Radiant Black: The Audiobook Is Now Available

IMAGE COMICS’ FIRST EVER AUDIOBOOK—RADIANT BLACK—IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY, LIBROFM, EVERAND & MORE

The adaptation features Batman Beyond voice actor Will Friedle & Cabin Fever’s Rider Strong and will be available soon on many more platforms

PORTLAND, Ore. 07/02/2026 — The massively popular Radiant Black series is the first Image Comics title to be adapted for an audiobook. Radiant Black: The Audiobook, Volume One is available now and features a full voice cast headlined by Rider Strong (Boy Meets World, Cabin Fever) and Will Friedle (Boy Meets World, Batman Beyond) playing leads Nathan Burnett and Marshall Ward, respectively. Fans can find it on Spotify, LibroFM, and Everand now and soon on Audible, Overdrive, and wherever audiobooks are sold. For more updates about availability on various platforms, visit: http://radiant.black/audiobook.

The audiobook, produced by Black Market Narrative, is written, directed, and narrated by Radiant Black co-creator and Massive-Verse architect, Kyle Higgins. It features cinematic sound design by Higgins and an original score from The Walking Dead co-composer, Sam Ewing. It is the first ever audiobook adaptation of an Image Comics title.

For fans and listeners who want to go deeper, Black Market Narrative has also produced Radiant Black: The Audiobook, Volume One – The Deluxe Edition, available DRM-free exclusively through the Black Market Narrative storefront. It retails for $34.99 and includes:

DRM-free, high-quality M4B and AAC editions of the audiobook
Audio commentary track with Kyle Higgins and editor Michael Busuttil
Roundtable discussion with Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Kyle Higgins, and Michael Busuttil
Scoring Radiant Black — an interview with composer Sam Ewing
In the Booth — A 25 minute look inside one of Kyle Higgins and Will Friedle’s recording sessions (video)
The complete audiobook script (PDF)
Behind-the-scenes collector’s booklet featuring enhanced liner notes, photography and other surprises (PDF)

Radiant Black: The Audiobook, Volume One is the first in a planned series of audiobook adaptations from Black Market Narrative and Image Comics, adding another level of immersion to the critically and commercially acclaimed Massive-Verse.

“When Eric Stephenson and Lorelei Bunjes first pitched me the idea of doing Radiant Black in audio, I knew that to do it right would be a huge undertaking,” said Higgins. “This project has been a true labor of love for our team. From assembling our amazing cast to recording, design, narration, score, and our final mix, this has been an incredible experience at every turn. I never thought I would be back in the world of audio, but to be able to work in one of my favorite mediums and take advantage of all the possibilities it affords has been more than worth it.

“A huge shoutout and thank you to everyone who contributed to this—from our incredible cast to so many people behind the scenes, thank you so much. I’m so excited we finally get to share this with the world. And now that we’re all set up, we’re dying to get started on volume two!”

Friedle and Strong spoke about the project on a recent episode of their podcast, Pod Meets World: “[The book] is just really cool, it’s very hip. [They] speak ‘nerd,’ so there’s great film references, music references. It’s great. One of the things that’s cool, is [they do] things in this world that have never been done in comics before.”

Friedle first became involved in the Massive-Verse when he voiced Radiant Black’s Marshall Ward in a secret, in-universe animated short film easter egg called Versus. The short film was co-written by Higgins and Alec Siegel, directed by Higgins, made in collaboration with Tiger Animation, and featured the return of actors Rick Cramer and Reginald James to reprise their roles as The Grey Raven and Blaze from Higgins’ and Siegel’s 2007 film The League, the original inspiration for their 2014 Massive-Verse series, C.O.W.L. The short film was accessible through a surprise QR code in Radiant Black #15. Friedle also appears in the issue as himself.

“He asked us to do this probably two years ago,” said Strong on the podcast. “Kyle is brilliant. He’s an amazing writer. And he’s a great director…it was so fun to spend [days] with a good actor’s director. You improvised a few times, and he let you. But mostly, we’re faithful to the comic.”

Radiant Black, and its Massive-Verse of related titles, has cultivated a reputation for bleeding edge, immersive storytelling stunts that fans can’t stop talking about. This exciting audiobook adaptation continues that tradition of surprising expansions to the medium.

At its core, Radiant Black is a story of two best friends, disillusioned millennials trying to navigate failed dreams and existential super powers thanks to the ethereal, cosmic Radiant.

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