Dive into the Massive-Verse with the Radiant Black & the Massiveverse Comic Bundle, the interconnected comic universe that bridges genres, artistic styles, and even mediums to offer some of the boldest superhero stories out there! This bundle, packed with 15 volumes, will get you up to speed on these essential stories. Start at the beginning with Radiant Black, which follows a down-on-his-luck 30 year old who discovers immense cosmic power… and its attendant perils. You’ll also get Inferno Radiant Red, Radiant Pink, Inferno Girl, and a ton more series collections and one-shots, serving as the perfect vehicle for immersion into this hot new universe. Pay what you want for this killer bundle and help support theBook Industry Charitable Foundation!
Dive into the Massive-Verse with the Radiant Black & the Massiveverse Comic Bundle, the interconnected comic universe that bridges genres, artistic styles, and even mediums to offer some of the boldest superhero stories out there! This bundle, packed with 15 volumes, will get you up to speed on these essential stories. Start at the beginning with Radiant Black, which follows a down-on-his-luck 30 year old who discovers immense cosmic power… and its attendant perils. You’ll also get Inferno Radiant Red, Radiant Pink, Inferno Girl, and a ton more series collections and one-shots, serving as the perfect vehicle for immersion into this hot new universe. Pay what you want for this killer bundle and help support theBook Industry Charitable Foundation!
Dive into the Massive-Verse with the Radiant Black & the Massiveverse Comic Bundle, the interconnected comic universe that bridges genres, artistic styles, and even mediums to offer some of the boldest superhero stories out there! This bundle, packed with 15 volumes, will get you up to speed on these essential stories. Start at the beginning with Radiant Black, which follows a down-on-his-luck 30 year old who discovers immense cosmic power… and its attendant perils. You’ll also get Inferno Radiant Red, Radiant Pink, Inferno Girl, and a ton more series collections and one-shots, serving as the perfect vehicle for immersion into this hot new universe. Pay what you want for this killer bundle and help support theBook Industry Charitable Foundation!
Dive into the Massive-Verse with the Radiant Black & the Massiveverse Comic Bundle, the interconnected comic universe that bridges genres, artistic styles, and even mediums to offer some of the boldest superhero stories out there! This bundle, packed with 15 volumes, will get you up to speed on these essential stories. Start at the beginning with Radiant Black, which follows a down-on-his-luck 30 year old who discovers immense cosmic power… and its attendant perils. You’ll also get Inferno Radiant Red, Radiant Pink, Inferno Girl, and a ton more series collections and one-shots, serving as the perfect vehicle for immersion into this hot new universe. Pay what you want for this killer bundle and help support theBook Industry Charitable Foundation!
Dive into the Massive-Verse with the Radiant Black & the Massiveverse Comic Bundle, the interconnected comic universe that bridges genres, artistic styles, and even mediums to offer some of the boldest superhero stories out there! This bundle, packed with 15 volumes, will get you up to speed on these essential stories. Start at the beginning with Radiant Black, which follows a down-on-his-luck 30 year old who discovers immense cosmic power… and its attendant perils. You’ll also get Inferno Radiant Red, Radiant Pink, Inferno Girl, and a ton more series collections and one-shots, serving as the perfect vehicle for immersion into this hot new universe. Pay what you want for this killer bundle and help support theBook Industry Charitable Foundation!
Known for pushing the envelope with unique twists, easter eggs, and multimedia tie-ins, the Massive-Verse’s Radiant Black, by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Eduardo Ferigato, and Joe Clark, will have fans doing a double-take next month yet again—literally—with the release of two issues: Radiant Black #26 and the Radiant Black #26.5.
One storyline follows Marshall, one storyline puts the spotlight on Nathan, but both issues are a must-buy for readers to get the full experience. There are, after all, two sides to every story.
“Catalyst War” has been two years in the making and an event told across timelines featuring two different art teams telling two different stories each month. Both timelines are integral to the event featuring the choices of Marshall and Nathan and how those choices impact their worlds. By the end, readers will find out who will be Radiant Black going forward.
The “.5” storyline will run through Radiant Black #30 and Radiant Black #30.5 before hitting fans with another jaw-dropping plot twist.
Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 25:
Radiant Black #26 – Lunar Code 0923IM859
Radiant Black #26.5 – Lunar Code 0923IM860
Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 22:
Radiant Black #27 – Lunar Code 0723IM362
Radiant Black #27.5 – Lunar Code 0723IM363
Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 20:
Radiant Black #28 – Lunar Code 0823IM421
Radiant Black #28 Cover B The Walking Dead 20th Anniversary Team Up Variant by Stefano Simeone – Lunar Code 0823IM423
Radiant Black #28.5 – Lunar Code 0823IM422
Radiant Black #28.5 Cover B The Walking Dead 20th Anniversary Team Up Variant by Stefano Simeone – Lunar Code 0823IM424
Image Comics has announced a line of exciting team-up variants in celebration of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead hitting its milestone 20 year anniversary. These variant covers will infect Image Comics titles all through October and feature Image artists’ unique interpretations of the iconic horror series’ characters.
The first nine Walking Dead team-up variants revealed this week feature artwork by such comics superstars as Skottie Young (on I Hate Fairyland #10), Declan Shalvey (on Time Before Time #28), Dean Rankin (on Untold Tales of I Hate Fairyland #4), Andrea Sorrentino (on Tenement #5), Stefano Simeone (on connecting variants for: No/One #7, Radiant Black #28 covers C & D, Rogue Sun #17, and The Dead Lucky #10).
The Walking Dead first launched in 2003 from Image Comics and garnered critical acclaim and an escalating sales track-record before Hollywood picked up the hot IP and the series was adapted from TV by AMC in 2010. It was also in 2010 that Kirkman teamed up with David Alpert to launch the multiplatform entertainment company, Skybound Entertainment, which would expand his—and others’—IP beyond comics into other mediums. The Walking Dead has since gone on to become a pop culture phenomenon inspiring everything from hit video games, novelizations, merchandise, and a multitude of multimedia spin-offs across the walker universe. The series has sold over 45 million copies across multiple formats and has been translated into 21 languages globally.
The following The Walking Dead team-up variants will be available at local comic shops:
A HAUNTED GIRL #1 CVR E by Jeffrey Edwards – on sale Wednesday, October 11 – Lunar Code: 0823IM302
ANTARCTICA #4 CVR C by Giuseppe Cafaro – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM353
CREEPSHOW #2 CVR D by Rafael Albuquerque – on sale Wednesday, October 11 – Lunar Code: 0823IM363
DESTINY GATE #1 CVR C by Giuseppe Cafaro – on sale Wednesday, October 11 – Lunar Code: 0823IM297
EDENWOOD #2 CVR F by Tony S. Daniel – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM374
ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE #3 CVR B by Jacob Phillips – on sale Wednesday, November 22 – Lunar Code: 0823IM376
FIREPOWER #28 CVR C by Andre Bressan & Adriano Lucas – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM379
HACK/SLASH: BACK TO SCHOOL #1 CVR D by Tim Seeley – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM285
HAUNT YOU TO THE END #5 CVR C by Giuseppe Cafaro – on sale Wednesday, October 11 – Lunar Code: 0823IM385
I HATE FAIRYLAND #10 CVR D by Skottie Young – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM390
ICE CREAM MAN #37 CVR C by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM393
KAYA #12 CVR C by Wes Craig – on sale Wednesday, November 22 – Lunar Code: 0823IM401
KILL YOUR DARLINGS #2 CVR E by Bob Quinn – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM406
KLIK KLIK BOOM #5 CVR B by Doug Dabbs – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM410
LOCAL MAN #6 CVR D by Tim Seeley & Tony Fleecs – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM414
NO/ONE #7 CVR D by Stefano Simeone – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0723IM816
PURR EVIL #4 CVR C by Roberto Meli – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM419
RADIANT BLACK #28 CVR C by Stefano Simeone – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM423
RADIANT BLACK #28 CVR D by Stefano Simeone – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM424
ROGUE SUN #17 CVR C by Stefano Simeone – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM427
SACRIFICERS #3 CVR D by James Harren – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM431
SAVAGE DRAGON #269 CVR C by Erik Larsen – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM435
SAVAGE STRENGTH OF STAR STORM #6 CVR C by Drew Craig – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code 0823IM438
SCRAPPER #4 CVR B by Natacha Bustos & Jordie Bellaire – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM450
SOMETHING EPIC #6 CVR E by Szymon Kudranski – on sale Wednesday, October 11 – Lunar Code: 0823IM455
SWAN SONGS #4 CVR D by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM462
TALES OF SYZPENSE #3 CVR E by Ashley Wood – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM467
TENEMENT #5 CVR C by Andrea Sorrentino – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM359
THE DEAD LUCKY #10 CVR B by Stefano Simeone – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM368
THE SCHLUB #3 CVR G by Tyrell Cannon – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM445
THE SCORCHED #23 CVR C by Stephen Segovia – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM448
TIME BEFORE TIME #28 CVR C by Declan Shalvey – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM471
UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #27 CVR C by Giuseppe Camuncoli – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM474
VOID RIVALS #5 CVR F – on sale Wednesday, October 18 – Lunar Code: 0823IM481
WHAT’S THE FURTHEST PLACE FROM HERE? #15 CVR C by Tyler Boss – on sale Wednesday, October 25 – Lunar Code: 0823IM488
Image Comics has revealed the final six Spawn team-up variants—as part of the Spawn takeover campaign—which will grace the covers of the upcomingissues ofThe Dead Lucky, The Walking Dead Deluxe, Antioch, Radiant Black, Time Before Time, and The Old Dog. The total number of Spawn team-up variants clocks in at 50 jaw-dropping covers.
Todd McFarlane’s iconic, history-making, record-breaking Spawn will be everywhere next month and will appear on over nearly 50 different Image Comics series’ covers in addition to popping up on many DC variants as part of the Batman/Spawn crossover launch.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Image Comics—and of Spawn’s launch—and December’s Spawn team-up covers provide fans with the perfect way to celebrate the beloved character’s lasting impact and influence on the medium. Everywhere customers look, there Spawn will be.
Spawn will make an appearance on the covers of:
3Keys #3 Cover C by David Messina – Diamond Code SEP228055
20th Century Men #5 Cover C by S. Morian – Diamond Code SEP228056
All Against All #1 Cover E by Caspar Wijngaard – Diamond Code SEP228057
Antioch #3 – Diamond Code SEP228465
Art Brut #1 Cover B by Martín Morazzo – Diamond Code SEP228253
Blood Stained Teeth #7 Cover C by Christian Ward – Diamond Code SEP228058
The Bone Orchard Mythos: Ten Thousand Black Feathers #4 Cover C by Andrea Sorrentino – Diamond Code SEP228059
Creepshow #4 Cover C by Javi Fernandez – Diamond Code SEP228060
Dark Ride #3 Cover E by Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas – Diamond Code SEP228061
The Dead Lucky #5 Cover C by French Carlomagno – Diamond Code SEP228062
The Deadliest Bouquet #5 Cover B by Chris Campana & Tom Chu – Diamond Code SEP228063
The Department of Truth: The Wild Fictions Special Cover B by Martin Simmonds – Diamond Code SEP228117
Do A Powerbomb #7 Cover C by Daniel Warren Johnson – Diamond Code SEP228064
Eight Billion Genies #7 Cover C by Ryan Browne – Diamond Code SEP228065
Flawed #4 Cover B – Diamond Code SEP228066
Golden Rage #5 by Lauren Knight – Diamond Code SEP228110
Gospel #2 Cover B by Will Morris – Diamond Code SEP228067
Hell To Pay #2 Cover C by Will Sliney – Diamond Code SEP228111
Hexware #1 Cover D by Tim Seeley & Valentina Cuomo – Diamond Code SEP228113
Hitomi #3 Cover D by wraparound cover by Ashley Wood – Diamond Code SEP228069
I Hate Fairyland #2 Cover G by Skottie Young – Diamond Code SEP228070
Ice Cream Man #33 Cover C by Martin Morazzo – Diamond Code SEP228071
Image! #9 Cover B by John McCrea – Diamond Code SEP228072
Junkyard Joe #3 Cover E by Gary Frank – Diamond Code SEP228073
Kaya #3 Cover C by Wes Craig – Diamond Code SEP228074
Killadelphia #26 Cover D – Diamond Code SEP228114
Kroma #2 Cover E by Lorenzo De Felici – Diamond Code SEP228075
Little Monsters #8 Cover C by Dustin Nguyen – Diamond Code SEP228076
Love Everlasting #5 Cover C by Elsa Charterrier – Diamond Code SEP228077
Lovesick #3 Cover E by Luana Vecchio – Diamond Code SEP228078
Manifest Destiny #48 Cover B by Matthew Roberts & Owen Gieni – Diamond Code SEP228079
Night Club #1 Cover D – Diamond Code SEP228112
Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog #11 Cover C – Diamond Code SEP228115
Nocterra: Val Special Cover H by Tony S. Daniel – Diamond Code SEP228080
Old Dog #3 Cover D by Declan Shalvey – Diamond Code SEP228466
Plush #2 Cover D by Daniel Hillyard – Diamond Code SEP228081
Radiant Black #20 Cover D by Jonathan Glapion – Diamond Code SEP228082
Radiant Black #20 Cover E by Marcelo Costa – Diamond Code SEP228255
Radiant Pink #1 Cover D by Emma Kubert – Diamond Code SEP228083
Rogue Sun #9 Cover C by Marco Renna – Diamond Code SEP228084
Starhenge #6 Cover F by Liam Sharp – Diamond Code SEP228086
That Texas Blood #20 Cover C by Jacob Phillips – Diamond Code SEP228087
Time Before Time #19 Cover C by Joe Palmer – Diamond Code SEP228467
Undiscovered Country #22 Cover C by Giuseppe Camuncoli – Diamond Code SEP228088
Unnatural #5 Cover C by Ennio Bufi & Andrea Meloni – Diamond Code SEP228254
Vanish #4 Cover K by Ryan Stegman – Diamond Code SEP228089
Voyagis #2 Cover C by Sumeyye Kesgin – Diamond Code SEP228090
The Walking Dead Deluxe #52 Cover D by David Finch & Dave McCaig – Diamond Code SEP228091
The Walking Dead Deluxe #53 Cover F by David Finch & Dave McCaig – Diamond Code SEP228092
What’s The Furthest Place From Here? #9 Cover D by Tyler Boss – Diamond Code SEP228093
Join the Massive-verse team for a comic book event like no other! On Thursday, August 4 at 7 PM at the Embers Tap House in Lockport, Illinois, fans will have an exciting opportunity to meet up with the Massive-verse creators, including: Kyle Higgins, Melissa Flores, Marcelo Costa, Eduardo Ferigato, Ryan Parrott, Igor Monti, Mat Groom, Joe Clark, Alec Siegel, Laurence Holmes, and Michael Busuttil, and the Circle Guy News crew—for a Massive kick off to c2e2!
Fans who attend will enter Existence with unique narrative experiences that shine new light on the Radiants, visit the real world—reel world?—locations portrayed in the pages of Radiant Black (including Embers and the Roxy theatre in downtown Lockport), and partake in unique photo opportunities and surprise giveaway items.
Then, on Friday, August 5 at 1 PM at the McCormick Place Convention Center, c2e2 attendees are invited to head over to room S401 for the Across the Massive-verse panel. The Image Comics Massive-Verse is only getting started—and this panel is the only place to find out what’s next! Join Higgins, Ferigato, Parrott, Flores, Chen, Groom, and Busuttil for an exclusive Q&A guaranteed to spill the secrets of the Massive-Verse!
Higgins and Costa’s breakout hit Radiant Black took superhero storytelling to new heights when it launched—but Radiant Black isn’t the only character inhabiting the Massive-verse. There’s a whole universe for readers to explore! Characters like Rogue Sun, Inferno Girl Red, The Dead Lucky’s Bibiana—and more yet to be revealed—all occupy the Massive-verse. Each of them has a different story to tell, different adversaries to face… and they each occupy a very different corner of this shared universe.
This is a column that focuses on something or some things from the comic book sphere of influence that may not get the credit and recognition it deserves. Whether that’s a list of comic book movies, ongoing comics, or a set of stories featuring a certain character. The columns may take the form of a bullet pointed list, or a slightly longer thinkpiece – there’s really no formula for this other than whether the things being covered are Underrated in some way. This week: Radiant Black: (Not So) Secret Origin.
I’m not the biggest fan of the Power Rangers, but I’ve always thought about picking up a trade or two to check out the comic series, but I never quite think of doing that when I’m actively looking for something new to read at the shop. A week or two ago, when I was reorganizing the backstock trades in the basement, my eye was caught by the cover of Radiant Black: (Not So) Secret Origin, and I quickly spun the book to check out the blurb, and the price. As it turned out, the book is one of those that Image publishes and prices low to encourage a person to check out the book (I mean at $10, you can’t really argue the value of getting six comics for the price of three or so). Now, I’m not going to regurgitate the blurb on the back of the trade, or write a summary in slightly different words, but I will just copy it directly from the publisher’s website because who doesn’t love to be efficient?
Visionary writer KYLE HIGGINS (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ultraman) and artist MARCELO COSTA reinvent super heroes for a new generation! Nathan Burnett has just turned 30, and things aren’t great—he’s working (and failing) at two jobs, his credit card debt is piling up, and his only move…is moving back home with his parents.
But when Nathan discovers the ethereal, cosmic RADIANT, he’s given the power to radically change his fortunes…unless the Cosmic Beings who created them succeed in taking them back by any means necessary. Oh, and did we mention there’s a RED RADIANT who wants Nathan dead? The next must-read comic book series STARTS HERE.
Cloaked, on the surface, reminded me of the heroes that inspired Batman; the Shadow, the Spider and the Black Bat. Men who were mostly powerless and used handguns to dish out justice to criminals to varying degrees of lethality. This story takes the form of a man trying to discover the legacy of the city’s masked hero by hiring an ex-cop private eye to find out why the hero disappeared. It’s through this lens that we get glimpses of the hero’s activities during the years he was active, told through the people who knew him the most (which, given that he kept his identity very close, isn’t many).
The book is very much what it says it is; something that fans of Invincible and the Power Rangers will find enjoyable (or at least, those were the vibes I got most from the pages of the trade, but since I’ve not really read much of either of the names inspirations, I can’t really confirm or deny the statement). The only downside to the book is that it doesn’t really end… the final chapter is very much an origin story for one of the characters and not a final chapter which feels a little less than satisfying. If nothing else it encourages you to pick up the next book, and ultimately that’s what we’re looking for in a book; do I want to read the next book? And the answer is “oh yes.”
Join us next week where there will doubtless be another movie, series, comic or comic related thing discussed that is, for whatever reason, Underrated.
