Midnight Fantastic Four #1 Offers New Take on Marvel's First Family

Marvel Comics is launching its new Midnight Universe later this year, and for Marvel's First Family, they are about to get a new twisted take that sees the superteam step into the darkness.

In Midnight Fantastic Four #1 by Benjamin Percy and Kev Walker, the FF are getting an even darker origin, with their transformations becoming more horrifying than ever before. In the process, the team learns about the darkness throughout their world and beyond.

Midnight Fantastic Four #1 features main cover art by Kev Walker, with variants coming from Ben Harvey, Clayton Crain, Erik M. Gist, Rafael Albuquerque, Rod Reis, and Ryan Stegman. Harvey (1:25), Albuquerque (1:100), and JeeHyung Lee (1:50) are drawing incentive variants for the issue.

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...

Midnight Fantastic Four #1 arrives at CaptCan Comics on October 7th, 2026. Pre-order the issue now to ensure you don't miss out.