Major Spoilers Podcast #1141: Radiant Beginnings

We dive deep into Radiant Black: The Massive Edition Book One, exploring the birth of the Massive-Verse and how it stacks up against superhero milestones like Invincible. Plus, reviews of Powers 25 #1, Conan the Barbarian #24, and Blow #1. And we ask the big question—whatever happened to Calvin and Hobbes?

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #24
Writer: Jim Zub
Artist: Fernando Dagnino
Publisher: Titan Comics
Release Date: September 10, 2025
Cover Price: $3.99
The Great Serpent’s influence twists and turns, pulling Conan into their deadly coils as the Cimmerian and his allies are lured into Stygia…

What they find on this journey will make their blood run cold and set the stage for a conflict beyond their wildest imagination!
[rating:4/5]

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MATTHEW
POWERS 25 #1
Writer: Bjrian Michael Bendis
Artist: Micahel Avon Oeming
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: September 10, 2025
POWERS is BACK!

A fun, dangerous, adult look at a world of heroes through the eyes of special homicide officer Detective Kutter and her brand-new partner, and the first power to ever make powers division, Moebius Moon. Under the watchful eyes of legendary Captains Deena Pilgrim and Enki Sunrise, the new detectives are running through a minefield of all new dangers. A new unsolvable powers murder has Kutter and Moon questioning EVERYTHING about the world and their place in it.
[rating:3.5/5]

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RODRIGO
FLOW #1
Writer: Paula Sevenbergen
Artist: Claudia Balboni
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: September 17, 2025
When blood began to run down Dara Lund’s legs at Nature Camp, she thought she was dying. Homeschooled by a protective dad after her mom’s mysterious death, Dara wasn’t told the facts of life. “It’s the Curse,” her bunkmates said, not revealing it was her period. “But we can lift it…if you do everything we say.” So began their week of torment, making naive Dara do torturous tasks for their amusement. But now, 10 years later, as they embark on their careers, the three tormentors find themselves cursed—so they reunite to track down the likely source: a vengeful Dara. And they’ll pursue her to the bloody end.
[rating: 3/5]

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DISCUSSION

RADIANT BLACK: MASSIVE EDITION BOOK ONE
Writer: Kyle Higgins
Artist: Marcelo Costa
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $44.99
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."

RADIANT BLACK is a Massive-Verse series.

Collects issues #1-12 of the ongoing Radiant Black series

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