Marvel’s Midnight Universe took center stage at SDCC with new covers, ashcan previews, and a unified October 7 launch for its three ominous flagship series.

The press release follows:

Media Release – The light had its turn.

Just now at the Marvel Comics: Midnight Universe Panel at San Diego Comic-Con, all three Midnight writers—Jonathan Hickman, Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Benjamin Percy—shed more light on their bold titles and their shared vision for this terrifying new line. Revealed during the panel were the second issue covers for each title—MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR and MIDNIGHT X-MEN—along with the unveiling of additional variant covers. Attendees also received an early black and white Midnight Universe ashcan preview, which will be available at local comic shops in the near future.

MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #1 and MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #1 will have a unified launch, hitting stands together on October 7 as the only new Marvel comics released that day, a first for Marvel. The line will also introduce ongoing variant cover programs, with recurring themes across Covers labeled A-E. Bringing greater consistency and clarity to the variant cover collecting experience, this new program allows readers to choose their favorites and ensure that their local comic shop knows exactly what they’ll want, every month, without question.

Befitting the line’s ominous tone, the main covers of the MIDNIGHT titles will be presented in Cloaked Cover trade dress that conceals the full artwork until readers open the issue. With the exception of the debut issues, the full artwork will remain shrouded in shadow, only revealing themselves to those who pick them up on stands. While the newly revealed #2 covers offer a glimpse into the horrors ahead, new variant covers spotlight Iceman’s chilling new form, Peter Parker’s monstrous transformation and more.

MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #2
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by ScieTronc

Where is Peter Parker?

A new Oscorp employee is missing. An NYC teaching assistant is missing. In Queens, a municipal services tech didn’t clock in this morning. And for some reason, Oscorp defense contractors are scouring their building’s security tapes… for a spider.

MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #2
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Kev Walker

Reed Richards—haunted by a past he can barely recall and a scientific breakthrough he can barely understand—begins his tenuous working relationship with Sue, Johnny, and Ben at Storm Systems. They’re about to test out one of their theories—a theory that will revisit and redefine the perils of the atomic age.

MIDNIGHT X-MEN #2
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Matteo Della Fonte.

Eat. Prey. Love.

Check out the new covers and preorder all three MIDNIGHT series at your local comic shop today. For more information, visit Marvel.com.

See all previously revealed cover for the debut Midnight issues by visiting www.marvel.com/midnight

MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #1
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by SCIETRONC
COVER A STEVE BEACH REGULAR COVER
COVER B RYAN STEGMAN MIDNIGHT BLOODBATH VARIANT
COVER C PEACH MOMOKO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT
COVER D SKAN MIDNIGHT HORROR HOMAGE VARIANT
COVER E JEEHYUNG LEE MIDNIGHT GALLERY VARIANT
COVER F CLAYTON CRAIN 3-PART CONNECTING VARIANT
COVER G PEACH MOMOKO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VIRGIN VARIANT
COVER H ERIC CANETE VARIANT
COVER I INHYUK LEE VARIANT
COVER J INHYUK LEE VIRGIN VARIANT
On Sale October 7



MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #1
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by KEV WALKER
COVER A KEV WALKER REGULAR COVER
COVER B RYAN STEGMAN MIDNIGHT BLOODBATH VARIANT
COVER C BEN HARVEY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT
COVER D E.M. GIST MIDNIGHT HORROR HOMAGE VARIANT
COVER E JEEHYUNG LEE MIDNIGHT GALLERY VARIANT
COVER F CLAYTON CRAIN 3-PART CONNECTING VARIANT
COVER G BEN HARVEY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VIRGIN VARIANT
COVER H LEINIL FRANCIS YU VARIANT
COVER I RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE VARIANT
COVER J RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE VIRGIN VARIANT
On Sale October 7

MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by MATTEO DELLA FONTE
COVER A DIKE RUAN REGULAR COVER
COVER B RYAN STEGMAN MIDNIGHT BLOODBATH VARIANT
COVER C SKAN MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT
COVER D BJÖRN BARENDS MIDNIGHT HORROR HOMAGE VARIANT
COVER E JEEHYUNG LEE MIDNIGHT GALLERY VARIANT
COVER F CLAYTON CRAIN 3-PART CONNECTING VARIANT
COVER G SKAN MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VIRGIN VARIANT
COVER H ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO VARIANT
COVER I ITO VARIANT
COVER J ITO VIRGIN VARIANT
On Sale October 7



MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #2
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by SCIETRONC
COVER A STEVE BEACH REGULAR COVER
COVER C PEACH MOMOKO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT
COVER F PEACH MOMOKO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VIRGIN VARIANT
On Sale November 18





MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #2
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by KEV WALKER
COVER A KEV WALKER REGULAR COVER
On Sale November 18



MIDNIGHT X-MEN #2
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by MATTEO DELLA FONTE
COVER A DIKE RUAN REGULAR COVER
COVER C SKAN MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT
COVER G SKAN MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VIRGIN VARIANT
On Sale November 18





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