Chad Burdette
The all-new, all-disturbing Midnight Universe begins on October 7, and today Marvel Comics unveils 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,
- MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Matteo Della Fonte.
The three debut issues—the only Marvel comics released that day—will usher in a creator-driven line where some of Marvel’s most acclaimed modern talents are given free rein to reimagine the world’s greatest heroes in chilling and daring new ways
Bringing greater clarity and consistency to the variant cover collecting experience, the Midnight line will debut all-new ongoing variant cover programs.
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Starting with issue #1, each MIDNIGHT series will feature recurring themes across Covers labeled A-E, along with additional variant covers.
The themes for A-E Covers are:
- COVER A REGULAR
The main series cover presented with the Cloaked Midnight trade dress.
- COVER B MIDNIGHT BLOODBATH VARIANT COVERS
Blood-soaked covers showcasing the terror of the Midnight Universe.
- COVER C MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT COVERS
Spotlight covers showcasing Midnight reimaginings of Marvel Heroes new and old.
- COVER D MIDNIGHT HORROR HOMAGE VARIANT COVERS
Chilling covers inspired by iconic horror images.
- COVER E MIDNIGHT GALLERY VARIANT COVERS
·Prestige painted covers of the haunting Midnight Universe.
Marvel continues to pull back the curtain with a special first look at all three debut issues, along with the covers for MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #3, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #3, and MIDNIGHT X-MEN #3, all arriving on December 16.
Issue #3 Covers:
The newly revealed covers tease even more of what’s to come, from Cyclops, the last of the X-Men, taking a young mutant under his wing to the unimaginable horrors of Oscorp’s experiments and the Fantastic Four’s daring journey into the cosmic unknown.
Midnight Spider-Man #3
Midnight Spider-Man #3
THE PARKER INCIDENT!
As Peter Parker frantically searches for a way to reclaim his humanity, Oscorp hunts the emerging urban legend THE SPIDER-MAN in their first breakthrough on the path to a post-mortality future.
Meanwhile, in Oscorp’s deepest, most top-secret labs, Doctor Octavius has used the lessons of the “Parker Incident” to engineer the world’s second synthetic mutant… a living horror that will make even Spider-Man obsolete.
In an interview IGN, Johnson teased:
“I need to be careful not to spoil what the iconic spider is, and what it’s doing to Peter… It’s a mystery we’ll slowly reveal over the course of the series,”
“I want people to have their own theories, and for those theories to escalate and evolve as we slowly reveal what’s happening to Peter. But I can say the body horror escalation from issue to issue is extreme.
The hope is that by the time our readers read issue #3, they’ll be hard-pressed to imagine where it can even go from there. We’ve had to get very creative with the fringe science of the story to ensure there are still horrific new vistas to explore 25, 50, and 100+ issues from now.
Every time an issue hits shelves, I want our readers sweating and shivering all the way until the next one hits.”
MIDNIGHT X-MEN #3
NO MUTANTS. NO MERCY.
Weapons of Earthly and Heavenly construct. Realms that exist between old failures and the shiny new sins of expedience…
Percy told ComicBook.com in a recent interview.
“Reed doesn’t know Sue and Johnny and Ben, and even as their stories intertwine, a very different breed of ‘family’ is born—far more toxic and complicated.
These characters are all facing horrors within that will help them pursue the horrors without.
Their backstories are all different, and so are their futures, so whatever you think you know about FF is about to be revised through the lens of cosmic horror.”
Special first look at all three debut issues
The new artwork offers a glimpse at:
- The darkness ahead from Reed Richards’ ruthless pursuit of knowledge
- Peter Parker’s gut-wrenching transformation
- The holy war erupting in the shadows between mutants, humans, and Empyres!
MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #1
In MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and ScieTronc, Spider-Man discovers that with great power… comes something monstrous.
Ryan Stegman Midnight Bloodbath Variant (Cover B) Cover:
Peach Momoko Midnight Special (Variant C ) Cover:
Skan Midnight Horror Homage (Variant D ) Cover:
Inhyuk Lee Variant / Virgin Variant Cover:
·MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #1
A young Peter Parker is transformed into a hideous spider hybrid by the ruthless Oscorp Corporation in their pursuit for 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.
- 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 G PEACH MOMOKO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VIRGIN VARIANT
- COVER D SKAN MIDNIGHT HORROR HOMAGE VARIANT
- COVER E JEEHYUNG LEE MIDNIGHT GALLERY VARIANT
- COVER F CLAYTON CRAIN 3-PART CONNECTING VARIANT
- COVER H ERIC CANETE VARIANT
- COVER I INHYUK LEE VARIANT / COVER J INHYUK LEE VIRGIN VARIANT
MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #1
In MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #1 by Benjamin Percy and Kev Walker, a scientist’s curiosity accidentally unleashes ancient terrors upon the world while also transforming himself and three others in strange and horrifying ways.
An obsessive scientist delves into the secrets of the universe perhaps best left unknown to humankind, 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?
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art /Cover Aby 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
Ryan Stegman Midnight Bloodbath (Variant B) Cover:
Ben Harvey Midnight Special (Variant C ) Cover:
E.M. Gist Midnight Horror (Variant D) Cover
Jeeyung Lee Midnight Gallery (Variant E) Cover:
Rod Reis Variant / Virgin (Variant I) Cover:
MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1
MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Matteo Della Fonte, the X-Men’s battle is no longer one of acceptance, but of survival…and blood.
Variant Covers:
Ryan Stegman Midnight Bloodbath (Variant B) Cover:
Björn Barends Midnight Bloodbath (Variant D) Cover:
Jeeyung Lee Midnight Gallery (Variant E) Cover:
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Alessandro Cappuccio Variant Cover:
Ito Variant Cover:
Midnight X-Men #1
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.
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by MATTEO DELLA FONTE
Main Cover by DIKE RUAN
- 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
Additional variant covers will also be available on issues outside of the ONGOING VARIANT COVER PROGRAMS as the release date of October 7, 2026 approaches for issue #1, Issue #2 on November 18, 2026, and Issue #3 on December 16, 2026.
Preorder all three MIDNIGHT series at your local comic shop today!
