Across the Massive-Verse Volume 1

by Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Melissa Flores, Mat Groom, Marcelo Costa (Illustrator)

Overview

Welcome to the MASSIVE-VERSE, the thrilling new universe of Image superheroes! This action-packed sampler collects the first issues of RADIANT BLACK, ROGUE SUN, THE DEAD LUCKY, and INFERNO GIRL RED - a perfect entry point for new readers!

A struggling writer finds a miniature black hole after moving back in with his parents. A rebellious teenager inherits a superhero mantle from his estranged father. A troubled veteran suits back up to fight a tech conglomerate out of her home. In the city of tomorrow, a skeptical student is chosen by a magical bracelet powered by belief.

Collects Radiant Black #1, Rogue Sun #1, The Dead Lucky #1, and Inferno Girl Red: Book One #1.

WHAT IS THE MASSIVE-VERSE?
Kyle Higgins & Marcelo Costa's breakout hit Radiant Black took superhero storytelling to new heights. 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 and more yet to be revealed 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. What are you waiting for? Now's the time to get into the MASSIVE-VERSE!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534397262
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	07/30/2024
Series:	Massive-Verse , #1
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kyle Higgins is a #1 New York Times bestselling author best known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman titles as well as his critically-acclaimed reinventions of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for Boom! Studios and Ultraman for Marvel Comics. RADIANT BLACK is Kyle’s fourth series for Image Comics.

Ryan Parrott was born in Bakersfield, California but spent the majority of his life growing up in Las Vegas. A graduate of Chapman University, Ryan had short films screen at both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals—eventually leading to a career in film and television. He has written for the NBC television series Revolution, IDW’s Star Trek and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy as well as co-writing the series’ finale Revolution: Endgame and the New York Time’s best-seller Batman: Gates of Gotham.

A writer, producer, consultant and creative executive with over a decade of experience, Melissa helped revitalize the Power Rangers brand when it was bought by Saban Brands from Disney in 2010, until it’s sale to Hasbro in 2018. She specializes in developing and producing diverse and inclusive entertainment content that synergizes across multiple media platforms, including television (Power Rangers, Glitter Force, Julius Junior), feature films (Saban’s Power Rangers), digital films (including Power Rangers Legacy Wars: Streetfighter Showdown, Shattered Grid), publishing (including the award-winning Boom! Studios Power Rangers comic books), live events and gaming (including the hit console game Power Rangers: Battle For the Grid and the mobile game Power Rangers Legacy Wars). In 2020, she wrote and co created the popular Twitch digital hybrid series The Unleashed, which was also featured as a backup series in the superhero Image series Radiant Black. Her new Image comic book series The Dead Lucky will release later this year.She also voices the characters Kat Ranger and Gia Moran in Power Rangers: Battle For the Grid.

Mat Groom is from Sydney, and he writes comics!

He has written for AVENGERS UNLIMITED, GIANT-SIZE SILVER SURFER and MARVEL ZOMBIES: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD, and co-writes the ULTRAMAN series (THE RISE OF ULTRAMAN, THE TRIALS OF ULTRAMAN, THE MYSTERY OF ULTRASEVEN, ULTRAMAN x AVENGERS) with Kyle Higgins (all for Marvel Comics); he writes the creator-owned series INFERNO GIRL RED and SELF/MADE as well as the graphic novel THE SINGULARITY from Image Comics; he has written the Power Rangers for Boom! Studios in the series MIGHTY MORPHIN; and he has worked on several projects for DC Comics, including their CRIMES OF PASSION anthology!

Marcelo Costa is a comic artist and colorist from Brazil who has coloured books such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Firefly for Boom! Studios, Hidden Society for Dark Horse, and SELF/MADE for Image Comics. RADIANT BLACK is Marcelo's first work for Image Comics as an artist.

Abel is a Brazilian comic book artist with work published in Heavy Metal Magazine and books from DC Comics.

Previously storyboard artist for the Italian ADV agency Armando Testa, in 2015 French co-created together with Jacopo Paliaga the webcomic Aqualung, which later became an original series for Bao Publishing winning several awards as best series in Italy. Since 2018 he has been collaborating with BOOM! Studios on comic series such as Power Rangers, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and Magic the Gathering. He worked also as illustrator with brands like Disney, Lucas Arts, Marvel and much more. He is currently working on his new Image series THE DEAD LUCKY.

Erica D'Urso is a native Italian illustrator and comics creator, who has worked with some of
the biggest characters and brands in all of fiction— including IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND
and XENA: WARRIOR PRINCES for Dynamite Entertainment, as well as THE LIFE OF
CAPTAIN MARVEL for Marvel Comics.