The Massive (comics)

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The Massive
Cover of The Massive Prologue (Dark Horse Presents #8). Art by Kristian Donaldson.
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Publication date13 June 2012 – 24 December 2014
Creative team
Created byBrian Wood
Written byBrian Wood
Artist(s)Kristian Donaldson
(Dark Horse Presents #8–10, #1–3)
(#4–9, #13–30)
Gary Erskine (#10)
Declan Shalvey (#11)
Danijel Zezelj (#12)
J.P. Leon (covers #2–30)
Colorist(s)Dave Stewart
(Dark Horse Presents #8–10, #1–9, #14–15)
Jordie Bellaire (#10–13, #16–30)

The Massive was an ongoing, monthly comic book series created by Brian Wood and published by Dark Horse Comics. Dave Stewart's work as a colorist in the first nine issues of the series earned him the Eisner Award for Best Coloring in 2013.[1]

Publication history[]

The Massive was originally launched in the pages of Dark Horse's comics anthology, Dark Horse Presents in the form of three eight-page short stories in issues 8–10.[2][3][4] These stories were later collected as a digital one-shot, published 22 April 2012.[5] The official launch of the monthly ongoing series came later, beginning in June 2012. In 2015, Dark Horse published a six issue prequel titled The Massive: Ninth Wave, telling the story of the environmental group before the world's eco-crash.[6] The prequel series was later collected in a hardcover library edition published in 2016.[7]

Issues[]

Issue Release Date Story Arc Title Artist Cover Colorist Notes Collection Library Edition
― February 1, 2012
February 22, 2012
March 21, 2012 		Prologue Kristian Donaldson Brian Wood
(Dark Horse Presents #8) 		Dave Stewart 8-page shorts appeared in
Dark Horse Presents #8–10 		The Massive
Volume 1:
Black Pacific 		The Massive
Library Edition
Volume 1
1 June 13, 2012 Landfall Kamchatka Kristian Donaldson
and Brian Wood
Rafael Grampá (variant) 		[8][9]
2 July 11, 2012 HK J.P. Leon
Rafael Grampá (variant) 		[10][11]
3 August 8, 2012 Unalaska J.P. Leon
Rafael Grampá (variant) 		[12][13]
4 September 12, 2012 Black Pacific Mog J.P. Leon [14]
5 October 10, 2012 Antarctica [15]
6 November 14, 2012 Micronesia [16]
7 December 12, 2012 Subcontinental Rig [17] The Massive
Volume 2:
Subcontinental
8 January 23, 2013 Schism [18]
9 February 27, 2013 Sub [19]
10 March 27, 2013 Polaris Breaker Gary Erskine Jordie Bellaire [20]
11 April 24, 2013 Megalodon Declan Shalvey [21]
12 May 22, 2013 Nunatak Danijel Zezelj [22]
13 June 26, 2013 Americana Chokepoint [23] The Massive
Volume 3:
Longship
14 July 24, 2013 Battlegroup [24]
15 August 28, 2013 Oasis [25]
16 October 23, 2013 Longship Pitchblack [26][27] The Massive
Library Edition
Volume 2
17 November 27, 2013 Stormbreak [28]
18 December 18, 2013 Deadlock [29]
19 January 22, 2014 Bloc Satellite [30] The Massive
Volume 4:
Sahara
20 February 26, 2014 Siege [31]
21 March 26, 2014 Security [32]
22 April 23, 2014 Sahara Colonials Danijel Zezelj [33]
23 May 28, 2014 Irregulars [34]
24 June 25, 2014 Crusaders [35]
25 July 30, 2014 Ragnarok One [36] The Massive
Volume 5:
Ragnarok[37]
26 August 27, 2014 Two [38]
27 September 24, 2014 Three [39]
28 October 29, 2014 Four [40]
29 November 26, 2014 Five [41]
30 December 24, 2014 Six [42]

References[]

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  21. ^ "The Massive #11". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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  23. ^ "The Massive #13". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  24. ^ "The Massive #14". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  25. ^ "The Massive #15". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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  41. ^ "Dark Horse November 2014 solicitations". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  42. ^ "The Massive #30 profile". Dark Horse. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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