Threshold #2 – Review

By: Keith Giffen (Writer), Tom Raney, Scott Kolins (Artists), Andrew Dalhouse, John Kalisz (Colorists)

The Story: Stealth shows what she can do, Jediah talks about potential alliances, Captain K’rot and Blue Beetle are introduced, while ‘’The Hunted’’ show goes on. In the Larfleeze back up, the greedy ring-slinger tries to hire people to retrieve his stuff.

The Review: Well, Keith Giffen has my interest here. With the way the whole thing started (the first issue, not the abysmal New Guardians annual), it seemed like he had a good hold on things, with a solid story and characters that could become quite interesting in their own rights. I, however, had no idea that this title could go farther in its own setting and theme. Even though the characters are central, there are quite a lot of other things that are developed and further explained here.

One of them would be ‘’The Hunted’’, the game that is shown on Tolerance, which is also the name of the opening arc of this title. In this issue, we see the political fallouts of such a show, how the head announcer feels all about it and how Lady Styx is seen by the important people on the planet. It shows how the game is explained to children with the hilarious first page of the comic and it shows just how other people might feel being introduced to such a violent game, courtesy of the introduction of Blue Beetle to the game. There is a lot of information about the society and its political nature introduced here, most of it being very interesting and well thought-out.