Preview: Midnight Fantastic Four #1

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Midnight Fantastic Four #1

(W) Benjamin Percy (A) Kev Walker

FIRST STEPS INTO DARKNESS! 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?

From the twisted minds of Benjamin Percy (WOLVERINE, PUNISHER) and Kev Walker (INFERNAL HULK, DOCTOR STRANGE) comes a tale of existential dread and secrets best kept…

Comic book cover for 'Midnight: Fantastic Four' by Marvel, featuring four characters against a backdrop of a mysterious cosmic landscape and an ominous creature.
A dramatic comic-style illustration featuring two lighthouses atop rocky cliffs, surrounded by turbulent waves and stormy skies. One lighthouse emits a bright beacon while the other is struck by lightning.
A comic panel showing a character deep in thought with mathematical equations and formulas scribbled on the walls and his face.
A panel from a comic depicting a young man being evaluated by a panel at the New York Institute of Technology, expressing concern about a formula affecting him.
A man stands outside the New York Institute of Technology building, looking surprised and concerned as he receives news about his employment status.

Preview: Midnight X-Men #1

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Midnight X-Men #1

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Matteo Della Fonte

AN ALL-NEW, ALL-DISTURBING UNIVERSE BEGINS HERE!

The clock strikes midnight, and it’s the dark dawn of a new era. 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.

Blockbuster comic book writer Jonathan Hickman returns to the X-Men with a hunger for blood as this new world of terror reimagines the heroes of the Marvel Universe!

Comic book cover featuring characters from the Midnight X-Men series, showcasing a figure with white hair and red eyes, alongside another character holding a sword, set against a dramatic background.
A comic panel showing two characters with intense expressions, one shouting and the other appearing distressed. The backdrop uses dark colors with red highlights, conveying a dramatic atmosphere. Text bubbles include dialogue about morality and friendship.
A dramatic comic book illustration featuring two female characters in a tense interaction. One character leans in closely, expressing an intense emotion, while the other appears distressed. The scene is illuminated by a focused light beam, creating a contrasting dark atmosphere.

Celebrate the holidays with Blokees’ Transformers 2026 Christmas Advent Calendar

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Blokees’ Transformers 2026 Christmas Advent Calendar brings together their Defender line of figures for a surprise each day. It features a Christmas exclusive Optimus Prime, and two Special Chase Versions, with tool-free assembly throughout.

Bring the Combaticons together and combine into Bruticus for the ultimate Christmas surprise. Turn the countdown into a Transformers Christmas to remember.

Get yours!

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NYCC 2026: Dark Horse announces its Panel and Signing Schedule

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Stop by the Dark Horse Comics booth #4451 during New York Comic Con to meet some of your favorite creators and get your hands on free items, including comics, posters, and more!

Dark Horse has revealed its signing and panel/activities schedule for New York Comic Con from Thursday to Sunday. We’ll also have a variety of Dark Horse exclusives, comics, graphic novels, art books, and collectibles available for purchase in our booth store.

DARK HORSE NYCC 2026 SIGNING SCHEDULE

All creators signing in our booth offer their autographs for FREE. At Dark Horse booth signings, FREE signing cards or poster prints are provided (while supplies last). Select books, comics, products, and convention exclusives can be purchased at our booth, or you can bring your own items to be signed; however, they may limit the type or number of items to be signed as necessary.

Lines may be closed for some signings due to crowding or time restrictions.

All events are subject to change, and some restrictions apply. Please see Dark Horse Comics staff at the booth if you have questions.

WRISTBAND INFO: Some signings require a wristband for entry, as noted on the schedule. Staff will begin to hand out wristbands when the exhibit hall opens to the public the day before and the day of each signing and will end when all allotted wristbands have been given out. These wristbands are first come, first serve.

Note: Dark Horse does not begin distributing wristbands until attendees enter the hall; exhibitors cannot get in line or draw for wristbands earlier than fan attendees.

Lines may also be closed for some signings due to crowding or time restrictions.

All events are subject to change, and some restrictions apply. Please see Dark Horse Comics staff at the booth if you have questions.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2026

11:00-11:50 AM
ELFQUEST – Wendy Pini, Richard Pini

12:00-12:50 PM
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: GENESIS – Rich Douek, Gavin Smith, Fabi Marques
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: WINGS OF FATE – Will Sliney
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Ongoing Series) – Reilly Brown

1:00-1:50 PM
THE PERFECTLY MONSTROUS LIFE OF ADAM FRANKENSTEIN – Tate Brombal, Soo Lee BEAST OF BORIKÉN – Julio Anta

2:00-2:50 PM
USAGI YOJIMBO: WINTER SPECIAL – Stan Sakai

  • NO POSED PHOTOGRAPHY
  • NO WITNESSED SIGNATURES
  • LIMIT ONE FREE PRINT AND TWO OTHER ITEMS TO BE SIGNED
  • OTHER RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY–SEE STAFF FOR INFO

3:00-3:50 PM
TITLE TBA – Aidan White, Will Carter

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026

11:00-11:50AM
THE LAST YOJIMBO – Tom Waltz, Ben Bishop
USAGI JOJIMBO: KAITO ’84 – Zack Rosenberg, Jared Cullum

12:00-12:50 PM
STRANGER THINGS AND DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE RISE OF HELLFIRE – Jody Houser, Diego Galindo
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW–AN ADAPTATION – Rachel Pinnelas

1:00-1:50 PM
FRANKENSTEIN: NEW WORLD – Thomas Sniegoski
MEGAGHOST – Gabe Soria, Gideon Kendall
TOUCHED BY A DEMON – Kristen Gudsnuk

2:00-2:50 PM
MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES–JACE – Michael Conrad
MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES–LILIANA – Torunn Groenbekk
MAGIC: THE GATHERING–MAGE OF ZHALFIR – Rapha Lobosco

4:00-4:50 PM
THE GUY IN THE CHAIR – Hannah Rose May, Utkarsh Ambudkar

WRISTBAND REQUIRED

  • POSED PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED WITH COPIES OF THE GUY IN THE CHAIR

5:30-6:30 PM
ART OF OVER THE GARDEN WALL – Sean Edgar, Jim Campbell, Sam Wolfe Connelly

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026

10:30 AM -11:50 AM

INVASIVE SPECIES – Frank Miller, John Livesay

WRISTBAND REQUIRED

  • NO POSED PHOTOGRAPHY
  • NO WITNESSED SIGNATURES
  • LIMIT ONE FREE PRINT AND ONE OTHER ITEM TO BE SIGNED PER PERSON
  • OTHER RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY–SEE STAFF FOR INFO

12:00-12:50 PM
SHAOLIN COWBOY: STAYING A.I.LIVE – Geof Darrow
NERD INFERNO: THE ESSENTIAL EVAN DORKIN, BEASTS OF BURDEN – Evan Dorkin

1:00-1:50 PM
ELFQUEST – Wendy Pini, Richard Pini

2:00-2:50 PM
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS – Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: RAVENLOFT – Amy Chu

3:00-3:50 PM
THE BIG SHAKEDOWN – Jordan Blum
ARCHIE VS MINOR THREATS – Timmy Heague
WITNESS POINT – Soo Lee
CANTO: THE CLOCKWORK CHRONICLES – Drew Zucker

4:00-4:50 PM
THE SMART DIVISION, KILL ALL IMMORTALS, ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT, MASTERMINDS – Zack Kaplan
THE SMART DIVISION – John J. Pearson
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT MIMI GREEN? – Connor Goldsmith, Josh Cornillon

The first 25 people in line will receive a free copy of Kill All Immortals 3 #1 with cover art by Jenny Frison!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026

11:00-11:50 AM
SIX OF US – Tom King

  • NO POSED PHOTOGRAPHY
  • LIMIT ONE FREE PRINT AND ONE OTHER ITEM TO BE SIGNED
  • OTHER RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY–SEE STAFF FOR INFO

12:00-12:50 PM
KINGDOM OF EARTH – David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, Soo Lee

WRISTBAND REQUIRED

  • NO POSED PHOTOGRAPHY
  • NO WITNESSED SIGNATURES
  • LIMIT ONE FREE PRINT AND ONE OTHER DARK HORSE-PUBLISHED ITEM TO BE SIGNED PER PERSON, NO NON DARK HORSE FAN ITEMS WILL BE SIGNED
  • OTHER RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY–SEE STAFF FOR INFO

2:00-2:50 PM
TITLE TBA – Ben Kahn, Natalie Nardozza

3:00-3:50 PM
TITLE TBA – Alyssa Wong

DARK HORSE NYCC PANEL SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8

Dark Horse Manga and Manwha: Unleash Your Collection

2:15-3:00 pm – North Room 406.1

Dark Horse brings the Manga! Join the editorial, licensing, and marketing teams behind the library of titles Dark Horse has brought to English audiences from Japan and Korea over the years to discuss …

Panelists: Tim Wiesch, Will Woodward, Aidan White, Will Carter

Fire, Earth, Water, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy

4:15-5:00pm – Room 1B02

Abrams Books, Dark Horse Comics, Magpie Games, and more are thrilled to treat fans to a panel worthy of the Avatar! Join publishing’s creators and writers of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra for an exploration of the beloved world.

Panelists: Ben Wilgus,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Dark Horse x Wizards of the Coast: The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering Grow in Comics

12:15-1:00 pm – North Room 406.3

Discover the latest announcements in comics made in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast by Dark Horse Comics. See sneak peeks into upcoming series and hear from the creators behind these worlds-expanding stories.

Panelists: Tim Wiesch, Brett Israel, Michael Conrad, Torunn Gronbekk, Alyssa Wong

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

Dark Horse and Mattel Make Comics!

4:00-4:45pm – North Room 406.3

Dark Horse invites fans of Barbie and He-Man: Masters of the Universe to come together and learn about the newest series and witness sneak peeks for upcoming projects in your favorite fandoms. Hear from Dark Horse editorial and creators alike about what it takes to wield the power behind these amazing characters.

Panelists: Jenny Bingham-Blenk, Ben Kahn, Natalie P. Nardozza, Reilly Brown
Moderated by Ryan Ferguson, Mattel’s Head of Global Publishing

Testament is an interesting sc-fi graphic novel about faith and discovery

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Meet Testament: the premier caretaker android for the future. Not only were they designed to care for the wellbeing of dozens of interstellar passengers; explorers, scientists, poets, and artists – they have also downloaded millennia of religious texts and liturgies to best serve the members of a religious commune that make up the bulk of their human charges. These members of the Order of the Abundant Grace of the Cosmic Christ, having already chosen a monastic and scholarly life, are ideal for their mission: a one-way voyage to discover all they can about a miraculous far-flung planet capable of life and, by choice, not repopulate.

Soon, only Sister Judith remains on the distant planet, facing decades of life alone with her caretaker and no other human company. Struggling with faith and despair, she seeks purpose, or perhaps something else, in a sudden research trip into hazardous territory. Testament tries to carry out their directives, while staring down their own immortality, and questioning their place in a spiritual infinity equipped with the knowledge and traditions of people who could never have imagined a being like them.

by: J. Marshall Smith

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Glimpse the Horrors that Await with New Midnight Universe Cover Reveals

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The veil is about to lift on Marvel’s Midnight Universe and the buzz is infectious! With more than one million copies collectively ordered, 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 are poised to be blockbuster launches, paving the way for long-term, interconnected storytelling that will define the bold new line. All three debut issues hit stands on October 7, the only Marvel comics released that day. That coordinated launch continues with all three issue twos, arriving on November 18. Today, fans can peek ahead with the reveal of additional issue two variant covers.

Bringing greater clarity to the variant cover collecting experience, the Midnight line will debut all-new ongoing variant cover programs. Each MIDNIGHT series will feature recurring themes across Covers labeled A-E, along with additional variant covers. Covers revealed today include:

  • MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #2 COVER B, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #2 COVER B, and MIDNIGHT X-MEN #2 COVER B BY LUCAS WERNECK, MIDNIGHT BLOODBATH VARIANT COVERS, blood-soaked artwork showcasing the terror of the Midnight Universe.
  • ·MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #2 COVER C BY BEN HARVEY, a MIDNIGHT SPECIAL VARIANT COVER, spotlight covers showcasing Midnight reimaginings of Marvel heroes.
  • MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #2 COVER D BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #2 COVER D BY PHIL NOTO, and MIDNIGHT X-MEN #2 COVER D BY JUANN CABAL, MIDNIGHT HORROR HOMAGE VARIANT COVERS featuring chilling re-creations of iconic horror images.
  • MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #2 COVER E BY SIMONE BIANCHI, a MIDNIGHT GALLERY VARIANT COVER, prestige painted covers of the haunting Midnight Universe.

Blending the power of Marvel Comics storytelling with the thrills of horror, Midnight is a bold, interconnected new Universe that completely reimagines the Marvel mythos through a horror lens. In the debut issues, readers will witness the cursed fate of mutantkind, the gruesome transformation of Peter Parker, and the twisted lengths the Fantastic Four are willing to go in the name of scientific discovery.

Pick up Midnight Spider-Man #1, Midnight Fantastic Four #1, and Midnight X-Men #1 at your local comic shop next week and stay tuned for more reveals during the Marvel Comics: The Midnight Hour Panel at New York Comic Con on October 9!

  • Comic book cover for Midnight Fantastic Four #2 featuring a dramatic scene of a character being attacked by raven-like creatures with sharp beaks.
  • Cover art for 'Midnight Fantastic Four #2' featuring a half-human, half-mechanical character with an intense expression, showcasing vibrant colors and dynamic brushwork.
  • Comic book cover for 'Midnight Fantastic Four' featuring a superhero with a blue shirt and various flying creatures in the background. Includes character names Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, and Sue Storm.
  • Cover for 'Midnight Spider-Man' #2 showcasing a bloodied Spider-Man character in a dramatic pose, with a dark and intense background.
  • Comic book cover for 'Midnight Spider-Man #2' featuring a monstrous character with multiple arms and a fearful expression against a gradient background.
  • Cover art for 'Midnight Spider-Man #2' featuring a superhero character in an orange outfit and black mask, surrounded by menacing skulls and claws, illustrated by Simone Bianchi.
  • Comic cover featuring characters from the X-Men series, including a fierce female character with red hair, a blue beast-like figure, and a winged character, set against a fiery background.
  • Cover art for Midnight X-Men #2 featuring two characters seated on a bench in a park lit by street lamps. One character, dressed in a superhero costume with a black and yellow color scheme, appears relaxed, while the other, cloaked in a green cape, stands nearby. In the background, a large shadowy face looms, adding a mysterious atmosphere.

Akari is a hauntingly beautiful manga about family and creating your home

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Akari is a beautiful graphic novel about mistaken identity, bereavement, and family, viewed through the prism of stained glass craftmanship, from an important new storyteller.

by: Marco Kohinata

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Crimes Against Nature #1 sells out and gets a second printing

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New series Crimes Against Nature by Eliot Rahal and Mattia Monaco has hit big with readers instantly hooked by it’s quirky, neo-noir hijinks and issue #1 has sold out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics will rush this debut back to print this week in order to keep up with escalating demand.

Check out our review of Crimes Against Nature #1.

The Crimes Against Nature #1, second printing cover will feature new art by John Bivens.

Best described as Koko the gorilla meets The Usual Suspects, Crimes Against Nature follows famous Hollywood Animal Trainer, Doctor Kermit Groedan, and his only client/best friend—Amigo the Ape, the first gorilla ever nominated for an Academy Award—are framed for a crime they didn’t commit. Now they’re on the run. And to clear their names and save their lives, Kermit and Amigo will be forced to reveal their darkest secrets and confront each other’s hidden past. Will their friendship be able to survive?

Crimes Against Nature #1, second printing is available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 28.

Cover of the comic book 'Crimes Against Nature' featuring a large ape holding a weapon and a circular inset with a man's face.

Tapas releases Details of its Closure

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In late September, news broke that Kakao Webtoon and Tapas were shutting down or possibly transitioning to Kakao Page. Details weren’t released at that time, leaving a lot of questions for readers as well as the creators who use the platform.

Now, in two posts, Tapas has released details for both readers that use the platform and the creators who use it.

Tapas will end its service on March 31, 2027. Users will no longer be able to acquire ink starting October 1, 2026 and any remaining must be used by March 31, 2027.

The FAQ doesn’t have all of the answers, but there is a lot featuring key dates, account access, and information for creators.

There’s no information for easily transitioning from the platform, the platform and its comics will just cease to exist it seems.

The shutdown is another example that highlights the lack of ownership with some digital entertainment and consumers are at the mercy of the corporation and platform.

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