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Dark Horse announces Minor Threats: The Cleaner

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Gerry Duggan, Mark Torres, Patton Oswalt, and Jordan Blum return to the world of Minor Threats with Minor Threats: The Cleaner! This pulse-pounding four-issue noir series will be written by Duggan, Oswalt, and Blum, illustrated, colored, and designed by Torres, and lettered by Nate Piekos. Issue #1 will feature cover art by Scott Hepburn, Torres, Subversive Girl, Declan Shalvey, and Jae Lee. The Cleaner originally appeared in the anthology, From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight, but this new series is perfect both for readers familiar with Minor Threats and those who are new to the universe.

Twilight City is a hard place to live—and an easier place to die. But some bodies never make the headlines. When the capes make a mess too big to bury, they call one number: THE CLEANER.

By day, David O’Halloran is a struggling small-business owner. By night, he’s the spandex world’s last call for cleanup—disposing of the un-disposable with precision, secrecy, and a price. But when his path crosses with the deadly and dazzling Diamond Dahlia, everything changes. She has a secret past with the legendary vigilante The Insomniac, and it’s about to erupt onto the blood-slicked streets.

Minor Threats: The Cleaner #1 (of 4) will be available in comic shops on November 11, 2026. It is now available for preorder from your local comic shop for $4.99.

IDW Games and Hutch! Plan Global Release

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Torres, the Spiel des Jahres award-winning game, is coming back to North America. IDW Games has partnered with Huch! to bring the tower-building abstract game all the way across the ocean to your tabletop.

Torres tells the compelling tale of a city in need of hope. Following a massive destruction, the King has entrusted his successors to rebuild the city, one castle at a time, to reclaim its prior majesty. That’s where you must act, as a prince in control of 6 knights, stacking castle pieces on top of one another to rebuild the city. Where you place your knights influences how many victory points you earn for the turn.

Torres presents beautifully on the table. With fully updated art and pieces, Torres comes with over 90 sculpted plastic castle pieces that stack on top of one another, 28 beautiful knight figures, 1 King figure, cards, and more. In terms of gameplay, it has the cut and crunch of a Eurogame, with the beauty and elegance of an abstract.

As thematic as it is strategic, this game will force you to make careful moves with your trusted knights, build towers to not only help you score in the short-term, but to set yourself up for your next consecutive turns. Torres provides players with the opportunity to strategize and think ahead for massive long-term pay-offs.

Reclaim the glory of this Spiel des Jahres winner. The cost to build this castle is $49.99. Releasing in August 2017.