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From the world of Minor Threats: The Brood is a new coming-of-age story set in the world of Minor Threats by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum.
Article overview
- Dark Horse Comics publishes “From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood,” which is set outside of Twilight City in Meteor Falls.
- Written by Heath Corson, illustrated by INJ Culbard, with covers by Scott Hepburn and John K. Snyder III.
- The story centers on Napoleon Archimedes, a supervillain who chooses a successor from among his three extraordinary children.
- Influenced by “Succession” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” the family dynamics within a supervillain dynasty are explored.
Dark Horse Comics will publish From the world of smaller threats: The Brooda new coming-of-age story in the world of Patton Oswalt And Jordan Blum‘s Minor Threats. This series will also be the first outside of Twilight City and will show a new corner of the world with Meteor Falls. Screenwriter and comic book author Heath Corson from Wildlife And He-Man and the Masters of the Universe will write the story, drawn by INJ Culbard with covers by Scott HepburnINJ Culbard, John K. Snyder lll, Christian Ward and more.
“Napoleon Archimedes is the arch-enemy of The Searcher, and he has fought them for over four decades in the futuristic metropolis of Meteor Falls. But now, faced with his mortality, he is forced to name one of his three extraordinary children as a successor: Athena, Benjamin, and Spookshow. Each of them is brilliant, cunning… and unlucky enough to be the child of the world’s greatest supervillain.
“You see, Napoleon thought he was smart enough to have it all: that he could raise a family AND conquer the world. Then he thought: why not combine the two? Take the children in as partners. Start a dynasty. …None of this went according to plan. Who will rise above the betrayal, failure and dysfunction and take over the family business?
“This unlikely coming-of-age story grapples with the shock and impact of being raised by a once-in-a-generation criminal mind. Think your father is manipulative, cold and demanding? Wait until you meet Napoleon.
“The two biggest influences were Succession and then Wes Anderson’s Royal Tenenbaums, which you can really see in Ian’s art and color palette,” said Corson. “The idea came when I saw the movie and thought: What if this was the continuation of the story of Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor? What if he married Mrs. Teschmacher, had three children and tried to raise them in the family business? So Napoleon’s Brood was always his big idea: Build a dynasty. Eventually you’ll outlive the heroes… AND WIN.”
From the world of smaller threats: The Brood #1 hits stores on December 11, 2024. It can be preordered now at your local comic book store for $4.99.
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