MARVEL’S MIDNIGHT UNIVERSE MARCHES FORWARD WITH NEW #5 COVER REVEALS

Discover the next wave of horrors to come in MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #5, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #5, and MIDNIGHT X-MEN #5, on sale in February.

New York, NY— October X, 2026 — Marvel’s new Midnight Universe began earlier this month and fans are already hooked on this bold new line that reimagines the Marvel mythos through a terrifying new lens! With more than one million copies ordered collectively, the Midnight Universe had a massive debut and the nightmare is only beginning. Today, Marvel reveals the chilling cloaked overs for all three #5 issues, arriving in February.

From horrifying new monsters at Oscorp horrors and the grotesque transformation of the Fantastic Four to further revelations of how some of the world’s most iconic mutants confronted the vampiric spread, these issues push the Midnight Universe into even darker territory.

MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #5

Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Art by ScieTronc

Oscorp’s second generation monstrosity is loose, and its first prey is Spider-Man. Meanwhile, the mutation that created Spider-Man has spread to a new host… with shocking results.

MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #5

Written by Benjamin Percy

Art by Marcelo Ferreira

The changes to the Four’s physiologies continue. Everyone is looking to Reed for answers and tensions rise the longer he can’t produce them. Meanwhile, a new threat stalks the woods surrounding Storm Systems HQ.

MIDNIGHT X-MEN #5

Written by Jonathan Hickman

Art by Matteo Buffagni

Ronin meets Reaver. An infernal compact made in Hell. Scores will be settled, but the Peace Must Hold!

Check out the new covers and add all three MIDNIGHT series to your pull list at your local comic shop today. If you missed the launch issues, look out for a special Second Printing arriving on October 28.

 

MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #5

Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON

Art by SCIETRONC

Cover A by STEVE BEACH

On Sale 2/3

 

MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #5

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art by MARCELO FERREIRA

Cover A by KEV WALKER

On Sale 2/10

MIDNIGHT X-MEN #5

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by MATTEO BUFFAGNI

Cover A by DIKE RUAN

On Sale 2/17

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