monkey used as a weapon. If you haven't dove into the world of Minor Threats yet, there is no time like the present. Read Full Review
Oswalt and Blum do such an incredible job of balancing all they're working with in Minor Threats. It's a high wire act that they consistently nail here. Read Full Review
Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2 explores just what a superhero is willing to do for justice, or what a supervillain is willing to do for power, balancing character study with dark humor. It's what makes this book stand out from the pack, and keeps this writer coming back issue after issue. Read Full Review
Plot
The new team of young heroes The Action want to prove themselves and find out who murdered The Insomniac, their search began with the attack on Brain Tease, then this unstable team made up of Bite Boy, Wart, Varsity, Dragona, Ms Moment and Undertow come across each other. With The Stickman, who has a clue as to who the killer was, he had a relationship with Snaketalker, who disappeared the same night Insomniac died.
This clue makes everyone head to Frankie, because they know she's involved.
Frankie/Playtime fears that the truth will come to light because her empire and the truce between criminals would be broken, so she is going to head directly into a trap by The Action, but her partner Scalpel tries to stop more
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