It was an incredible moment.”įor more from the creators, including how working on “Power Rangers” has “almost permanently scarred” Higgins “when it comes to thinking about trying to convey emotion through static helmets,” head to io9, who also have covers and preview art. It was only when I abandoned all previous ideas and started over that Radiant Black really came to life. We worked on several concepts and several different suits, but none gave us the result we wanted.
The design had to have characteristics that would work for both. When Kyle told me he wanted to mix these two worlds, it was immediately interesting to me.” Regarding the title hero’s look, he said he “feel that a good superhero design needs to be modern, simple and unique,” and that “the idea has always been that Radiant Black could be both an urban hero battling bank robbers in the city as well as a galactic warrior who battles alien threats. Down to Nathan’s hometown also being Lockport, Illinois.”Ĭosta said, “‘Radiant Black’ has two things that I love - superheroes and Sentai. While this isn’t a story about me, there’s a lot of me in this story. In 2016, after a bad breakup, I moved back home for a bit, too. I have debt, failures and plenty of insecurities. I’m doing OK, but I’m nowhere near where I’d like to be. I’ve worked very hard, but I’ve also been very lucky. Or at least, it’s something I’ve struggled with quite a bit over the years. BOOM recently relaunched their monthly Power Rangers.
Its definitely a great time to be a comic book reader and Power Rangers fan. He also said the book is inspired by his personal life, elaborating, “Nathan’s situation is something I relate to on a variety of levels - getting into your 30s and feeling like you’re not on the right path, or not even knowing what the right path is, I think is incredibly relatable. Radiant Black 1 is slated to hit stores on February 10, 2021. He then pitched the concept to Image publisher Eric Stephenson during a conversation about doing something brand new in the superhero genre. “The more I’ve familiarized myself with their different storytelling conventions, scope, and themes, the more I’ve found myself thinking about how those elements cross over with what we - in America - traditionally think of as superheroes,” he said. Higgins said the comic was borne out of his interest in Japanese sci-fi film and TV, which he’d explored while writing “Power Rangers” for BOOM! Studios, and “The Rise of Ultraman” for Marvel. Lettered by Becca Carey, the comic follows Nathan Burnett, a down-on-his-luck writer who, after returning to his hometown, randomly encounters a tiny black hole that transforms him into a masked, telekinetic avenger.
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In an interview at io9, ‘Power Rangers: Shattered Grid’ writer Kyle Higgins and artist/colorist Marcelo Costa have announced they are reteaming for “Radiant Black,” a creator-owned superhero series at Image Comics.