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...
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Maniacal and brilliant, Reed Richards will stop at nothing to open a gate to the mysterious Negative Zone. His reckless experimentation puts him on a collision course with Sue Storm, another scientist interested in this eldritch dimension. But what Lovecraftian horrors await them on the other side?
MARVEL.COM: In MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR, how did you reimagine the dynamic of Marvel’s First Family for this terrifying new universe?
PERCY: The First Family of the 616 is defined by their happy hand-holding togetherness… and we’re taking things in a very different direction. The Midnight Four are all haunted and scarred characters and their jagged edges are what make them fit together.
Reed does not know Sue, Ben, and Johnny when the story begins. And they don’t have powers either, though when they do come, know that they’ll be body horror afflictions that feel more like curses out of their control.
MARVEL.COM: MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #1 dials up the intensity on the infamous accident that disfigured Victor Von Doom. How will that intensity be reflected in his relationship with Reed Richards?
PERCY: We have a fake-out in the first issue. We meet a character named Victor, who is Reed’s research assistant, and who dies in a catastrophic lab accident. As it turns out, this is Doom’s son, which puts Reed in the crosshairs.
There’s something Doom is hiding beneath that mask… but you’ll all have to wait and see. There’s also much more in store for Vic, Jr. (Doomior?), but you’ll all have to wait and see for that as well.
MARVEL.COM: It seems that both Sue Storm and Reed Richards are both trying to open a gate to the Negative Zone. What can you say about the danger that lurks there in the Midnight Universe?
PERCY: There are holes in our world. Frail geographies. And on the other side of them… something is trying to get in. Sue sees herself as a kind of Magellan, wanting to explore (and exploit) unexplored geographies. Reed is drawn to the Negative Zone for other reasons…
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