The Massive-Verse is Taking Over

You read comics, right? Of course you do. You wouldn’t be here if you didn’t, or maybe you would, I don’t know you like that. Either way, comic books are at the forefront of pop culture right now whether you realize it or not. Though, I guess it would be hard not to realize it. Countless movies, television shows, and video games are out there adapting famous comic books. The staple of most of them? A symbolic superhero. We’ve got Superman from DC, and Spider-Man from Marvel. These characters represent a staunch moral compass that almost never wavers. They’re the best of us and are a beacon of hope for us to strive for, but they’re also owned and operated by mega-corporations, so variety, in the long run, can be hard to come by.  What happens when you have a superhero universe where you aren’t hindered by the agendas of a larger company? Well, you get the Massive-Verse from Image Comics. At this point, the Massive-Verse spans four titles, with an OGN coming later this year pushing that number to five. Debuting with Radiant Black, from the creative team of Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa, it follows a down-on-his-luck writer who gains gravitational powers from a tiny black hole. The Massive-Verse has continued to expand and fill in the void of that original series with an entire multiverse of stories and possibilities. It’s truly inspiring. 

The Massive-Verse is stylistically reminiscent of Power Rangers, where Kyle Higgins formerly revitalized that franchise in the…