This page contains unmarked spoilers for the issues of Radiant Black, Rogue Sun, and the The Dead Lucky up until its release.
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Supermassive is the 2023 Massive-Verse one-shot comic book crossover. It is published by Image Comics and is written by Melissa Flores, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom and Kyle Higgins, with art by Daniele Di Nucuolo and Walter Baiamonte. It is scheduled for a May 2023 release.
A doorway has been opened, and beyond it lies the Holy Grail, and Radiant Black, Rogue Sun and Dead Lucky are all desperate to get their hands on it. However, a mysterious woman stands in their way.
Following 2022's Supermassive, its 2023 follow-up serves as the first true Crisis Crossover for the Massive-Verse, with Radiant Black, Rogue Sun and The Dead Lucky all going on hiatus in the lead-up to the one-shot.
Tropes applying to Supermassive (2023):
- The Cameo: In a post-credits scene, we see Medieval Spawn pick up Thomasin's body, and he's apparently her ally.
- Commonality Connection: Bibi and Thomasin bond over not being able to get over losing people in war, and there's some romantic tension between them two.
- Crisis Crossover: Now that there is more than one title, 2023's Supermassive counts as one, as it crosses over the three characters from the main universe of the Massive-Verse, and their titles were put on hiatus until after the story.
- Floating Head Syndrome: Nathan and Marshall on the default cover, thanks to the close-up on them behind Bibi.
- Foregone Conclusion: Thomasin is from Caleb's time but is still alive within a space that takes people from across time. However, her powers will not pass on while she still lives, and then we eventually see them... they're the Inferno Girl Red powers, guaranteeing that she will die so they can eventually pass on to Janine Caro and Cássia Costa in the present day.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Following Rogue Sun tradition, Caleb. When Marshall finds out Marcus died, he admits he wasn't the best guy, but misses him. He later says he still prefers Marcus to the current Rogue Sun.
- Hero Killer: Thomasin was an ally of Caleb Hawthorne, the Knight Sun, back in their time and kills him in the first scene of the special when he tries to stop her from getting the Holy Grail.
- I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Morrow get Bibi to care about the job by telling her that the Holy Grail may be able to revive the dead, and that she has free reign with it until she hands it to them. Her sole motivation is using it to revive Eddie, her ex-boyfriend who died in front of her at the end of The Dead Lucky's first arc.
- Legacy Character: The crossover sees Nathan (Radiant Black I) also involved this time around, after he'd lost the powers during the first Supermassive story. It'll also see Dylan Siegel as Rogue Sun, as opposed to Marcus Bell, the Rogue Sun that Marshall had previously met in Supermassive. However, while Dylan is present, it's Caleb, the original Rogue Sun, in control. Thomasin at first is an unassuming ally from Caleb's past, but it turns out she's a previous Inferno Girl Red.
- Lotus-Eater Machine: One trial for the Holy Grail sees the heroes' fears manifest. Thomasin's is the idea that she's essentially stopped her powers from passing on, Bibi's is for failing Eddie, while Nathan and Marshall's is combined due to them sharing their powers — Nathan's fear of blowing his big shot and Marshall's of an anti-drug PSA. Nathan is able to break out because his fear is being screwed with by Marshall's.
- Power Incontinence: Nathan and Marshall's powers are still glitching out, and they hope the Holy Grail can fix it so that they don't have to decide which one of them will be Radiant Black.
- Public Domain Artefact: The Holy Grail is the actual Holy Grail.
- Recycled Title: The one-shot shares its name with the 2022 Supermassive.
- The Reveal:
- Thomasin appears to be some kind of sorceress and passes herself off that way... then she uses one final Inferno Girl Red transformation.
- The Holy Grail doesn't actually resurrect the dead, and Caleb knew that the entire time, it just wants a host to possess.
- Secret Identity:
- Nathan and Marshall learn that Marcus has died and the Sun Stone has passed on, but not who it's passed on to. Caleb seems to be trying to avoid any complications after taking control of Dylan's body. We learn that even Morrow doesn't know who Rogue Sun is.
- Averted with Radiant Black, who Morrow know about. Nathan and Marshall also walk around with Rogue Sun and Bibi in plain site, further ruining the idea of them having a secret identity.
- Sequel Hook: The story ends with the Radiants Black, Rogue Sun and Dead Lucky all going their own way, with Marshall saying he'll call when the invasion they've been dreading happens.
- Variant Cover: The default cover is by Daniele Di Nicuolo, while the other two are by Eruca D’Urso, French Carlomagno, Abel and Marcelo Costa (the artists for the series involved in the story) and Goni Montes. Oddly enough, the default cover is the only cover that doesn't include Inferno Girl Red.
