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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.

Dan Abnett and Matteo Della Fonte shine the spotlight on the early days of Peter Parker and Frank Castle’s not-so-friendly relationship this July in Punisher vs. Spider-Man

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This summer Peter Parker and Frank Castle take a walk down memory pain in Punisher vs. Spider-Man, an all-new five issue limited series detailing some of the duo’s earliest encounters in the Marvel Universe.

Taking place shortly after Punisher’s debut dust-up with Spider-Man in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #129, writer Dan Abnett and artist Matteo Della Fonte force Peter Parker and Frank Castle to set aside their differences for the greater good… until they inevitably turn on one another once again.

THE PUNISHER AND SPIDER-MAN, two of the most notorious names in New York City with very different approaches to making the Big Apple safer (or not, depending on who you ask!). Brought together by happenstance and forced to stay that way by an ally from Frank Castle’s past in need, will the web-slinger and the gunslinger be able to begrudgingly set aside their differences before they find themselves at one another’s throats?!

Check out the main cover for Punisher vs. Spider-Man #1 by Jonas Scharf and a variant by Netho Diaz, plus interior pages by Matteo Della Fonte below. And for more early days Spider-Man vs. Punisher action, look for the Amazing Spider-Man #129 Facsimile Edition [New Printing] in comic shops this July.