The first of the five-issue story arc arrives October 2025
Grab your freeze guns and power gauntlets because Frankie Follis returns this October in Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive! This five-issue story will be written by Patton Oswalt (DC Horror Presents, Black Hammer: Visions) and Jordan Blum (Edge of Spider-Verse, DC Horror Presents), illustrated by Scott Hepburn (M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games), colored by Ian Herring (Welcome to the Maynard, Masterpiece), and lettered by Nate Piekos (Black Hammer: Spiral City, The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion). The first issue arrives October 1, 2025 and will feature cover art by Hepburn, Jill Thompson, and David Aja.
About Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive:
Frankie Follis a.k.a the supervillain Playtime has hit rock bottom. Her criminal empire was left in ruins after her ex-lover, Scalpel’s, betrayal. The secret deal she cut with the superhero team The Continuum was exposed along with her secret identity—forcing
Frankie to flee and disappear off the grid. Three years later, she’s resurfaced, recruiting friend and foe alike to help her uncover a secret that threatens Twilight City.
“Frankie Follis’ rags-to-riches-to-ruin-to-vengeance saga comes to its explosive, jaw-dropping conclusion and we can’t wait to see how you react to it,” said Oswalt. “It’s a DOOZY.”
“This series feels like the culmination of everything we’ve been building since the first Minor Threats, as well as all subsequent sequels and spin-offs,” added Blum. “Frankie has had a rise and fall in the super-crime underworld of Twilight City but her luck may have finally run out. Somehow this is the biggest story we’ve ever told while also being a back-to-basics. It’s Frankie underground, assembling a group of new and old c-list villains to pull off an impossible mission. The Minor Threats work best as underdogs and this is them with their backs against the wall. Not only will Frankie have to come to terms with her supervillain career, she’ll also have to face all her broken relationships with Maggie, Scalpel, Pigeon Pete, the Searcher and more. This is the end of the road for a lot of our costumed crooks – so put on your domino masks and suit up for one last job. It’s gonna get bloody!”
Join the underground with Frankie Follis and grab Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive #1 (of 5) on October 1, 2025. Issue #1 is now available to pre-order from your local comic shop for $4.99.
Catch up on all things Minor Threats with Minor Threats Volume 1: A Quick End to a Long Beginning and Minor Threats, Volume 2: The Fastest Way Down and with the complementary series exploring other characters around Twilight City, including, From the World of Minor Threats: The Alternates, From the World of Minor Threats: Barfly, and From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood.
Praise for Minor Threats:
“Minor Threats is exactly what one would expect from Patton Oswalt—it’s intelligent, funny, and twisted. I’m also worried about him.”—Judd Apatow
“I was hooked from the first page! Minor Threats is delicious, villainous dark pop that churns up the world of the marginalized and serves up a decadent and dangerous feast, all presented in glorious, bombastic visual eye-fuckery that has re-ignited my love of comics. At last, something cool in a world where nothing is cool.”—Taika Waititi
“Minor Threats is a hardcore blast from the bad brain of Patton Oswalt. I love the full-on collision of his grimy, superhero underworld; with eye-poppingly gorgeous splash pages of art by Scott Hepburn. A naughty peek under the cape that you’ll devour like contraband.”—Edgar Wright
“Smart, sharp world building about someone looking to be better than they are, better than where they’re from, better than who they were supposed to be. All rendered beautifully by Scott and Ian doing some of their finest work. Oh, and the supervillains? More celebration than deconstruction. I can’t wait to see what’s next for Frankie.”—Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black, Batman: Gates of Gotham)
“A giddy romp through the filthy back alleys of superhero town. Patton and Jordan lovingly subvert the capes genre.”—Rick Remender (The Sacrificers, Deadly Class)
“Minor Threats is, top to bottom, first-class comic-book world-building madness of the highest order.”—Brian Michael Bendis (Powers, Ultimate Spider-Man)
“If you’re looking for a new comic world to explore filled with comedy, crime, generational trauma, and insanely unique superpowers, all drawn with gorgeously detailed art…then this is the comic for you!”—Nerd Initiative on Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down
“Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #1 expands upon one of the most interesting superhero books on the stands, and it isn’t afraid to shake things up.”—AIPT Comics