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It has been a long 19 months for those of us eagerly waiting to see Inferno Girl Red (written by Mat Groom, drawn by Erica D’Urso, colored by Igor Monti, letters by Becca Carey, with Kyle Higgins as editor) but for backers of the Kickstarter – that wait is now over!

The digital copy of Inferno Girl Red was sent to Kickstarter backers yesterday.

Inferno Girl Red is Cássia – a young woman who, with the help of a magical bracelet, is able to transform in to Inferno Girl Red to fight off all things bad and evil!  Appearing in the back of Radiant Black Issue 01 as a teaser, then later in Massive-verse Issue 01, fans of that universe have been patiently waiting to learn her backstory.

Stay tuned for our spoiler-free review later this week!

Fans of Inferno Girl Red who missed the Kickstarter will be able to pick up the graphic novel on June 13th 2023.

under Conventions, Radiant Black, San Diego Comic Con

The Massive-verse, made up of Image Comics properties Radiant Black (Kyle Higgins), Rogue Sun (Ryan Parrott), Inferno Girl Red (Mat Groom), and The Dead Lucky (Melissa Flores), held their first panel at this year’s San Diego Comic Con 2022.  The panel also featured Cherish Chen (Radiant Red mini-series).  Check out all the details below thanks to Comic Book Keepers (@CBKcast) on Twitter for the details and images!

  • The Empire (the deep space aliens we saw previously during a Radiant Pink teleport mishap) are about to strike back
  • Radiant Black #18 features the premiere of Radiant Yellow (Wendell) and will feature four stories in one – reading the comic in different ways – which go in line with his power of being able to see multiple outcomes to situations (in order to choose the best one)
  • The Catalyst War – a Massive-verse event – is coming soon…
  • Rogue Sun current story arc ends in Issue #6
  • Rogue Sun Issue #7 is a “Choose Your Own Adventure” issue
  • A new villain based on time debuts “Ornate”
  • Rogue Sun Issue #8 takes us back to High School (think “Go Go Power Rangers” comic) and features a new villain named “Hellbent”
  • Preview for Rogue Sun Issue #9 gives us the hint that Dylan is going to have a real rough time
  • Radiant Red concludes with Issue #6 and gets wild
  • Inferno Girl Red preview – 120 page graphic novel!
  • Introduction to The Dead Lucky, created by Melissa Flores
  • The Dead Lucky is Bibiana, a half-Latina half-Asian woman, of which The Dead Lucky represents both cultures in terms of how those cultures honor the dead
  • Radiant Pink series announced
  • Written by Meghan Camarena featuring artwork by Emma Kubert
  • Introduces Radiant Pink’s love interest Kelly, and their relationship is the heart of the series
  • Super Massive 2 was announced

The Massive-verse looks to become even MORE massive!

The creators of all the heroes in the Massive-verse have something in common – they’ve all worked on Power Rangers at some point in their careers!  These new heroes have some tokusatsu inspiration in them, one main trait being that these heroes all “transform” (whereas your traditional comic book superheroes just have their suits on under their regular clothes).  Now is a great time to catch up with the Massive-verse and all of their titles!

under Power Rangers, Radiant Black

It’s a homecoming in so many ways.

Melissa Flores, former Director of Development for Power Rangers at Hasbro, as well as Producer on the Power Rangers Beast Morphers television show, and other creative and production related titles with Saban Brands, is returning to the Power Rangers brand as the writer for the BOOM! Studios comic book.  The comic – which has been split in to two titles currently (Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers) has been written by Mathew Groom and Ryan Parrott respectively – will return to a single title (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) with Issue 101.

Melissa is popular within the fan community for her interaction with fans at conventions and her online presence.  She was unceremoniously laid off by Hasbro a few years back.

She has partnered with both Ryan Parrott and Mathew Groom – as well as former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins – to start her own creator-owned comic book called “The Dead Lucky” which releases on August 3rd.  Be sure to check it out!

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The official Radiant Black Twitter account has revealed the three main covers for Radiant Black Issue 08.  It appears the whole squad is here and fighting the character introduced at the end of Radiant Black Issue 05.  The 8th issue of Radiant Black releases September 15th and works as a great belated birthday present for your favorite tokusatsu website editor in chief.  Just sayin’.

Check out all three covers (full sized) below!

under General Tokusatsu News

Inferno Girl Red – the brand new graphic novel co-created by Mat Groom and Erica D’Urso – is 161% funded at the time of this article with the first stretch goal (ribbon bookmark) already achieved and the second stretch goal (20 extra pages) within striking distance.  The success and popularity of this project has allowed a special reward tier to be created for the biggest Inferno Girl Red fans.

Partnering with Starlight Studios – makers of those impressive Omega Rangers helmets from the Power Rangers comic books – is creating an extremely limited set of 10 Inferno Girl Red helmets.  As we contemplate how to scratch up the extra cash to get in on this (seriously there are only 8 left at the time of writing) you should definitely get in on Inferno Girl Red now before it’s too late.

Click here and support the hottest graphic novel (and hopefully one day on-going series) of 2022!

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Inferno Girl Red – a brand new tokusatsu-inspired graphic novel by writer Mat Groom and artist Erica D’Urso – is fully funded on Kickstarter and is guaranteed to be in your hands in 2022.  We now enter the stretch goal phase of the campaign and with that we’re on board with showing just how amazing the artwork and story are.

Check out the following character studies by Erica D’Urso.

Don’t forget to make your pledge to Inferno Girl Red on Kickstarter.  The first stretch goal unlocks a bookmark for the hardcover copy at no extra charge to you.

under General Tokusatsu News

The hottest tokusatsu-inspired hero is one step closer to reality thanks to a successful Day One Kickstarter campaign.  Inferno Girl Red – a graphic novel written by Mat Groom and drawn by Erica D’Urso with colors by Igor Monti – is well over the 50% threshold on day one and will very likely see a successful campaign.

We’re thrilled to share with you a five page preview of the upcoming graphic novel.

The story is as follows:

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.

There’s still time for you to back this Kickstarter and land some awesome pledge rewards.  Click here to check out and support the Kickstarter.

under General Tokusatsu News, Radiant Black

The first time we met Cássia Costa was in the back pages of the first issue of Radiant Black.  Since then, we have seen various images and teases about an upcoming Kickstarter project.  Today, that project is now live!

Inferno Girl Red is a tokusatsu and superhero inspired comic book written by Mat Groom (SELF/MADE, ULTRAMAN), drawn by Erica D’Urso (JAMES BOND, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL), colored by Igor Monti (MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, MEGA MAN: FULLY CHARGED), lettered by Becca Carey (WONDER WOMAN, BATGIRL, HARLEY QUINN, RADIANT BLACK), and edited by toku-famed writer Kyle Higgins (MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, RADIANT BLACK, NIGHTWING, THE WINTER SOLDIER, ULTRAMAN).

The story follows Cássia Costa is as follows:

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.

There are a number of reward tiers giving you everything from a digital copy of the graphic novel, to appearing in the graphic novel itself, to receiving an actual piece of original artwork from artist Nicola Scott.

CLICK HERE AND BACK THIS KICKSTARTER PROJECT TODAY!

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to support yet another tokusatsu-inspired comic book creation from a big tokusatsu fan in Mat Groom (host of the Ranger Danger Podcast).  Included in our story are some of the art prints or covers from backing this project.  We encourage everyone to pledge their support and fund this project!

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Thanks to Kyle Higgins and the Black Market Narrative newsletter we have our first look at Issue 02 of the sold-out Radiant Black comic book.  Check out the pages below!

Radiant Black Issue 02 releases March 17th 2021 at your local comic book store and online at Comixology.  Be sure to subscribe to the Black Market Narrative newsletter to never miss an update!

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The saga of Radiant Black continues as our hero – Nathan – continues to square off against the villainous Radiant Red.  This issue is billed as an issue where everything changes – and they mean it!  Check out the solicitation below along with the covers.  Click each cover to see the full image.

These were revealed via the Black Market Narrative newsletter for Radiant Black.  Sign up to stay up to date by clicking here.

RADIANT BLACK #4
WRITER: KYLE HIGGINS
ARTIST: MARCELO COSTA
COVER A: EDUARDO FERIGATO & MARCELO COSTA
COVER B: JUSTIN MASON
COVER C: DOALY

MAY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

It was always going to come to this: Radiant Black vs Radiant Red in a knock-down drag-out fight across the city of Lockport! And believe us when we say that after this fight, nothing will ever be the same again. For Lockport. Or for Radiant Black. We actually mean it.