{"id":412921,"date":"2026-07-26T15:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/412921\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:33:17","slug":"sdcc-2026-the-midnight-universe-looms-over-marvel-heroes-with-issue-2-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/412921\/","title":{"rendered":"SDCC 2026: The Midnight Universe Looms Over Marvel Heroes with Issue #2 Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The light had its turn.<\/p>\n<p>At the Marvel Comics: Midnight Universe Panel at <a aria-label=\"Learn more about San Diego Comic-Con\" data-testid=\"button_link\" class=\" Button__link \" target=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/articles\/live-events\/sdcc-san-diego-comic-con-2026-marvel-panels-booth-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Diego Comic-Con<\/a>, all three <a aria-label=\"Learn more about MIDNIGHT\" data-testid=\"button_link\" class=\" Button__link \" target=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/articles\/comics\/midnight-universe-series-announcement-fall-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MIDNIGHT<\/a> writers\u2014<a aria-label=\"Learn more about Jonathan Hickman\" data-testid=\"button_link\" class=\" Button__link \" target=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/11743\/jonathan_hickman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jonathan Hickman<\/a>, <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Phillip Kennedy Johnson\" data-testid=\"button_link\" class=\" Button__link \" target=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/13750\/phillip_kennedy_johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phillip Kennedy Johnson<\/a>, and <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Benjamin Percy\" data-testid=\"button_link\" class=\" Button__link \" target=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/creators\/13614\/benjamin_percy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Benjamin Percy<\/a>\u2014shed more light on their bold titles and their shared vision for this terrifying new line. Revealed during the panel were the second issue covers for each title\u2014MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN, MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR, and MIDNIGHT X-MEN\u2014along with the unveiling of additional variant covers. Attendees also received an early black and white Midnight Universe ashcan preview, which will be available at local comic shops in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Befitting the line\u2019s ominous tone, the main covers of the MIDNIGHT titles will be presented in Cloaked Cover trade dress that conceals the full artwork until readers open the issue. With the exception of the debut issues, the full artwork will remain shrouded in shadow, only revealing themselves to those who pick them up on stands. While the newly revealed #2 covers offer a glimpse into the horrors ahead, new variant covers spotlight <a aria-label=\"Learn more about Iceman\u2019s\" data-testid=\"button_link\" class=\" Button__link \" target=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/characters\/iceman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iceman\u2019s<\/a> chilling new form, Peter Parker\u2019s monstrous transformation and more.<\/p>\n<p>MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The light had its turn. At the Marvel Comics: Midnight Universe Panel at San Diego Comic-Con, all three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-412921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}