Kyle here, recently returned to Los Angeles after I spent the last two weeks at my parents’ house in the Chicago suburbs. My good friend Alec Siegel, who co-created C.O.W.L., just got married! In addition to a killer ceremony and reception (there was neon bowling), it was a blast to see a host of old friends again—some of whom I literally haven’t spoken to since we graduated high school.

With a lowkey bachelor party the week before, I decided to make it a nice little summer pause back in the midwest.

Since I was on the road, I wasn’t able to get a newsletter out or hit a Massive-Verse Live, which means we haven’t been able to talk about that ending in Radiant Black #42! So today, we’re going to dive into that. How did we get here? What does it means for the book?

Plus, last week brought some other big news— we’ve got a release date and covers for Teen Titans!

Let’s get into it!

🚨That Radiant Black Ending — SPOILERS 🚨

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Radiant Black #42 hit stands earlier this month and it’s been a lot of fun to watch the reaction to the big ending, including quite a bit of discourse in the Black Market discord. The book also immediately sold out at Lunar, which prompted a second printing. Now, good news— we still have copies available in our shop, plus we’re taking pre-orders for the second printing. So, if you’re looking to grab this one, we’ve got you covered. And, all copies come signed by me (unless you request otherwise).

When I started planning Radiant Black, there was a night early on where I sat down at the bar in a local pizza place that I liked to write at, ordered a beer and started breaking the shape of what would become years one, two and three. Based on that shape, I knew that one of the characters— either Nathan or Marshall— would end up with a fundamentally changed role in the book after fans voted on who the permanent Radiant Black would be.

I didn’t know the shape of what year four would look like that night, but I did write in my notebook that whichever character ended their time as Radiant Black… there could be an interesting opportunity down the line if we wanted to bring them back as a <001>-assisted character.

I grew up reading comics in the 90s. For some reason, the secondary characters were always my favorites— Nightwing, Robin, the Scarlet Spider. I remember how cool I thought it was when the Scarlet Spider started appearing in New Warriors. And then, in 2005, Ed Bruabker and Steve Epting wrote what I consider to be a seminal story for 2000s comics, introducing the Winter Soldier. His presence changed the book and in some cases, it really became more of a split lead title (especially after Steve died).

Now, we’re not going full split-lead with Radiant Black, but this book has always been about Nathan and Marshall, two millennial best friends navigating everything from generational disillusionment to crippling credit card debt and life after your dreams don’t work out. Plus, the effect that power has on people and the world.

We’ve really been focused on the latter since we’ve returned with our Rebuild arc, as “the responsibility of power” has been at the forefront of what Marshall’s story. Now, Marshall will be joined by Nathan as the fallout of the Catalyst War continues to escalate and reshape society.

How Nathan became <001>, what it means for his long term status in LA, and most importantly what’s bringing him back to Chicago, will all be the focus of our very special next issue of Radiant Black.

Radiant Black #43

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At the end of the Catalyst War, Nathan Burnett moved to Los Angeles to take another swing at his writing career. So... how's that going? Rising star artist GIONA ZEFIRO (The Terminator: Metal) joins the team for an unmissable check-in with the original protagonist of RADIANT BLACK!

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When we initially solicited issue 43, we did so with just the above covers. But secretly, we also asked Daniel Bayliss to make two other versions for us. Now that Nathan’s return has been revealed, we’ve finally been able to reveal our last two covers:

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Teen Titans Next Level

Last week, DC released their September 2026 solicits, which includes our debut issue of Teen Titans.

When one of their own vanishes after attending a rally for Ascend—a fast-growing youth movement training kids to survive in a world shaped by superhuman conflict—Fairplay, Cheshire Cat, Proxy, and Wildcard will do whatever it takes to find their friend, including teaming up with Red Hood!

Jason thinks they’re soft and reckless. They don’t understand how he can still kill people. Now they have to work together—whether they like it or not!

Created by Kyle Higgins and Daniele Di Nicuolo, the acclaimed team behind Power Rangers: Shattered Grid and Image Comics’ Massive-Verse, this series channels the same mix of heart, scope, and style that has defined their work together—blending cinematic storytelling and Di Nicuolo’s dynamic, expressive art to bring the next generation of heroes to life.

It was a bit of a deja vu experience last week when the solicitation dropped. As I stood in my parents’ kitchen, typing up a social post about the book, the whole thing felt eerily familiar. I realized, it was almost exactly fifteen years to the day that I was also staying at my parents house when the news of my time with another prominent former Robin was announced (New 52 Nightwing), and featured a similar post.

Coming back to DC has been a really positive experience. As a lifelong and diehard Nightwing fan, the Teen Titans have always been special to me. I also feel that they’re one of those superhero staples that every generation should have their own version of. A book that looks at what it’s like to be young in the DCU in the face of legacy expectations.

For our Teen Titans, that includes the challenges of making connections and relationships in today’s world.

We’ve got a vehicle for a host of characters—new and familiar faces—to join the book as we explore what it means to find and take your place in the world.

Of course, there’s one other big important element to the book.

In the face of legacy expectations, our kids will find an unexpected “mentor” in Red Hood. Jason’s in an interesting place at the start of our series. His relationship with the bat family is such that he’s out on his own, finding work and people to help on something of a word of mouth basis.

But when a case focused on a missing teen brings him in contact with a group of kids who have a unique connection to the Teen Titans name, Jason decides to let them help him find their friend.

And that will go about as smooth as you’d expect.

As you can probably sense from the solicit text, the push and pull between Jason and the kids is at the heart of the book. Jason’s got a certain perspective on things. The kids won’t always agree. They’re going to challenge him. And probably drive him a little crazy. But at the end of the day, he’d probably die before he’d let anything happen to them.

I think we’ve got something really special here and I can’t wait for DC to start revealing more.

For right now, I can tell you that a big part of what’s making this book so special is the art from Daniele Di Nicuolo and Marcelo Costa.

When I was first starting in comics, one of the things I dreamed about was finding collaborators who I could grow with, who it would be fun to move from world to world with.

All these years later, I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to have that in people like these guys/

I mean, just look at these panels:

We’ve got a big roller coaster planned for this book with twists and turns and a ton of surprises. I can’t wait for you all to see more.

See you in September!

MASSIVE-VERSE LIVE

Since I was on the road the last two weeks, Michael took point on this week’s episode of Massive-Verse Live, hosting another Office Hours.

Next stream is tonight!

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The Black Market Shop

One final thing I wanted to mention. For the last few months, we’ve been working behind the scenes to integrate our Threadless store—filled with Massive-Verse t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, etc— directly into the the Black Market shop.

For those who don’t know, over the course of the first year or two of Radiant Black, we used to feature exclusive shirt designs for certain issues, available only until the next issue’s release. We shifted away from that for a few reasons (bandwidth being one of them) but with better integration to our storefront, we’re looking to start doing a bit more.

In the meantime, we’ve managed to get (almost) all of our prior designs listed in the Black Market shop. Feel free to head over and take a look.

Apparel

Okay, that’s going to do it for me today!

See you in a few hours on Massive-Verse Live!

Kyle
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Kyle here, coming to you from my desk on a gloomy-but-relaxing Friday morning where I’ve got some good music going (Glass Animals) and some of the most gorgeous new Radiant Black and Teen Titans art that I could ever hope for hitting my inbox. Shout out to Marcelo Costa and Daniele Di Nicuolo!

I haven’t spoken too in-depth about what we’re doing on Teen Titans just yet, as we’re still a few months away from when the book will really ramp up with solicits and on-sale dates, but the pages that Daniele has been crafting feature some of the most stunning superhero art that I’ve ever been lucky enough to be a part of. I think fans, new and old, are going to really vibe with this.

Here’s a little tease from one of my favorite pages.

This past week has been almost entirely consumed by outreach on Radiant Black #42, which I’ll get to in a second.

Outside of that, I’ve been putting some real work into taking better care of myself. Looks like I’ve got another knee surgery coming up, possibly more than one, and I’m trying to head into it in the best shape I can. I’m about a month into some bigger lifestyle changes and, honestly, feeling really good for the first time in a long time.

I’ve dropped some weight, I’m moving better (crippling knee pain non-withstanding) and the stress levels have been dropping. Which, you know, is definitely preferable to the alternative.

The big changes aren’t just limited to me. On the book front, we’ve got a really big issue of Radiant Black that’s about to hit its Final Order Cutoff and to say that it is going to usher in another huge change for the book… well, I’ll just say it— it’s going to usher in a another huge change for the book :)

After we put the finishing touches on it earlier this week, we also started to get the issue out to retailers so they can see what exactly they’re in store for before ordering. The reaction has been awesome — which helps mitigate some more of that stress ;) — but what’s been even more awesome is the reaction that we’ve gotten from a few fans who we also shared the issue with.

This past Monday, we brought a few folks up on stream and showed them the ending of #42, live, to get their unfiltered reactions. Huge thank you to Bash, Matt, Owen, Bill, Ryan, and TJ for being game and for trusting us not to put them in a weird spot.

Watch their reactions and you’ll get a pretty good sense of what we’re working with here.

FINAL ORDER CUTOFF

Radiant Black #42 - May 11

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Okay. I’m going to choose my words very carefully here.

Radiant Black #42 is the start of maybe the biggest story we’ve ever told in this book. As we race toward issue #50 (!!), the ending of #42 kicks off something that Joe, Marcelo, Michael and I have been building toward for a long time, and I genuinely cannot wait for everyone to read it.

I’m not going to spoil any of it here. The reveal at the end of this issue only works if it lands cold, and I want to protect that for every single one of you. But I will tell you this — if you’ve been with us since the beginning, if you’ve stuck around through everything we’ve put these characters through… this is the one.

For newer readers — quick note on FOC, or Final Order Cutoff. It’s the deadline for retailers to lock in their orders with the printer, and pre-ordering before FOC is the single most material way you can support these books. It directly affects the print run and signals demand to retailers. Monday is the deadline for #42. If you’ve been on the fence, or if you’ve been meaning to add Radiant Black to your pull list, this is the issue to do it on.

Talk to your local shop! Get it on your pull list! Tell a friend!

And then, once the issue hits stands on June 3, hit our Discord and tell us what you think!

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MASSIVE-VERSE LIVE

This past Monday’s episode was all about bringing fans up to show them #42 and get their reactions. It’s a fun one! If you missed the stream, you catch it right here along with an audio-only edition as well.

Since this Monday is such an important day for Radiant Black #42, we’re going to spend the night digging into some fun segments around big reveals in comics. And we may or may not be joined by some special guests!

→ [Monday, May 11. 6PM PST on YouTube]

BLACK MARKET PRESENTS…

On Tuesday, we released a new edition from our Black Market Presents… initiative — Tree App, by Zach Chapman, Dean Kotz and Chris O’Halloran. If you missed it in your inbox, you can catch it here.

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Comic Con Revolution
May 16-17
Ontario, CA

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May 22-24
Nashville, TN

Okay, that’s going to do it for me today!

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Kyle
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Dean Kotz studied painting at West Chester University and has been professionally drawing comics since 2009. He has worked with Image, Dark Horse, Dynamite, and IDW. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Find him on IG and Twitter @deankotz.

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Over the past seventeen years, I’ve had the privilege of working on some of my favorite properties—things like Batman, Nightwing, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and more.

And while getting to contribute to those worlds will always mean a lot to me, nothing quite compares to the feeling of building something new—new stories, new worlds, new universes and, when possible, helping to boost new voices.

In 2021, I started Black Market Narrative—a creative-collective studio focused on original storytelling across comics, audio, film, and more. Projects like Radiant Black and The Massive-Verse at Image Comics, Moon Man with Kid Cudi, The Singularity with Bear McCreary, Ordinary Gods and Deep Cuts are all part of that larger effort.

At its core, the focus has been about building worlds—and building them with incredibly talented people.

I started in comics in 2009, at a time when the industry—and the internet around it—looked very different.

Now, it’s never been easier to make something.

But it’s never been harder to break through.

For newer creators especially, getting work seen, building an audience, and finding real opportunities can feel like an impossible battle.

So we started asking a simple question:

What can we build that actually helps?

INTRODUCING: BLACK MARKET PRESENTS…

Black Market Presents… is a new initiative designed to spotlight original short-form stories from creators we believe in, delivered straight to your inbox and built for how people read today: on their phones, in scrollable formats.

It’s a way for us to put great work in front of you—and to create more space for voices we think deserve to be heard. Think of it as a curated signal boost—one that lives directly inside this newsletter.

Now, a couple key points.

These stories aren’t backdoor pilots for the Massive-Verse. They’re not mandates for future development. They’re stories we think are worth telling, from creators whose voices we want to highlight, right now.

That said, if something connects, we’ll certainly be paying attention.

Every story includes a poll, and the conversation continues over on our Discord. We want to hear what resonates, what doesn’t, and what you want to see more of as this evolves.

We’ve also created a dedicated section of the newsletter where all of these stories will live, so you can easily follow along or catch up anytime.

Which brings me to the fun part—are you a creator who wants us to take a look at your work?

We’ve set up a Google form for just that.

Creator Submission

An important note—we are not reviewing unsolicited pitches or concepts. But if you have a finished comic, you can submit it through the Google form. We’re also a very small team, so we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to look at everything—but we’ll do our best.

So what do these vertical scroll stories actually look like?

Well, rather than keep talking about it—let’s show you.

Below are the first two stories we’ve run as part of Black Market Presents…

Dive in, and let us know what resonates!

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Kyle here, coming to you from LA on what has turned out to be a lovely Sunday afternoon.

As I started writing today’s newsletter, I had to legitimately double check the calendar. Unfortunately, I can confirm that it’s already mid April, which should honestly be illegal.

It’s so funny when I think back on how long everything felt like it took when I was growing up, eight hours of school was an eternity, winter stretched forever, holidays were a lifetime away. Now, I lose days, weeks, and months with regularity. I know everyone says that your perception of time speeds up as you get older, nothing about this is all that original, but it doesn’t make it any less true.

I spent the back half of March almost entirely on the road, bouncing between Megacon in Orlando to C2E2 in Chicago plus a few days in Yosemite. At the end of it all, I landed with a gnarly chest cold that I’m just now finally getting over, too many scripts to finish, and more photos and videos than I know what to do with.

Don’t worry, I won’t inundate you with all the photos and videos, although I do have some cool sunrise shots that I’ll include below. Shout out to Keegan O’Brien and Greg McMahon.

This was my first time at Megacon since 2018 and only the second time I’ve been in Florida since Radiant Black debuted and man oh man did you all make me feel welcome! I had a great show this year and I even got to spend it next to a pretty awesome tablemate.

It was wonderful to catch up with friends and fans, some of whom I hadn’t seen in a long time and others I was meeting for the first time. Shout out to Frank and his son, Rio, as well as Joe Pantoliano (?!) who I somehow ended up in a conversation with. Don’t worry—I managed to hold it together just long enough to tell him how much I loved his work and for him to give me shit about not casting him in anything (yet). 2026, made.

Chicago was also, predictably, another amazing weekend. I got to spend some much-needed time with my family as well as Kelly and her family, all of whom flew in from Australia and London for her birthday, as a surprise.

And speaking of Kelly, she was asked by Reed Pop to illustrate the cover of the 2026 Zine, which had a Chicago diner theme. How cool is this?!

In fact, we loved how it so much that we turned it into a print for everyone who attended our Kyle Higgins Presents: Radiant Black, The Massive-Verse and More panel, complete with some new balloons by Becca Carey.

We also brought some fun exclusives to both shows (and will continue to bring to shows this summer and fall). The standout was a special version of Radiant Black and White #1, remarqued by me in fluorescent ink.

In between all the chaos of the con, I found some time to do something that I used to do quite a bit with my dad, growing up: trekking out to the Adler Planetarium just before sunrise to capture my favorite city at my favorite time of day.

I didn’t shoot very many photos this time, both because I was playing around with a little Action 5 video camera and also because I was joined by two fantastic photographers, Keegan O’Brien and Kelly’s dad, Greg McMahon.

Here’s a few shots from Keegan. If you dig ‘em, definitely go check out his and Greg’s Instagram pages. I’ll include links below.

Oh, and today is Keegan’s birthday! Happy birthday, Keegan!

And because I love this picture so much, here’s one of me and Kel on the Mist Trail in Yosemite.

Okay, onto comic book stuff!

MASSIVE-VERSE LIVE

We’ve had a few Massive-Verse Live episodes drop since our last newsletter, with Michael admirably holding down the fort while I was out of commission. Earlier this week, I was able to get caught up and pushed out the corresponding podcast + newsletter editions for each.

As a reminder, we record these live on YouTube every Monday night. But if you can’t make our 6pm PST time slot, you can always find the episode after the fact on our YouTube channel. Plus, we also have a dedicated section of this newsletter where we do a dedicated post for each episode that includes both the video version and an audio edition.

If you want to be notified when those posts go out, you can subscribe to that section of the newsletter by checking the box in your account settings, right here.

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LATEST EPISODE:

Our next stream is tomorrow night, where we’ll break down all things Radiant Black #41. Plus, we’ll finally get into some of our promised segments. I swear!

NEXT STREAM:

Monday, April 20. 6PM PST on YouTube

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Radiant Black #41 - April 15

Last week, Radiant Black #41 hit stands and it features one of my all-time favorite buffalo-based jokes in the series.

IYKYK

Here’s a little preview!

Preview:

And, as always, a new video promo featuring Will Friedle.

Inferno Girl Red Book Two TPB - March 25

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On the heels of Inferno Girl Red Book Two finishing its serialized run, our Book Two OGN is also now officially on stands.

And, after more delays than we’ve known what to do with, I’m also happy to report that nearly every Inferno Girl Red Kickstarter order has been finalized, packed, and will head out the door tomorrow.

We have a handful of orders that we’re working on still, due to some book one hardcovers that became impossible for us to fulfill thanks to the Diamond bankruptcy (TLDR: Diamond is holding about $8,000 worth of hardcover stock hostage and will not return it to us) but those orders are being finalized on a case by case basis with everyone, as we speak.

BLACK MARKET PRESENTS…

And speaking of Inferno Girl Red Book Two, we’ve got a special edition of our new Black Market Presents… spotlight today featuring the Burning Light of Hope in the Dark herself!

This is a story that Mat Groom put together shortly after finishing Book One, and it slots cleanly in between Book One and Book Two.

Eleonora Carlini, a Massive-Verse favorite and a former Power Rangers collaborator of ours, was kind enough to join along with the usual IGR colors/letters team of Igor Monti and Becca Carey.

And for those who missed last months news, Black Market Presents… is something we’re looking to do more regularly now: vertical scroll stories that we curate from creators we’re excited about, with an emphasis on new and emerging voices, direct to your inbox.

You can check out our first story, Black Eye, by Rich Douek, Nir Levie and Buddy Beaudoin right here.

Similar to Massive-Verse Live, we’ve set up Black Market Presents… as its own section of the newsletter, so your inbox won’t be inundated every time we put out a story.

But! If you do want those notifications, you can subscribe in the same way you subscribe to Massive-Verse Live, right here.

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OK, enough preamble! Enjoy our Inferno Girl Interlude!

🚨THE BLACK MARKET🚨

Radiant Black Massive Edition Book Two — BMN Exclusive

We’re a few weeks away from shipping out our Black Market Exclusive edition of Radiant Black: Massive Edition Book 2 (we’re just waiting on the dust jackets to come in) but in the meantime, I wanted to give this one more shout out— we have a handful of copies left (we’re down to single digits now) so if this was something you were eyeing, now is definitely the time!

As a reminder, our Black Market edition features an exclusive bookplate signed and numbered by myself and Marcelo Costa, as well as a gorgeous new dust jacket from Goni Montes.

The book collects RADIANT BLACK #13-24, the SHIFT one-shot, a complete cover gallery and more than 30 pages of new and exclusive behind-the-scenes backmatter.

This edition is also limited to just 150 copies (sans APs).

Massive Edition Book Two BMN Exclusive

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Next month, I’ll be appearing at two conventions:

Comic Con Revolution
May 16-17
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Galaxy Con Nashville
May 22-24
Nashville, TN

Okay, that’s going to do it for me! I’ve got some Teen Titans notes to finish and a Monday night livestream to prep for!

See you tomorrow night!

Stay Radiant!

Kyle

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Recorded March 30, 2026

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Recorded March 23, 2026

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Kyle here, with a really fun one for you today. We’ve got the first story in our new Black Market Presents… program, our BMN Exclusive Radiant Black Massive-Edition Book Two is officially open for pre-orders and—

MASSIVE-VERSE LIVE

We’ve got a new edition of Massive-Verse Live tonight! Unfortunately, Michael won’t be able to join us— he got really sick while he was in LA for the party and some meetings and unfortunately has found himself still rather unwell.

But don’t worry, we’ll still show off a whole bunch of videos from the party, including the black light experience, and dive into more behind the scenes from the Radiant Black audiobook. And I might even post a link in the chat if anyone wants to come up to chat for a segment.

Head over to our YouTube channel at 6 PM Pacific! Or just hit that video right above.

🚨BLACK MARKET DROP

Radiant Black Massive Edition Book Two — BMN Exclusive

The Radiant Black: Massive Edition Book 2 Black Market Variant features an exclusive bookplate signed and numbered by co-creators Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa, as well as a gorgeous new dust jacket from Goni Montes!

Collects RADIANT BLACK #13-24, the SHIFT one-shot, a complete cover gallery and more than 30 pages of new and exclusive behind-the-scenes backmatter.

This edition is limited to 150 copies (sans APs).

*NOTE*
This item is a pre-order, expected ship date is mid-April 2026

Massive Edition Book Two BMN Exclusive

BLACK MARKET PRESENTS…

As announced last week, Black Market Presents… is our new showcase for original vertical short stories from creators we’re excited about. And today, we’re bringing you our first release.

These aren’t stories that are leading to new Massive-Verse books, or even necessarily fuller projects beyond what you’re reading right here. Of course, if something does really resonate for people, we’ll certainly take notice and consider that as we put together new projects. To that end, we’ve got a little poll at the end of each story. Let us know what you think and definitely make sure you hit the Discord to chat about it!

And just like Massive-Verse Live, this is now setup as its own section of the newsletter. However, don’t worry— you won’t get email notifications… unless you want them! In that case, hit the link to “subscribe to Black Market presents” and make sure you check the box for it.

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Megacon
March 19-22
Orlando, FL

C2E2
March 27-29*
Chicago, IL

*There will be a Massive-Verse panel on Saturday at 4pm. Details coming soon

Okay that’s going to do it for me today!

See you tonight on Massive-Verse Live!

Kyle

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