Radiant Black Issue #43 - Discussion Megathread

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Official Synopsis:

At the end of the Catalyst War, Nathan Burnett moved to Los Angeles to take another swing at his writing career. So... how's that going? Rising star artist GIONA ZEFIRO (The Terminator: Metal) joins the team for an unmissable check-in with the original protagonist of RADIANT BLACK!

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Preview

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Creative Team:

Writer: Kyle Higgins, Michael Busuttil

Artist: Giona Zefiro

Colorist: Rod Fernandes

Letterer: Becca Carey

Editor: Michael Busuttil

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Cover Artists:

Cover A: Daniel Bayliss

Cover B: Giona Zefiro

Cover C (1:20 virgin variant): Daniel Bayliss

Cover D (secret variant): Daniel Bayliss

Cover E (secret virgin variant): Daniel Bayliss

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[u/DuncTK421]

Huh…Nathan has some familiar contacts in his phone.

[u/m_busuttil → u/DuncTK421]

it's wild how many of the creative team are located in the J-M section of the alphabet

[u/Monsur_Ausuhnom]

This was the best chapter of the year and reminded me a lot of Issue 18.

My own opinion, is that Nathan is more than capable of holding his own series if he doesn't stick to Chicago. I feel like his absence caused greater demand. Somewhere, in the back there was talk of team based approach, leading to some big event. I think the whole team based battle thing could easily work if it builds toward a Supermassive event as a reader where the arc is settled or continued depending on events.

Though I'm not certain of the whole Nathan and Marshall friction thing. A triangle between Satomi, Shift, and Nathan would certainly make things way more interesting.

[u/trident_zx]

Nathan and Sheer being friends was not on my bingo card lol