The Midnight Suns return — and I can’t wait. Even as a kid, before I was really into horror, I was into all of Marvel’s monsters. Which means, of course, I was drawn to the heroes that fought them as a regular thing. In the 90s, when the Midnight Suns first formed, I couldn’t get enough. (Until of course Marvel put out so many titles with the characters that I couldn’t afford enough so I dropped the whole thing.)
But now there’s a new videogame coming, so the synergy machine gives us something I don’t mind: they return! Gentle readers, I do have one question: since when is Wolverine one of Marvel’s fiercest mystical defenders? Is it because he has the magical ability to star in 30 books a month without disturbing continuity?
Ah, well. I’m still excited.
From Marvel:
This September, the MIDNIGHT SUNS are back! Marvel’s fiercest mystical defenders will be called upon to battle a dangerous new enemy in a new limited series by writer Ethan Sacks and artist Luigi Zagaria. MIDNIGHT SUNS will embrace the legacy of the original fan-favorite series with a new lineup that reflects today’s Marvel Universe. The team’s new iteration will consist of Blade, Kushala, the Ghost Rider also known as Spirit Rider, Magik, Wolverine, Nico Minoru, and Zoe Laveau, the breakout character from STRANGE ACADEMY!
A dark prophesy and apocalyptic new villains with horrifying powers the likes of which Earth has never faced before ordains a team of Midnight Suns to rise and tear @#$% up! But what does this new threat have to do with the Sorcerer Supreme’s past? And why is Strange Academy student Zoe Laveau number one on the Suns’ list?
“As a fan of the original MIDNIGHT SONS, I am honored and stoked to continue that legacy, and I’m grateful to editor Tom Groneman for giving me the chance to dabble in this mystical corner of the Marvel Universe,” Sacks said. “We’re going to conjure up some wild otherworldly action to go along with some themes that have real world resonance. Having fallen in love with the team book concept on STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS, I’m primed and ready to put this lineup of heroes through hell…so to speak.”
“Seeing the first issue pages come in, I can also say artist Luigi Zagaria’s art is going to cast a spell over readers,” Sacks said of his collaborator. “It’s just stunning work. He’s at the top of his game.”
Check out the new team on David Nakayama’s cover below and prepare for a new era of Marvel magic when MIDNIGHT SUNS #1 arrives in September!
MIDNIGHT SUNS #1 (OF 5)
Written by ETHAN SACKS
Art by LUIGI ZAGARIA
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
On Sale 9/14
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