Inferno Girl Red Volume 1

by Mat Groom, D'Urso (Illustrator), Igor Monti (Illustrator)

Overview

INFERNO GIRL RED combines the high school super-heroic drama of Into the Spider-Verse with the dynamic storytelling and world-building of Japanese tokusatsu superheroes, and the intrigue and relationship drama of British academia!

We all need something to believe in. Especially Cássia Costa.

An ancient cult and their army of demons have stolen Cássia’s home, Apex City. When a magical dragon bracelet rockets into her life and affixes itself to her arm, Cássia’s the only person equipped to stop the cult from offering the entire city to their dark lord.

There’s just one catch...

The magical bracelet is powered by belief, and Cássia — an intensely pragmatic, rational girl – doesn’t have much to spare. She’ll have to find something to kindle her faith, though, and fast —because she has a secret legacy to live up to. Because her mother’s life is on the line. And because Apex City needs Inferno Girl Red.

Inferno Girl Red is a series in the Massive-Verse.

Collects Inferno Girl Red: Book One #1-3.

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:	9781534324817
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Series:	Massive-Verse
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

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!

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.

Editorial Reviews

"Groom’s take on superhero tropes is abundantly fun and over-the-top exciting, with an inclusive, predominantly female cast that refreshingly eschews the unrealistically buxom, wasp-waisted representation widely found in mainstream comics. Panels are punctuated with dazzling, psychedelically hued scenes, nearly blazing the action off the page. A nail-biting cliffhanger ensures that readers will anxiously await more of Cássia’s adventures. Harriette has brown skin and lavender locs; Ana and Cássia have light-brown skin, and Cássia appears to have vitiligo. This series opener is on fire." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-03-14
Can a newly minted superhero save a city under threat?

Cássia Costa is entering Helix, a prestigious boarding school in Apex City. She’s close with her journalist mother, Ana, who has had difficulty finding employment after reporting about a superhero named Inferno Girl Red. At Helix, Cássia meets her new roommate, Harriette Temples, and the two become fast friends. However, the semester takes an unexpected turn when the residents of Apex City are teleported into another dimension, where they are plagued by terrifying monsters unleashed by a villainous foe called the Griffin. Cássia finds a mysterious bracelet that turns her into Inferno Girl Red. Unsure of her powers, she learns that her mother knows much about this superhero and can serve as her guide. Can Cássia save Apex City from the Griffin? And, with Harriette by her side, can she rescue her mom from an unknown fate? Groom’s take on superhero tropes is abundantly fun and over-the-top exciting, with an inclusive, predominantly female cast that refreshingly eschews the unrealistically buxom, wasp-waisted representation widely found in mainstream comics. Panels are punctuated with dazzling, psychedelically hued scenes, nearly blazing the action off the page. A nail-biting cliffhanger ensures that readers will anxiously await more of Cássia’s adventures. Harriette has brown skin and lavender locs; Ana and Cássia have light-brown skin, and Cássia appears to have vitiligo.

This series opener is on fire. (Graphic science fiction. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews