What is Robert Kirkman’s Big Secret Universe in Void Rivals?

Back at ComicsPRO in February, Skybound’s Morgan Perry introduced Void Rivals, a brand new ongoing comedian e book collection by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici. While any new launch from Kirkman is notable and De Felici made some waves together with his creator-owned collection Kroma, reuniting the group behind Oblivion Song is actually a robust assertion from Image & Skybound – one punctuated by the very fact the collection was chosen as the quilt of the current Diamond Previews catalogue. But the large enchantment to this collection is attempting to unravel the “new shared universe” that has been promised to debut in the collection. So, with out additional delay, we’ll take a guess at 5 prospects in order that we are able to cowl our bases and say “I told you so” when Void Rivals debuts in June.

1. It’s Tied To Invincible: With the second season of Invincible on Amazon Prime set to drop someday this yr, it looks as if the fitting time for Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley to reteam for one thing huge in the universe they created 20 years in the past and continues to promote like few different comics. It additionally would clarify why Ottley lately mentioned he is shifting again to creator-owned comics…
2. It’s Tied to The Walking Dead: The enduring franchise is additionally celebrating its twentieth anniversary and whereas Tillie Walden is persevering with the world in her profitable Clementine graphic novels, it might be a really Kirkman factor to do if he introduced again his hit collection in a stunning method…not in contrast to how he ended it.
3. It’s The KirkmanVerse: This may be a cheat, however there are sufficient parallel universe units in Invincible to permit for all of Kirkman’s collection – Fire Power, The Walking Dead, Oblivion Song and extra – to by some means lastly all cross over. That can be a love letter to all the large comedian occasions that we all know Kirkman loves and open the chance for some franchise mashups you by no means anticipated. And perhaps an try to beat Mark Millar’s Big Game to the bounce.
4. It’s Some Kind of License: Skybound has been aggressive about working with LEGO, Creepshow and different licensed companions (together with the still-unannounced Transformers and GI Joe comics from Hasbro however would any writer debut some type of shared universe with out saying it, actually?
5. It’s The New Image Universe: We’ve seen Radiant Black construct out a shared universe, Spawn in fact has its personal aptly named Spawn’s Universe …so might Kirkman be channelling his love of early Image years with the aforementioned Spawn, Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk, Prophet and extra with some type of new twist, like an Ultimate Universe?

While I do not anticipate we’ll get affirmation of this reveal earlier than June, anticipate chatter – and hypothesis – round this “new shared universe” to solely develop as we get nearer to Void Rivals #1 releasing on Wednesday, the 14th of June,  A brand new #1 from Robert Kirkman is in all probability as certain of an funding as one can get lately, however the added secret right here might make Void Rivals #1 interesting to a great deal of new readers past conventional comedian followers. And will sparks fly with Oblivion Song star Jake Gyllenhaal so he can reunite the band by starring in the characteristic movie model of Void Rivals? Stranger issues have occurred…

VOID RIVALS #1
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(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Matheus Lopes (A/CA) Lorenzo De Felici
SERIES PREMIERE The blockbuster OBLIVION SONG group of ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI debut the largest new comedian e book collection of 2023 with the launch of AN ALL-NEW SHARED UNIVERSE and a SURPRISE you will not see coming! War rages across the Sacred Ring, the place the final remnants of two worlds have collapsed round a black gap in a endless battle. However, when pilot Darak and his rival Solila each crash on a desolate planet, these two enemies should discover a technique to escape collectively. But are they alone on this unusual planet? And what darkish forces await that threaten your entire universe?  In Shops: Jun 14, 2023
SRP: $3.99