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* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Radiant Red is indirectly responsible for Nathan's winding up in a coma and seemingly becoming braindead.]]
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The backmatter of a few issues promotes the Kickstarter for ''Inferno Girl Red'' by Matt Groom, Groom. It was eventually announced that this was the precursor to a shared universe, with both writers saying that ''Radiant Black'' taking place in the titles are connected.same universe as ''Inferno Girl Red'', as well as ''Rogue Sun'' by Ryan Parrott.
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* CopHater: Marshall openly expresses contempt for cops.
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* CopHater: Marshall openly expresses contempt for cops.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:In issue #10, Marshall ventures into existence to bring Nathan back to life. Marshall is repeatedly asked why he wants to bring Nathan back and insists it is because Nathan is his friend. Marshall insists again and again that his motive is simply to bring his friend back, until he snaps and admits to believing that Nathan deserves to live more than him because Nathan actually tried to make something of himself while Marshall did not.]]
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* MakeSomeNoise: Doppler uses technology to generate sonic blasts.
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** [[spoiler:Issue 5 ends with two new Radiants appearing... along with a whole new type of being that is hunting them.]]
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** [[spoiler:Issue 5 ends with two new Radiants appearing... along with a whole new type of being that is hunting them.]]]]
* YourMom: Marshall dishes out variations of this to some passers by insulting him in issue #9.
-->'''Passerby #1''': Haha! The only person Marshall sleeps with is his mom.
-->'''Marshall''': Newsflash, bucko, she's still never gonna sleep with you.
-->'''Passerby #2''':Aww, did she pouw you those little Cheerios, Mawshall?
-->'''Marshall''': Nah, I poured 'em from the box ''your'' mom brought over! Here! Have some!
-->'''Passerby #3''': Fuck you, Marshall!
-->'''Marshall''': His mom already did that!
* YourMom: Marshall dishes out variations of this to some passers by insulting him in issue #9.
-->'''Passerby #1''': Haha! The only person Marshall sleeps with is his mom.
-->'''Marshall''': Newsflash, bucko, she's still never gonna sleep with you.
-->'''Passerby #2''':Aww, did she pouw you those little Cheerios, Mawshall?
-->'''Marshall''': Nah, I poured 'em from the box ''your'' mom brought over! Here! Have some!
-->'''Passerby #3''': Fuck you, Marshall!
-->'''Marshall''': His mom already did that!
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:The first four issues are centered around Nathan as he adjusts to his powers and toys around with the idea of superheroics. Marshall takes over as protagonist when Nathan dies.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nathan dies saving civilians from a collapsing building.]]
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* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character, Nathan Burnett, is a writer. He even comes from the same small town in Illinois as Kyle Higgins.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character, [[spoiler:for the first 4 issues]] Nathan Burnett, is a writer. He even comes from the same small town in Illinois as Kyle Higgins.
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** [[spoiler:Issue 4 ends with Nathan's death and Marshall bonding with the mini-black hole.]]
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** [[spoiler:Issue 4 ends with Nathan's death Nathan seemingly dying and Marshall bonding with the mini-black hole.]]
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* IdiotBall: In the first issue, some cops tell Marshall to move off the train tracks...and Marshall tells them that he's going to ''stay'' on the train tracks until the cops leave because they can't tell him what to do. All while ''a train approaches''. To be fair, though, he was drunk moments before.
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* IdiotBall: In the first issue, some cops tell Marshall to move off the train tracks...and Marshall tells them that he's going to ''stay'' on the train tracks until the cops leave because they can't tell him what to do. All while ''a train approaches''. To be fair, though, he was drunk moments before. Nathan implies that he's constantly pulling stunts like this.
* ThePowerOfHate: [[spoiler: Marshall is almost an InstantExpert on using the powers he receives from Nathan, largely because he's completely focused on killing Radiant Red for nearly killing Nathan.]]
* {{Transmutation}}: Radiant Red's powers work somewhat like this. They can absorb and transform matter they come in contact with.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: The new Radiants want to team up with Marshall and Radiant Red to battle whatever the thing is that's hunting them. Marshall is unsurprisingly pissed off at the idea given that Radiant Red nearly killed Nathan and is only kept from making further problems because they get separated soon thereafter.]]
* ThinkingUpPortals: [[spoiler: The pink Radiant has this power.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: The new Radiants want to team up with Marshall and Radiant Red to battle whatever the thing is that's hunting them. Marshall is unsurprisingly pissed off at the idea given that Radiant Red nearly killed Nathan and is only kept from making further problems because they get separated soon thereafter.]]
* ThinkingUpPortals: [[spoiler: The pink Radiant has this power.]]
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** [[spoiler:Issue 5 ends with two new Radiants appearing... along with a whole new type of being that is hunting them.]]
** [[spoiler:Issue 4 ends with Nathan's death and Marshall bonding with the mini-black hole.]]
** [[spoiler:Issue 5 ends with two new Radiants appearing... along with a whole new type of being that is hunting them.]]
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* TheGamblingAddict: [[spoiler: Radiant Red's]] husband was this, gambling away all of their saving and the money she'd put aside for her graduate degree. [[spoiler: This is what pushes her into robbing banks.]]
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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Radiant Red's]] husband's reaction to finding out that she discovered he'd secretly gambled away her graduate school money by ''forging her signature''. He gets mad at her for having embarrassed them at the bank and potentially further damaging their credit. She immediately calls him out on it and shouts him down until he's begging for forgiveness.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Radiant Red isn't fond of killing, and we see him having this reaction [[spoiler: after she finds finding out that Nathan is probably going to die.]]
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* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Radiant Red is indirectly responsible for Nathan's death.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After [[spoiler: Radiant Red puts Nathan in a coma, Marshall]] drops everything to hunt him down and take him out.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Radiant Red is a woman. The suit hid her figure.]]
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Radiant Red is a woman. The suit hid her figure.]]
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** Marshall also gets on top of Radiant Black's social media presence and encourages Nathan to practice with his powers.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Marshall is quite excited to have a superhero for one of his best friends. [[spoiler: He also solemnly takes the tiny black hole's offer for power when Nathan seemingly dies.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Issue 4 ends with Nathan's death and Marshall bonding with the minor black hole.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Issue 4 ends with Nathan's death and Marshall taking the Black Hole.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Issue 4 ends with Nathan's death and Marshall taking bonding with the Black Hole.minor black hole.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:The first four issues are centered around Nathan as he adjusts to his powers and toys around with the idea of superheroics. The end of issue 4 reveals that Marshall is the actual takes over as protagonist when Nathan dies.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[Nathan dies saving civilians from a collapsing building.]]
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* FriendOnTheForce: Two police officers witness Nathan's first transformation and quickly figure out his identity. They don't tell anyone about him and instead ask for his help dealing with another person with that kind of armor, who is using it to rob banks.
* GenreSavvy: The police officers who figure out Nathan's identity by the second issue realize that he means no harm and that he has nothing to do with the other man in armor robbing banks.
* GenreSavvy: The police officers who figure out Nathan's identity by the second issue realize that he means no harm and that he has nothing to do with the other man in armor robbing banks.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character, Nathan Burnett, is a writer. He even comes from a small town in Illinois, like Kyle Higgins.
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''Radiant Black'' is a 2021 superhero comic book by writer Creator/KyleHiggins and artist Marcelo Costa, published by Creator/ImageComics.
Nathan Burnett is thirty years old and already a failure -- he failed at becoming a successful writer in Los Angeles and only managed to wrack up over thirty thousand dollars in credit card debt. And now he's forced to move back in with his parents in his hometown of Lockport, Illinois.
But one night, out drinking with his friend Marshall, Nathan encounters some sort of miniature black hole...and touching it somehow gives Nathan a cool black and white costume and ''cosmic powers''. But while they might seem like a blessing at first, they don't belong to him and he isn't the only one who has them.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: It's less that they are embarrassing and more how embarrassing it is to move back in with them. Although Nathan's mother seems especially keen on him coming back home, saying "My baby's home!"
* ClingyCostume: Nathan isn't sure how to remove the helmet -- not even ''throwing up'' removes the helmet, as the vomit just...pours out of the solid faceplate. Marshall reminds him of how he used his powers by ''thinking'' about doing something, however, and so he thinks about removing the helmet and it vanishes.
* IdiotBall: In the first issue, some cops tell Marshall to move off the train tracks...and Marshall tells them that he's going to ''stay'' on the train tracks until the cops leave because they can't tell him what to do. All while ''a train approaches''. To be fair, though, he was drunk moments before.
* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character, Nathan Burnett, is a writer. He even comes from a small town in Illinois, like Kyle Higgins.
* MindOverMatter: The first issue shows some of his powers, including making a couple of police officers and a train float in mid-air. It also allows him to fly.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The end of the first issue shows someone robbing a bank in Chicago and they are wearing a similar costume to Nathan's...only it's ''red'' and black.
* TronLines: Nathan's costume is black with glowing white portions.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: It looks like a miniature black hole and Nathan actually ''touches'' it, something which shouldn't be possible. Then again, it only ''looks'' like it, it could be something else entirely.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: After Nathan touches the mini-black hole and finds himself in the costume, he can't handle it and throw up by the side of the road. The helmet doesn't even come off -- the vomit just somehow comes out of the solid faceplate. His friend Marshall even says, "Oh my god you don't have a mouth! How are you doing that without a mouth?!"
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''Radiant Black'' is a 2021 superhero comic book by writer Creator/KyleHiggins and artist Marcelo Costa, published by Creator/ImageComics.
Nathan Burnett is thirty years old and already a failure -- he failed at becoming a successful writer in Los Angeles and only managed to wrack up over thirty thousand dollars in credit card debt. And now he's forced to move back in with his parents in his hometown of Lockport, Illinois.
But one night, out drinking with his friend Marshall, Nathan encounters some sort of miniature black hole...and touching it somehow gives Nathan a cool black and white costume and ''cosmic powers''. But while they might seem like a blessing at first, they don't belong to him and he isn't the only one who has them.
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!Tropes in ''Radiant Black'':
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: It's less that they are embarrassing and more how embarrassing it is to move back in with them. Although Nathan's mother seems especially keen on him coming back home, saying "My baby's home!"
* ClingyCostume: Nathan isn't sure how to remove the helmet -- not even ''throwing up'' removes the helmet, as the vomit just...pours out of the solid faceplate. Marshall reminds him of how he used his powers by ''thinking'' about doing something, however, and so he thinks about removing the helmet and it vanishes.
* IdiotBall: In the first issue, some cops tell Marshall to move off the train tracks...and Marshall tells them that he's going to ''stay'' on the train tracks until the cops leave because they can't tell him what to do. All while ''a train approaches''. To be fair, though, he was drunk moments before.
* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character, Nathan Burnett, is a writer. He even comes from a small town in Illinois, like Kyle Higgins.
* MindOverMatter: The first issue shows some of his powers, including making a couple of police officers and a train float in mid-air. It also allows him to fly.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The end of the first issue shows someone robbing a bank in Chicago and they are wearing a similar costume to Nathan's...only it's ''red'' and black.
* TronLines: Nathan's costume is black with glowing white portions.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: It looks like a miniature black hole and Nathan actually ''touches'' it, something which shouldn't be possible. Then again, it only ''looks'' like it, it could be something else entirely.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: After Nathan touches the mini-black hole and finds himself in the costume, he can't handle it and throw up by the side of the road. The helmet doesn't even come off -- the vomit just somehow comes out of the solid faceplate. His friend Marshall even says, "Oh my god you don't have a mouth! How are you doing that without a mouth?!"
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