The all-new, all-disturbing Midnight Universe begins on October 7, and Marvel Comics has just unveiled new variant covers for all three debut issues: Midnight Spider-Man #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and ScieTronc, Midnight Fantastic Four #1 by Benjamin Percy and Kev Walker, and Midnight X-Men #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Matteo Della Fonte.
Bringing what Marvel Comics describes as "greater clarity and consistency to the variant cover collecting experience," the Midnight line will debut all-new ongoing variant cover programs.
Starting with issue #1, each Midnight series will feature recurring themes across Covers labeled A-E, along with additional variant covers. The covers revealed today include:
- Midnight Spider-Man #1 Cover B by Ryan Stegman, a "Midnight Bloodbath Variant," blood-soaked covers showcasing the terror of the Midnight Universe.
- Midnight Fantastic Four #1 Cover D by E.M. Gist, a "Midnight Horror Homage Variant," chilling recreations of iconic horror images.
- Midnight Fantastic Four #1 Cover I by Rod Reis, an additional variant cover that will also be available as a virgin variant (Cover J).
- Midnight X-Men #1 Cover H by Alessandro Cappuccio, an additional variant cover spotlighting the Midnight versions of Magneto, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.
- Midnight Fantastic Four #1 and Midnight X-Men #1 Covers E by Jeehyung Lee, prestige painted covers of the haunting Midnight Universe.
In Midnight X-Men, the shadows of New York City are stalked by vampires and the mutant empyres. The sword of Damocles hangs over the peace between these two species and the factions within them. An outright war is brewing, and the unturned will be caught in the crossfire.
Then, in Midnight Fantastic Four, an obsessive scientist delves into the secrets of the universe, perhaps best left unknown to mankind, leaving himself and three others warped in strange and horrifying ways. What horrible secrets lie in the new dimensions they have discovered? And can humanity survive the discovery?
Finally, in Midnight Spider-Man, a young Peter Parker is transformed into a hideous spider hybrid by the ruthless Oscorp Corporation in their pursuit of eternal life. When Oscorp begins to use the secrets unlocked by his mutation to create more human-animal hybrids, Peter embraces his grotesque new form to stop them.
Check out these newly revealed Midnight covers below and stay tuned for more on the line as we have it.
Dark. Unpredictable. Unmissable. The MIDNIGHT UNIVERSE draws in longtime fans and newcomers alike to enter a terrifying new world where anything can happen. Interconnected by rich lore-building, Marvel’s most definitive modern creators are given free rein to reimagine heroes with shocking twists and chilling transformations in boundary-less, creator-driven storytelling that will keep readers on edge issue after issue. The X-Men no longer fight for acceptance, they hunger for blood. The Fantastic Four venture into the unknown not to save the world—but to unleash terror upon it. And Spider-Man discovers that with great power... comes something monstrous.