The Massive



The Massive is published by Dark Horse Comics. The cover price is $3.50.

Last Issue

 * The Massive: Ninth Wave #5: 13 Apr 2016

Current Issue

 * The Massive: Ninth Wave #6: 11 May 2016

Next Issue

 * none scheduled

Status
Final issue was #30.

Main Characters

 * Callum Israel - Captain of the Kapital, current leader of Ninth Wave Conservation Group, former sniper with Blackgate PMC.


 * Mag Nagendra - Second in command aboard the Kapital. Former Blackgate PMC.

Trade Paperbacks

 * The Massive, vol. 1: Black Pacific - Collects #1-6. "Follow the crew of the Kapital from the flooded remnants of Hong Kong to Unalaska, with stops in Antarctica and Mogadishu, as post-Crash ethics and economics are explored across a broken world." -


 * The Massive, vol. 2: Subcontinental - Collects #7-12. "Still adrift and on the hunt for their sister ship, The Massive, the crew of the Kapital—all that’s left of Callum Israel’s dwindling environmental-activism group Ninth Wave—are challenged at every turn as they face mutiny, sharks, snowy isolation, and the tempting possibility of a new life on a utopian sea station. The strain of life in a crumbling world, as well as secrets about Israel’s failing health, threaten to destroy a crew stretched to its limits." -


 * The Massive, vol. 3: Longship - Collects #13-18. "Callum Israel and Ninth Wave go head to head with a disgraced comrade threatening nuclear war, a rogue faction of the US Navy working as pirates in New York Harbor, and a colony of Norwegian whalers who hunt in the Viking tradition." -


 * The Massive, vol. 4: Sahara - Collects #19-24. "Callum Israel and the crew of the Kapital face Arkady, Israel's former colleague bent on revenge. When the Kapital is bombed, Callum and Mag head into post-Crash Europe to confront Arkady. But what they ultimately discover may lead them to their long-lost ship, The Massive. Meanwhile, Mary appears in the Sahara Desert, guarding a convoy of fresh water, holding a secret that might unravel Callum for good." -


 * The Massive, vol. 5: Ragnarok - Collects #25-30. -


 * The Massive: Ninth Wave - Collects Ninth Wave #1-6. -


 * The Massive Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects #0-15. - -


 * The Massive Omnibus, vol. 2 - Collects #16-30. - -  - (forthcoming, November 2019)

Hardcovers

 * The Massive Library Edition, vol. 1 - Collects #0-15. -


 * The Massive: Ninth Wave Library Edition - Collects Ninth Wave #1-6. -

Digital

 * The Massive, vol. 1: Black Pacific - Collects #1-6. - Kindle

Creative Team
Writer/Creator/Covers: Brian Wood. Artist/Creator/Covers: Kristian Donaldson.

Publishing History
First published in 2012.

Future Publication Dates

 * The Massive Omnibus, vol. 2 TP: 13 Nov 2019

News & Features

 * 08 May 2012 - Brian Wood Returns to Creator-Owned with The Massive

Links

 * Dark Horse Comics - Publisher's Website