Marvel Comics Announces Horror-Themed "Midnight" Issues for X-Men, Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four
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Rich Johnston
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Summary
The article discusses Marvel Comics' upcoming "Midnight" solicits, featuring horror-themed comic book issues for X-Men (by Jonathan Hickman/Matteo Della Fonte), Fantastic Four (by Benjamin Percy/Kev Walker), and Spider-Man (by Phillip Kennedy Johnson/Scie Tronc). It also provides historical context about Marvel/Timely's post-WWII shift from superheroes to horror comics, including what the final issues of Captain America looked like in 1949, and notes that Marvel has occasionally revisited horror themes with current characters like Storm.
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Marvel Comics has occasionally dived into such with its current characters, most notably Storm as a […]
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