Midnight X-Men # 1 Cover I Ito Variant First Printing 2026 NM-

Midnight X-Men #1 is an upcoming superhero-horror comic book published by Marvel Comics, scheduled to launch next week on October 7, 2026. Written by superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (House of X, Secret Wars) and illustrated by Matteo Della Fonte, it serves as one of the three foundational pillars of Marvel's new alternate-continuity Midnight Universe.

Creative Team & Specifications

• Writer: Jonathan Hickman
• Artist / Penciller: Matteo Della Fonte
• Colorists: Arthur Hesli & Matt Hollingsworth
• Cover Artist: Dike Ruan
• Page Count: 42 pages 
• Rating: Parental Advisory

The Premise: Mutants vs. Vampires

The series breaks away from the traditional dream of human-mutant coexistence, reimagining the X-Men characters in a dark, blood-soaked reality. Set in a shadowed New York City, a fragile peace hangs by a thread between ordinary vampires and a terrifyingly powerful faction of mutant-vampire hybrids known as "empyres". As an all-out holy war brews between the two species, regular humans and "unturned" mutants are caught directly in the crossfire.

The roster features drastically reimagined versions of classic X-Men, including Storm, Cyclops (sporting a redesigned shaved head and beard), Nightcrawler, Iceman (heavily teased as being physically composed of frozen blood), Jean Grey, Magneto, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Polaris, and Havok.