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"Massive-Verse"
File:Massive-Verse Poster.jpeg
Promotional Poster by Eduardo Ferigato and Igor Monti
PublisherBlack Market Narrative
(Image Comics)
Publication dateFebruary 2021
Genre
Title(s)
C.O.W.L
Radiant Black
Rogue Sun
The Dead Lucky
Inferno Girl Red
Radiant Red
Radiant Pink
No/One
Main character(s)Nathan Burnett / Radiant Black
Marshall / Radiant Black
Dylan Siegel/ Rogue Sun
Cassia Costa / Inferno Girl Red
Satomi Sone / Radiant Red
Eva / Radiant Pink
Wendell George / Radiant Yellow
Bibiana "Bibi" Lopez-Yang
Richard Roe / No/One
Creative team
Writer(s)Various
Artist(s)Various
Colorist(s)Various
Editor(s)Michael Busutill

The Massive-Verse is a shared universe, created by Kyle Higgins, which spans a line of comic books published by Image Comics.

Publication history

In November 2020, it was announced that Higgins was writing another creator-owned book for Image Comics entitled Radiant Black, with art by Marcelo Costa. The series officially began publication in February 2021.[1] The series would grow so popular, that it would expand into its own universe of books dubbed "The Massive-Verse". It all started with a one-shot crossover entitled Supermassive, written by Higgins, Ryan Parrott, and Mat Groom with art by Francesco Manna and Simone Ragazzoni. The comic served as a crossover between Radiant Black, Inferno Girl Red, and Rogue Sun, with the comic marking the first appearances of the latter two.[2] The first of these new books to spawn out of this would be the title Rogue Sun written by Parrott and illustrated by Abel, with its first issue releasing on March 2, 2022 and Inferno Girl Red set to debut in January 2023, written by Groom and illustrated by Erica D'Urso.[3][4] In February 2022, it was announced that another book connected to the Massive-Verse would release in August entitled The Dead Lucky, written by Melissa Flores and illustrated by French Carlomango.[5] The first official spin-off of Radiant Black would release on March 9, 2022, entitled Radiant Red, with the miniseries written by Cherish Chen and art by David Lafuente.[6] Another spin-off, Radiant Pink, written by Meghan Camarena and Melissa Flores and illustrated by Emma Kubert, will debut on December 7, 2022.[7] C.O.W.L, was originally released in 2014 but has since been retroactively designated as part of the Massive-Verse.[8] In December 2022, it was announced that a new series, entitled No/One, would launch in March 2023, with Higgins and Brian Buccellato writing and Geraldo Borges illustrating.[9]

Titles

Ongoing series

Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date
Radiant Black #1– Kyle Higgins, Megan Camerena (#12), Cherish Chen (#6), Joe Clark (#11, 16–17), Laurence Holmes (#18) and Alec Siegel (#15) Marcelo Costa, French Carlomango (#12), Eduardo Ferigato (#5, #9, #14–15), David Lafuente (#6) and Stefano Simeone (#18) Marcelo Costa, Raul Angulo (#13), Tríona Farrell (#16–17), Mattia Iancono (#11–12), Natália Marques (#5, #7–8), Igor Monti (#10, #14–15), Miquel Muerto (#6) and Stefano Simeone (#18) February 10, 2021[10]
Rogue Sun Ryan Parrott, Nic Cotton (#7) Abel, Ze Carlos (#7) Chris O'Halloran (#1-4), Natalia Marques (#5-6, 8-), Raul Angulo (#7) March 2, 2022[11]
The Dead Lucky Melissa Flores French Carlomagno Mattia Iacono August 3, 2022[12]

Limited series

Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date Finale date
Radiant Red #1–5 Cherish Chen David Lafuente Miquel Muerto March 9, 2022[13] July 6, 2022[14]
Radiant Pink Meghan Camarena and Melissa Flores Emma Kubert Rebecca Nalty December 7, 2022[15] To be confirmed
Inferno Girl Red #1–3 Mat Groom Erica D'Urso Igor Monti January 25, 2023[16] To be confirmed
No/One #1-10 Kyle Higgins and Brian Buccellato Geraldo Borges Mark Englert March 15, 2023[9] To be confirmed

One-shots

Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date
Supermassive (2022) Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott and Mat Groom Francesco Manna and Simone Ragazzoni Igor Monti February 23, 2022[17]
Supermassive (2023) Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom and Melissa Flores Daniele Di Nicuolo Walter Baiamonte May 2023[18]

Other

Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date Finale date
Shift (4 part story in Image!) Kyle Higgins Daniele Di Nicuolo, Francesco Manna & Danilo Beyruth, Geraldo Borges and Chris Evanhuis Walter Baiamonte, Marcelo Costa, Francesco Segala, Gloria Martinelli and Sjan Weijers April 13, 2022[19] July 27, 2022

Other Media

In June 2022, to tie in with the release of Radiant Black #15, an animated short produced by Tiger Animation and Black Market Narrative entitled Versus | Radiant Black vs. Blaze was released, with Higgins directing and co-writing with Alec Siegel and Will Friedle providing the voice of Radiant Black. The short can be viewed on the official Black Market Narrative YouTube channel.[20] In December 2022, it was announced that, to tie-on with the release of No/One, an in-universe podcast entitled Who Is No/One? will release with each issue and will feature the voice work of Rachael Leigh Cook as Julia Paige, the host of the podcast, and Patton Oswalt. The podcast will also feature original art by Mark Englert and music by Kristopher Carter.[9]

Release order

Year One

  1. Radiant Black #1
  2. Radiant Black #2
  3. Radiant Black #3
  4. Radiant Black #4
  5. Radiant Black #5
  6. Radiant Black #6
  7. Radiant Black #7
  8. Radiant Black #8
  9. Radiant Black #9
  10. Radiant Black #10
  11. Radiant Black #11
  12. Radiant Black #12
  13. Supermassive #1

Year Two

  1. Rogue Sun #1
  2. Radiant Red #1
  3. Radiant Black #13
  4. Rogue Sun #2
  5. Radiant Red #2
  6. Image! #1
  7. Rogue Sun #3
  8. Radiant Black #14
  9. Radiant Red #3
  10. Rogue Sun #4
  11. Image! #2
  12. Radiant Black #15
  13. Rogue Sun #5
  14. Radiant Red #4
  15. Image! #3
  16. Radiant Black #16
  17. Rogue Sun #6
  18. Radiant Red #5
  19. Image! #4
  20. The Dead Lucky #1
  21. Radiant Black #17
  22. The Dead Lucky #2
  23. Radiant Black #18
  24. Rogue Sun #7
  25. The Dead Lucky #3
  26. Radiant Black #19
  27. The Dead Lucky #4
  28. Rogue Sun #8
  29. Radiant Pink #1
  30. Radiant Black #20
  31. Rogue Sun #9

Reading order

  1. Radiant Black #1–9
  2. Radiant Red #1–5
  3. Shift in Image! #1–4
  4. Radiant Black #9–12
  5. Supermassive #1
  6. Radiant Black #13–18
  7. Radiant Black #19-24
  8. Radiant Pink #1-5

Collected editions

Title Collected material Publication date ISBN
Radiant Black
Radiant Black Vol. 1: (Not So) Secret Origin Radiant Black #1–6 August 18, 2021[21] 978-1534319165
Radiant Black Vol. 2: Team-Up Radiant Black #7–12 March 16, 2022[22] 978-1534321090
Radiant Black Vol. 3: Rogues' Gallery Radiant Black #13–18 October 19, 2022[23] 978-1534323285
Radiant Black Vol. 4: Two-In-One Radiant Black #19-24 May 2023 978-1534324770
Radiant Red
Radiant Red Vol. 1: Crime and Punishment Radiant Black #6, Radiant Red #1–5 December 7, 2022[24] 978-1534323209
Radiant Pink
Radiant Pink Vol. 1: Across the Universe Radiant Pink #1-5 July 25, 2023 978-1534324862
Rogue Sun
Rogue Sun Vol. 1: Cataclysm Rogue Sun #1–6 August 24, 2022[25] 978-1534322370
Rogue Sun Vol. 2: Hellbent Rogue Sun #7-12 April 11, 2023 978-1534324701
The Dead Lucky
The Dead Lucky Vol. 1: The Good Die Young The Dead Lucky #1–6 February 21, 2023[26] 978-1534324664
Inferno Girl Red
Inferno Girl Red Book One Inferno Girl Red #1–3 July 2023[16] 978-1534324817

References

  1. ^ Grunenwald, Joe (November 20, 2020). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "IMAGE SUPERHERO UNIVERSE EXPANDS IN FEBRUARY 2022 WITH SUPERMASSIVE ONE-SHOT CROSSOVER EVENT & ROGUE SUN SERIES LAUNCH". Image Comics. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "IMAGE SUPERHERO UNIVERSE EXPANDS IN FEBRUARY 2022 WITH SUPERMASSIVE ONE-SHOT CROSSOVER EVENT & ROGUE SUN SERIES LAUNCH". Image Comics. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Grunenwald, Joe (August 6, 2022). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "THE DEAD LUCKY SERIES LAUNCH WILL ELECTRIFY THE MASSIVE-VERSE THIS AUGUST FOR RADIANT BLACK FANS & NEW READERS ALIKE". Image Comics. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "CHERISH CHEN, DAVID LAFUENTE & MIQUEL MUERTO REUNITE FOR FORTHCOMING RADIANT RED SPINOFF MINISERIES THIS MARCH". Image Comics. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  7. ^ "RADIANT BLACK'S MASSIVE-VERSE OF SUPERHEROES TO EXPAND WITH RADIANT PINK LAUNCH IN DECEMBER". Image Comics. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "Massive-Verse Reading List".
  9. ^ a b c "Patton Oswalt, Rachael Leigh Cook Explore Superhero Noir in NO/ONE". Gizmodo. December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  10. ^ Radiant Black #1
  11. ^ Rogue Sun #1
  12. ^ The Dead Lucky #1
  13. ^ Radiant Red #1
  14. ^ Radiant Red #5
  15. ^ McMillan, Graeme (September 8, 2022). "Image Comics' Massive-Verse expands as Radiant Pink breaks into her own book". The Pop Verse. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Grunenwald, Joe (June 8, 2022). "C2E2 '22: INFERNO GIRL RED coming to Image Comics in 2023". The Beat. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  17. ^ Supermassive #1
  18. ^ "Radiant Black's Superhero World is Gearing Up for Another Crossover". Gizmodo. August 28, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  19. ^ Blum, Jeremy (March 14, 2022). "EXCLUSIVE: Image Comics' New Anniversary Series Expands Radiant Black's Massive-Verse". CBR. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  20. ^ "RADIANT BLACK FANS TREATED TO ORIGINAL ANIMATION FEATURING VOICE OF WILL FRIEDLE". Image Comics. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  21. ^ Radiant Black, Vol. 1 TP
  22. ^ Radiant Black, Vol. 2 TP
  23. ^ Radiant Black, Vol. 3 TP
  24. ^ "Radiant Red Vol. 1: Crime and Punishment TP Preview". League of Comic Geeks. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  25. ^ Rogue Sun Vol. 1
  26. ^ "The Dead Lucky Vol. 1 TP Preview". League of Comic Geeks. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

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