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Massive-Verse (Comic Book)
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The Massive-Verse is a shared Superhero universe, first seen in 2021 with the launch of Radiant Black. It is primarily published through Image Comics.Coming off the back of licensed comics for Toku franchises Power Rangers and Ultraman, Kyle Higgins launched Radiant Black with artist Marcelo Costa in 2021. They took the everyman superhero approach and applied it to characters who were well into adulthood and who had less than glamorous lives and wrestled with what could be considered more mundane problems, like stalled careers and the struggles of gambling addiction. Some of the backmatter for Radiant Black advertised something called Inferno Girl Red, which would later be revealed to be a Kickstarter project by Higgins’ colleague and fellow Power Rangers writer Mat Groom, with pencils by Erica D’Urso. The two writers teased a connection between the two series, but would not say what it was.Then, in late 2021, the Supermassive special was announced, and revealed that Radiant Black was only the first part of a shared universe. Helmed by Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom and Ryan Parrott, all of whom had worked on Boom! Studios’ well-regarded Power Rangers comics, the universe is the first new shared superhero universe to come out of Image since its earliest days. | |
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Secret Identity: Nathan and Marshall as Radiant Black have one, but people seem to realise there's more than one. Two local cops immediately know who Radiant Black is, the other Radiants either figure them out or are told quickly, and Shift figures it out because they hid it poorly. Some writers they work with are also let in on it. Radiant Red has one... that her enemies know, as her bank robberies were easy to track for criminals. Before that, the other Radiants and her fiancé were in the know. She eventually confesses to her crimes, so it's not really an issue anymore. Radiant Pink pulled double duty to keep hers, with Eva being a separate Twitch streamer to Radiant Pink, with her even doing a "collaboration" at one point between them. The other Radiants knew, as did her best friend. However, once she gets into trouble with paramedic Kelly, she also finds because Eva gets flustered and unmasks in a panic. The Rogue Suns have secret identities... to the general public. The majority of other characters, whether they be families of the Rogue Suns or their villains, know and use it against them. The only villain who doesn't know is Billy Bludmoon, the runt of his pack. Inferno Girl Red I had one and it's still maintained even once she stopped being active. Even the reader doesn't initially know who she is. Inferno Girl Red II has one but her mum knows. The head of her school also finds out thanks to security cameras. Dead Lucky is the first character to entirely avert one once becoming a superhero. She had one as an unnamed masked vigilante, but once she becomes a superhero (and enforcer for Morrow Tech), her powers are publicly revealed. Weirdly enough, this is when she adopts a superhero name. NO/ONE's identity is completely unknown to both the characters in-universe and the readers themselves. | |
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Pun-Based Title: Rogue Sun is about the estranged and bitter son of the previous superhero to use the name Rogue Sun. | |
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Colourful Theme Naming: The Radiants and Inferno Girl Red have colours in their names. | |
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Author Appeal: Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott and Mat Groom have all worked and collaborated on Power Rangers comics (and in the case of Higgins and Groom, both have worked on Marvel's Ultraman comics). This has influenced the Massive-Verse, in particular the designs of most of the characters (Rogue Sun is the only exception, being more knight-themed and instead drawing inspiration from superheroes Parrott was a fan of like Ghost Rider and Darkhawk). The Sentai influence in particular is obvious with the Radiants and Inferno Girl Red and her allies. | |
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Colour-Coded for Your Convenience | |
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Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The Radiants all wear extremely similar costumes, so they’re colour-coded so we can tell them apart, and have their colours as part of their names. In a Flash Forward, we see that Inferno Girl Red is eventually joined by two allies. Since everyone is glowing energy, we can tell because one is green and one is blue. | |
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Remember the New Guy?: Rogue Sun's introduction establishes that superheroes do exist in the main universe proper. While there was mention of C.O.W.L, it was written as if it was just an in-universe comic book. However, the Rogue Suns (and there was at least one before Marcus) are active enough that Marshall is an admitted fan, and the citizens of New Orleans don't bat an eye at supervillain activity due to his presence. However, Radiant Black was initially written as if the Radiants were the first superpowered beings to appear, as Nathan had nobody to talk to about his powers and the police were willing to work with the inexperienced and potentially dangerous Radiant Black to stop Radiant Red, despite Rogue Sun apparently being around and very experienced. | |
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Origins Episode: Radiant Black gives one to one of the other Radiants every 6 issues. Issue #6 featured Red's, issue #12 had Pink's and issue #18 had Yellow's. The "Shift" story from Image! is one for Shift. | |
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Shared Universe: Image's first shared superhero universe since its early days. | |
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Henshin Hero | |
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Henshin Hero: So far, every hero with the seeming exception of No/One counts, possessing a Transformation Trinket that grants them superpowers and a costume. | |
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Been There, Shaped History | |
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Been There, Shaped History: Mourningstar is an otherworldly demon responsible for every single magical creature and myth in the main universe, having offered power to people throughout time. The Devil is specifically named after him. | |
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The Multiverse | |
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The Multiverse: There are various dimensions. Rogue Sun laments that there are always problems when visitors show up, and Inferno Girl Red is herself not from the same universe as the Radiants and Rogue Sun. | |
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Legacy Character | |
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Legacy Character: Radiant Black is not about a single hero. The first, and initial protagonist, is Nathan Burnett. However, the powers are soon bestowed upon his best friend Marshall, who becomes the second Radiant Black. Later on, they share the powers. Doppler is a supervillain codename devised by some hired mercenaries who abused some sound-based alien technology. A few mercs used the name and gear and were easily defeated by Radiant Black. The first Doppler to be a threat is Anja Wronja, a former musician — but by that point, it's unknown how many people had used the name and gear. Rogue Sun was a title first held by Caleb Hawthorne in the 14th Century. It passed through several hands through the centuries, and in modern times became a superhero identity, and was eventually held by the father of Marcus Bell. Marcus inherited the powers and name from his father, and after Marcus' murder, the mantle passes onto his estranged son, Dylan Siegel at the start of Rogue Sun. There have been at least two holders of the Inferno Girl Red identity — Cássia Costa and one before her, implied to be the head of her school, Doctor Caro. | |
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Anti-Villain | |
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Anti-Villain: Very rarely is a prominent superpowered villain presented as outright evil. They’re usually people put into crappy situations trying to do their best. Radiant Red struggles with her partner’s gambling addiction and started robbing banks to pay off his gambling debts. Doppler only wants to be able to play music again after an accident left her with tremors. Her equipment is the only way to stop her tremors, and she can only use it so long as she pays Shift's gang, and she needs to be near a radiant to charge it to begin with. Gwen Siegel only wants to protect her son from his negligent and Jerkass father's influence, and when said father wouldn't leave them alone, she killed him. The Salvation Gang is also apparently a direct response to the over policing of the Morrow company, at least according to one character. | |
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Cape Punk: The character's superhero identities eventually come with a lot of trauma and difficult moral quandaries (Especially in C.O.W.L, which is a straight-up Beware the Superman tale), and even Existential Horror as they find themselves hurtled across time and space due to the interdimensional nature of their universe. | |
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Hate Sink: If a villain isn't given a prominent role, they're likely to be a Jerkass who talks about how evil they are, or are just an asshole in general. Examples include: Accel, an aggressive mercenary who gets off on his own power. Billy Bludmoon, a werewolf-bat who just wants to kill Rogue Sun so he can become head of his pack. Demonika, an emotional vampire who kills and feeds off of others just to prolong her own life. Hellbent, the son of a Mook out to avenge his father... who quickly jumps off the slippery slope into supervillain territory and takes pleasure in causing people pain. Sheer, an irresponsible money-hungry influencer committing crimes for money. Shift, a corporate saboteur who saw a chance for even more money and murdered his friend to take it. | |
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Gwen Siegel only wants to protect her son from his negligent and Jerkass father's influence, and when said father wouldn't leave them alone, she killed him. | |
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Flash Forward | |
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In a Flash Forward, we see that Inferno Girl Red is eventually joined by two allies. Since everyone is glowing energy, we can tell because one is green and one is blue. | |
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