Threshold #4 – Review

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

The Story: Jediah Caul and other players are moving toward the prized green lantern battery that belonged to him as a huge new player enters the story. On Larfleeze side, we get some more craziness with his simulacrum as we get to know who is behind this entire thievery.

The Review: With last month’s issue, I have to admit I had my doubts. While there were some new players introduced and some neat concepts being shown to us, it seemed like close to nothing was explained or moving in meaningful and interesting ways in the series so far after three issues. Having high hopes for this series, it seemed like my thirst for the cosmic excellence of Keith Giffen was never to be satiated with this latest effort on his part.

With this latest input in the more cosmic aspect of the DC universe, it seems like Giffen is going for surprises and further development, getting to a much more satisfying place in the span of an issue. Here, we get a bit more action and a newer mission statement for Caul, the main protagonist, one that is much more different than simply surviving in Tolerance for as long as he could. With the need to retrieve his confiscated lantern battery, we get some more activity from Jediah Caul than reactivity, something that is much more pleasing to read. Of course, there is also a new player in the story that leads to a huge climax that I will not dare reveal*, but it was thoroughly unexpected in the most delightful way, showing that Giffen had access to some of the bigger cosmic players as well.