I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that in a Marvel comic before. It kind of broke the macabre tone for what I guess would be considered “fan service” & I wonder if each issue will have a moment like that to balance the graphic horror.

Wow, the volume of unsent emails that I started and never sent sitting in drafts is at this point staggering. Some go back years. Definitely some missed opportunities in there as the window has passed. There's so many people I just haven't talked to in forever and I need to fix that.

Once again, it should not be on us, but it is. Help out this comic artist and his family if you can.

Must have!

There would literally be no “Lord Retail” without you and Jinxworld! I’ll never be able to thank you enough for your role in all this :)

I love these. Always did. There’s another in the back that’s part of our mail order system for outgoing purchases :)

Thank you my friend! When I went to my first ComicsPro you made it a point to approach me & chat & hang out. I’ve never forgotten that. Comic shop folks can be introverted & Human do tend to stick to familiar cliques, but you made me feel welcome. Like I was indeed supposed to be there too :)

I always thought you were a super cool dude! Still do! When I first visited your Chapel Hill Comics and saw how you presented graphic novels I thought “wow I gotta step things up!” Also your bookcase still lives on in our All Ages area :)

Nothing so far content related but it did find homes at midnight and new release Wednesday!

I think all of these take really bold swings, really looking at the source material concept without bring precious about any of the finished, established ideas we know. I think that's what was required for Midnight to succeed as a project.

Absolute Superman 24 was a ray of brightness in the challenging Absolute DCU. A real sense of Superman getting it together and handling situations, now with help. Usually when our Absolute heroes catch anything resembling a win, they get evened out pretty hard and pay a hefty price. So we'll see...

Awesome turn out for the Midnight release of the Marvel Midnight titles! Everyone picked up each series, but Spider-man’s variants went the fastest! Anyone who said they would read them tonight I wished them luck sleeping. Most also said “see you tomorrow!” Thanks for joining us!

The "I wonder if that"ll be part of this series" moment that M.A.S.K. fans have wondered about is upon us in issue 5! If you know, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. And if you don't know, you'll still have a good item with it.

See if it passes the test as a first issue by itself and also as the first issue of a potentially wide open and long running series.

All of the Midnight 1s have a What If vibe and that is not a problem. They probably should since What If by name & intent casts a heavy shadow at Marvel. I need to see more on Fantastic Four, want to see more on X-men. Spider-man immediately sets its self apart in body horror/ gore. So far anyways.

Midnight X-men was quite intriguing. A simple surface subject, but immediately complex in implications. There's more going on than Vampires, Vampires who are also Mutants, & Humans in the middle, but that is hook enough. So many places this can go past & present. Ribic-esque art seals the deal!

Midnight Spider-man just might be too much for me. Despite loving Spider-man, I'm not a fan of actual spiders. This one does a LOT with actual spiders. Scientronc has a heavy manga stamp which places this in the manga horror lane which is likely intentional. Too effective for me, perfect for others!

Midnight Fantastic Four. Wildly different set up & characterizations, but the "what is the Fantastic Four story" molecules are here. Walker is vastly underrated. I think this is what the whole Midnight project has to be. How long can this specific presentation run? I'm not certain, but hooks are in.