VERSUS | Radiant Black vs. Blaze

From the pages of Radiant Black #15 comes: VERSUS.
Can today’s modern day hero Radiant Black hold his own against, Blaze, one of the greatest heroes of C.O.W.L.? It’s a battle across time in this latest VERSUS match-up.
Read the story here: radiant.black/issues/issue-15/
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Directed By: Kyle Higgins
Written By: Kyle Higgins & Alec Siegel
Produced By: Phil Crain & Kyle Higgins
Executive Producer: Seohoon Son
Executive Producer: Marcelo Costa, Alec Siegel & Rod Reis
Edited By: Alec Siegel
Art Directed By: Marcelo Costa & Eduardo Ferigato
Storyboards By: Brandon McKinney & Eduardo Ferigato
Backgrounds By: Ramón Palermo
Additional Art By: Igor Monti
Animation By: Tiger Animation
Music By: Kristopher Carter
Sound Supervisor: Matthew Taylor
Sound Design: Pete Nichols
Titles By: Michael Busuttil
Will Friedel as Radiant Black
Reginald James as Blaze
Rick Cramer as Geoffrey
David Sobolov as The Robot

[@big_boy6209]

Just minding my business reading volume 3 and I see a QR code that leads me to PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK

[@bottlezone]

I would watch the heck out of an animated Radiant Black series in this style. So great.

[@adrianturner8406]

I wonder if they're going to make Radiant Black TV series on Netflix.

[@1986BNick]

It will probably get picked up by Amazon Prime.

[@tdmagichands]

Me too

[@p0k3mn1]

Damn I just scanned the QR code expecting it to go to the radiant black website or something. This is a full high quality and voiced animation. This is awesome.

[@dorkygeek18]

I did the same thing. We need a radiant black show with will playing Marshall

[@mr.knight8213]

HAHAHAHA HE IS ALREADY ANIMATED I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES The amount of work they are putting into this comic series is incredible. I'm just speechless. Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa are the men.

[@c-moon9770]

Don’t forget Marcelo Costa. The visual flair of Radiant Black is in many parts thanks to him as well.

[@mr.knight8213]

@@c-moon9770 yeah lets add him

[@filipe19991]

Amazon, where are you and had you been in talks with Image Comics?

[@oakleyhasafoot7878]

@@filipe19991 I mean they did invincible so

[@keremiswhelmed]

This was awesome! Makes me want an entire animated adaptation. Will Friedle playing Will Friedle as Radiant Black in universe is hilarious! Congrats to Kyle and the entire cast and crew for the amazing animated debut for Radiant Black and Blaze!

[@ryanramsden5910]

They legit got Will Friedle!!!

[@theradiantblackpodcast6267]

This is genuinely incredible. We are mindblown! Also, Will Friedle!!!

[@SynthetiThespis]

The creators of this world must be the most hardworking team in superhero comics right now. Incredible what they've managed to do in less than two years with world building, multiple books, and now an animated short!? Keep it up you all!

[@dom_rocks7923]

This has got to be one of the best things I've seen out of a comic. The animation was stunning and the commentary was fantastic! Wonderfully done.

[@NoodleGoblin]

BRO I SCANNED A QR CODE IN THE COMIC AND IT TOOK ME HERE!!!

[@MatthewNovak]

No other comic would do something like this. Radiant Black is just the best!

[@josiahholmes8071]

It's moments like this where I'm in complete shock and awe, but I'm also glad I picked up the series and get to see the community grow with each release or update. I also had a feeling that was Will Friedle doing Marshall's voice in the commercials from a while back. It's awesome to actually hear him in the role lol. Props to everyone involved in putting this together and always keeping readers on the edge of their seats!

[@jamzilla6990]

Felt like I was watching a mixture of Ben 10 and Invincible. Love it!!

[@Cyndar10]

10/10 give me a series of this please!!! Animation is on point and I loved the dialogue and the voice actors were killing it.

[@jtd3960]

Never in a MILLION years would I ever have thought you guys would do something like this. This is amazing in every sense of the word. It makes me so damn proud and happy to be a fan of Radiant Black.

[@XR42]

I saw someone cosplay as radiant black at Fanime and made his day by calling him out as the character. 🤗

[@Torch-Light]

Guys this was really phenomenal. You're making something special with RB, please keep going.

[@kgmediaco]

This series does an amazing job keeping the readers engaged. I’m so glad I was able to start at the beginning. Radiant Black is going to blow up and it deserves to. I talk to everyone about this series!

[@guntherrivera2220]

Do you know what show this is by chance?

[@kgmediaco]

@@guntherrivera2220 unfortunately it’s not a show…yet. It’s a comic book series titled Radiant Black.

[@guntherrivera2220]

@@kgmediaco aw damn

[@maninthecamohat2735]

​@@guntherrivera2220 You should read it though it's good stuff.

[@YoloColo]

Need an animated show.

[@patrickzjd]

And I'm just so happy we FINALLY got to see what an animated C.O.W.L. episode would've looked like! Now all we need is the Blaze versus Eclipse fight hinted at (promised?) way back in #10, LOL...

[@blackmarketnarrative]

🤔

[@maybetoby]

Ok I don't know anything about C.O.W.L., what are they talking about in the beginning. Who is Paul and why does Blaze need to "take care of him"?

[@CoffeeFor__]

@@maybetoby watch the comic?

[@maybetoby]

@@CoffeeFor__ I read it, I didn't find it that interesting.

[@CoffeeFor__]

@@maybetoby oh alr

[@cliftongunn6499]

This was amazing. This could easily be a classic cartoon series if you guys made more.......So please 🙏🏾 make more.

[@joshuahavird8082]

Didn't expect this, so so glad we got this. Hoping to see more.

[@EternityInGaming]

This is top tier wtf. I love this so much! We need more comic book adaptations to be animated!

[@logankoch7310]

This is incredible favorite comic just keeps getting better

[@ViewtifulDarnell]

Dope. I wasn’t expecting the QR code to lead to an actual fully animated and voiced short. Love it.

[@batdog2183]

I swear to God if they make an animated show and he isn't voiced by Terry McGinnis (yes I know that's not his actual name) I'll...move on and probably love the actual VA but still it'd be cool of Terry voiced him.

[@salami9611]

Agh I love this series so much given my love for the Tokusatsu genre and Superheroes the fact that this series was made just feels like it was made for me I really can’t wait for more of what’s to come with Radiant Black!!

[@maybetoby]

Kyle did write the best Batman Beyond comic (in my opinion), so it fits.

[@c-moon9770]

God damn when I saw this QR code I figured this would be a link to a poster or something. This is awesome

[@AngelLapis]

I laughed so hard when it cut to the Radiant Black Loss Footage removed 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MRGreen-lg4gn]

Love it great choices for the VA's was really surprised about the robot I always had a more computer/mechanical sounding voice every time I read his dialog but I like this way better

[@Lsd1021]

So fucking cool. Mad respect to everyone who worked on this. Loving the love and care being put into this universe

[@rickyvillalobos4508]

Will!!!! He really is woven into my childhood so why not bring him on for something that is a love letter to the heroes we grew up with. This just added more fuel to the fire of why I love this series

[@spritestuff]

Best comic out there right now. It would make me so damn happy to see this as a full on show

[@fabianramirez7807]

This was so awesome and a great surprise! I thought it would be years before we saw animated videos of Radiant Black.

[@PaperPrince97]

I literally just finished the short film scene in vol 3 and SPRINTED over to watch this

[@SurrealiamPrime]

dude same! i fuckin love this series

[@Neostar617]

This is one of the coolest things I've seen a comic do

[@Mimic_Gaming]

I’m begging for a show now

[@TrillgataQ]

Radiant Black always deserved something like this

[@WyattLayneMusic]

Incredible! You all continue to blow me away with the creative surprises coming out of this comic.

[@theoking2821]

This was awesome! I LOVE how you guys keep merging the comics with reality in semi small ways but this is your biggest one yet! I CANNOT WAIT for next month's issue!!!

[@Omarthedemigod]

I was not expecting this. I bought issue 15 last weekend and didn’t see that.

[@TheFlannelDeath]

OMG OMG OMG THIS WAS FANTASTIC! YOU ACTUALLY GOT WILL FUCKING FRIEDLE, /THE/ BATMAN, /MY/ FAVORITE BATMAN. Fuck fuck fuck I loved this so much!

[@darkhawk5]

With the release of the first Radiant animation, my life is just a bit more complete

[@OtseisRagnarok]

(Pleasantly) surprised you got will friedle. nice.

[@maybetoby]

Hah, Will Friedel! We need an animated Massive-Verse.

[@dillonsmith3633]

just came from issue 14; this is awesome!!! 😃

[@comicbookjunkies8330]

That was awesome haha. Need more ASAP 🤗

[@bonohaha5371]

I love this series so much bro

[@BritishPyjamaman]

This was amazing :O been a series I've been wanting to get into for a while now. Definitely will be picking this up now.

[@owensreviews625]

Holy Moly!

[@carlcustodio4186]

Awesome! More please!!!!

[@GenericProtagonist118]

This was absolutely*awesome!* Some could also say: *Wicked* *Excellent* *Brilliant* *Bad@ss* Plus others! I really hope to see more stuff like this and it's nice to see Radiant Black get some representation and acknowledgment. I might even check out this Blaze guy and where he's from.

[@blackmarketnarrative]

blackmarket.la/cowl

[@Crazy_King_Bumi]

This is so damn rad! I can't get over it!

[@PsychoMagnet]

This was AWESOME! Since I started reading the series I've been wanting an animated adaption for Radiant Black. Imagine if they got this same team to do it. I hope we get one when the comic ends.

[@heckatron2586]

Well this was a surprise!

[@kylesabal8993]

I hope this get the proper animated show treatment. Will Friedal/Ron Stoppable as the Marshall is something I refuse to unhear. Where do I throw my money??

[@MaximeBouveron]

This just confirms to me that Radiant Black is meant to be animated, not all comic books work that well in this medium but this just SLAPS I love everything about it

[@SolCross]

THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING GIFT

[@tomthespaceknerd5396]

Awesome. I love the comic and I love this too.

[@joshuahavird8082]

I really hope this goes public soon, it would be sick for this to go viral

[@blackmarketnarrative]

Share away!

[@noahboahfilms8715]

y'all really got Batman Beyond for this!!

[@blackmarketnarrative]

We did!

[@mikeadams8849]

This was great. love to the whole crew that put this together!

[@codyjones8153]

*We Need A Radiant Black Animated Series!*

[@zacharybosarge7762]

This is amazing, Holy crap I'm glad I scanned that qr code

[@justrok79]

Wasn't expecting this. That was great.

[@randyasher8422]

I loved this. I hope we get more.

[@alexphillips4644]

Please tell me a Radiant Black series is in the works.

[@forestdodson3030]

What can us fans do to make this a full series?! Fantastic work!!! I absolutely love all the work you have done and how your passion for Tokusatsu shows and speaks volumes to us fans.

[@Homey104]

This does more than convinces that "Radiant Black" has the potential to be a series it needs to have one and yes it can be on streaming if necessary. If they can make a show based on "Invincible" then yeah "Radiant Black" should be given consideration.

[@Vi0lentSerpent]

Very cool! Was not expecting this but it was a great surprise!

[@Balagadoo597]

Hope you guys keep doing stuff like this with future issues. It’s a great way to synergize comics with other mediums. Maybe even do stuff with the rest of the massive verse.

[@Latch-]

This was very cool. Thank you

[@fishingwithrick3991]

Thanks Mr. Higgins and team for showing how awesome comics can be! 👊👊👊

[@calmhusky6801]

How the hell does this not have more views? Animation is fantastic

[@greekgod2441]

Amazing work

[@manuelaxolot4945]

this was amazing

[@bustahwoalf2858]

Hype

[@mmilani287]

Awesome!! Bring on a full series!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@erykg3513]

Love the tie in with the comic, very creative

[@JoeBarrow021104]

Honestly this was a genius idea to add in the comic. I'm going to share this with everyone I know to ramp up the views and hopefully we as a community will end up with an amazing animated series. You know, to add with an already amazing comic line.

[@blackmarketnarrative]

Share away!

[@rammisalami]

Seeing that transformation was better than I imagined.

[@popsattic2308]

Freaking awesome 😎😎😎

[@JoshCreationsYT]

“Spider-verse won an Oscar” 😂

[@stevedola66]

Incredible stuff!

[@noggincomics]

Just finished the issue and now this! Awesome video.

[@onepresence9460]

That was AWESOME 😍🤩 👏 Everything looked great. Animation, voice acting, perfection. I love the comics and i seriously want a cartoon based on it. Amazon Prime Video, please make a Radiant Black animated series. I beg you 🙏🤞

[@jean-paulgauvin3352]

Pretty cool. I didn’t even finish reading the issue before watching this.

[@user-ue9hm9nj1b]

This is Incredible! Will Friedle voicing as Radiant Black in this animated short is super cool.

[@odracircomix7359]

WHAT IS THIS AWESOMENESS AND WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF IT? THIS IS GREAT!

[@ldiod4374]

Wow, this is pretty nice. Also it’s cool that COWL takes place in the same world as Radiant Black.

[@Malicious_Hero]

This was great!

[@NoahsArt93]

Okay I need radiant black animated series! Will Friedle plays him so well! I think he was voicing Marshall but still so good!

[@camdenmarr1783]

Holy shit! This is amazing! Been reading Radiant Black since issue 1 and have been loving it ever since.

[@SmileDead]

I Need a Radiant Black Animated series now!!

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

As a fan of Radiant Black (Marshall) this does put a smile on my face, AWESOME ANIMATION!

[@chrismcdonald2947]

Oh hell yeah. This was awesome!! I would watch 100 seasons of this

[@BlakeMP]

Awesome little bit of added value for the comic book.

[@jordanwestbrook8378]

Will Friedle!!!!!! Is the man

[@korrasami_shiper]

Awesome

[@tomsmurf4225]

This is way funnier considering I've actually been reading Marshall's dialogue in Will Friedles voice