Cosmica #1: First Light
by Neal Pollack
Digital
Date of Publication: August 4, 2026
Earnest Smithsonian archivist Claire Rosslyn has always believed that if she works hard enough, wishes hard enough, and follows the rules, her life will eventually become extraordinary. Then she discovers a mysterious talking book hidden in the museum archives—and transforms into Cosmica, a glamorous, immensely powerful superhero. Claire’s new life is exhilarating, occasionally terrifying, and considerably stranger than she expected. Between rescues, secret flights, awkward de-transformations, and conversations with a book that seems to know far more than it reveals, she must learn how to control her powers without losing the thoughtful, slightly anxious woman underneath the cape.
She soon discovers that she isn't alone. Across the world, other women are undergoing transformations of their own, including rebellious young Rachel Harper, who ignites into the fiery Solara, and polished political power broker Laura Langley, who becomes the radiant Lumina. Each woman’s powers reflect something hidden inside her—ambition, anger, courage, desire, grief, or the person she has never quite allowed herself to become.
As their paths converge, the women begin forming an unlikely superhero sisterhood with an increasingly bizarre roster of allies. They face danger, public scrutiny, complicated relationships, mysterious enemies, and the unsettling possibility that their transformations are connected. They also have to figure out who gets to lead, whether saving the world can become a sustainable, even profitable career, and what happens when extraordinary power enters an already complicated personal life.
Funny, sexy, sincere, globetrotting, and packed with transformation, Cosmica is a superhero series about friendship, self-discovery, second chances, and women becoming more than they—or anyone else—ever imagined.
