1/2/2024 0 Comments Radiant black 9![]() ![]() It starts with the smash through the floor, then falling midair, hitting the pool, and finally a close-up as Radiant sinks. Costa lays out the page as one continuous image but gives the illusion of panels using colored accent boxes around 4 positions as Radiant Falls. There’s a stunning fight sequence where Radiant is smashed by a hulking robot through the floor of a gym and into the pool on the next level. Radiant Black isn’t a book that’s breaking new ground or turning the genre on its head, but it employs these tropes and expectations to great effect, with the reverence of creatives that respect and enjoy them.Ĭosta’s art and Farrell’s coloring elevate that pretty by the numbers script, playing with the visual language of superhero comics to say something new in the medium. Expect plenty of villain banter on trying to decide the team-up name (R.I.P 5yndicate, which was too pure for this world) and at least a non-committal villain signaling a redemption moment. It brings the heat of a heist plotting structure, which is always fun, and results in a pretty successful strike against the Radiant, albeit temporarily. While the Radiant duo talks about relationship issues and high school sports, the villains work to develop a plan to take out the hero. It gives a smooth rhythm that gives the book the chance to advance both plots without getting stuck in any one scene. The script does an excellent job of crosscutting between the superteam, which spends the issue trying to come up with a team name, and Nathan and Marshall. ![]() ![]() It’s an excellent b-plot that helps to keep the book moving as Marshall goes from halftime show at the high school to battling his new superteam nemeses. The tension between them, which Nathan is oblivious of, is simmering and ready to reach a boiling point, based on the book’s cliffhanger. It’s nice to be reminded of what makes comics so compelling to return to month after month, and Higgins and Clark’s script doesn’t get bogged down in decompressed storytelling, moving quickly through the civvie storyline of Nathan cyberstalking his questionable girlfriend and the resentment Marshall has for the distractions. It’s an excellent and exciting flow that harkens to a mode of comics that feels rare these days. The book wears that ethos of tearing the hero down on its sleeve, before giving an excellent and shocking twist at the lowest point. Radiant Black #16, written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark, with art from Marcelo Costa, coloring by Triona Farrell, and lettering from Diego Sanches, continues to channel the spirit of Ultimate Spider-Man, with this issue seeing the Radiant’s version of the Sinister Six forming and attacking. ![]()
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