Image Comics and Kyle Higgins Show Off Awesome Trailer for the Superhero Series RADIANT BLACK
Kyle Higgins is well-known for his work in comics like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Deathstroke. Now, he’s teamed up with artist Marcelo Costa (Firefly) and Image Comics to launch Radiant Black next month. This will be a new ongoing superhero comic series that looks pretty good. A trailer, featuring the song “Radiant” by Crisis Couture, for the upcoming series was shared and the music alone is dope!
Nathan Burnett has just turned thirty, and things aren’t great: He’s working (and failing) at two jobs, his credit card debt is piling up, and his only move…is moving back home with his parents.
But when Nathan discovers and unlocks the ethereal, cosmic RADIANT, he's given the power to radically change his fortunes!
There’s just one problem: The powers don’t belong to him. And the COSMIC BEINGS who created them want them back...by any means necessary.
Talking about Radiant Black and the trailer, Higgins told THR:
I’ve been writing superheroes full time, for exactly ten years now. Nightwing, Batman, The Winter Soldier, Power Rangers, Ultraman — working with my favorite characters will always hold a special place in my heart. That said, nothing comes close to how excited I am for the world to meet Radiant Black, a superhero for a new time, a new generation and — hopefully — a superhero that resonates for others the way that my favorite heroes have resonated for me.
A funny little fact, my first professional work as a creator came when I was 17, animating comic book trailers for Moonstone Books and Joe Gentile. It was a way to bridge my love of filmmaking and comic books, and is certainly one of the creative sparks that set me down this career path. Now, all these years later, I thought it would be super exciting to dust off those old skills for my most personal book yet.
A huge shoutout and thanks to Eduardo Ferigato — who storyboarded the trailer — Marcelo Costa — who did all new original art — Alec Siegel — who animated the whole thing — and Brendan McKian of the band Crisis Couture — who wrote and recorded the most epic theme song I could have imagined.
Fans will be able to read Radiant Black #1 on February 10 with copies being sold at local comic stores as well as digital platforms including comiXology (affiliate link).