Marvel Comics Reveals Midnight Universe Variant Covers

Marvel Comics’ Midnight Universe is less than 3 months away from releasing, and we have a first look at the variant covers for the first issues. 

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Midnight Spider-Man, Midnight Fantastic Four & Midnight X-Men are the first series in Marvel’s new Midnight Universe, which is their new Horror Universe. The creative teams for the books include:

• Midnight Spider-Man: 
  • Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson 
  • Artists: ScieTronc
• Midnight Fantastic Four: 
  • Writer: Benjamin Percy 
  • Artist: Kev Walker 
• Midnight X-Men: 
  • Writer: Jonathan Hickman 
  • Artist: Matteo Delia Fonte 
  • Letterer: Cory Petit

We also learned what each Cover Theme is, and you can see those details below:

• Cover A: Regular
  • The main series cover presented with the Cloaked Midnight trade dress.
• Cover B: Midnight Bloodbath Variant 
  • Blood-soaked covers showcasing the terror of the Midnight Universe.
• Cover C: Midnight Special Variant
  • Spotlight covers showcasing Midnight reimaginings of Marvel Heroes new and old. 
• Cover D: Midnight Horror Homage Variant
  • Chilling covers inspired by iconic horror images. 
• Cover E: Midnight Gallery Variant 
  • Prestige painted covers of the haunting Midnight Universe.

We also have the first details for the first issues of these series:

• In Midnight Spider-Man #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and ScieTronc, Spider-Man discovers that with great power… comes something monstrous. 
• 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. 
• In 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.

The Cover Artists for both the main covers and the variants were also revealed, and include:

• Steve Beach 
• Ryan Stegman 
• Peach Mokoko 
• Skan 
• Jeehyung Lee 
• Clayton Crain 
• Eric Canete 
• Inhyuk Lee 
• Ben Harvey 
• E.M. Gist 
• Leinil Frances Yu 
• Rafael Albuqerque 
• Dike Ruan 
• Bjorn Barends 
• Ito 
• Alessandro Cappuccio

Midnight Spider-Man, Midnight Fantastic Four & Midnight X-Men #1 releases October 7th.