NEW MARVEL TITLES OCTOBER 2026
The clock strikes midnight in October with the launch of the Midnight Universe, a bold new initiative with creative new takes on classic characters. Armageddon comes to an end, while DNX continues and Marvel will always supply with countless mini-series and one-shots.
MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Matte Della Fonte
Standard Cover by Dike Ruan (£5.10)
Variants
Ryan Stegman Midnight Bloodbath Variant (£5.10)
Skan Srisuwan Midnight Special Variant (£5.10)
Björn Barends Midnight Horror ‘Fright Night’ Homage Variant (£5.10)
Clayton Crain Connecting Variant (£5.10, Connects with Midnight F4 #1 and Midnight Spider-Man #1)
Alessandro Capuccio Variant (£5.10)
Ito Variant (£5.10)
AN ALL-NEW, ALL-DISTURBING UNIVERSE BEGINS HERE!
The clock strikes midnight, and it's the dark dawn of a new era. The shadows of New York City are stalked by vampires and the mutant empyres . The sword of Damocles hangs over the peace between these two species and the factions within them. An outright war is brewing and the unturned will be caught in the crossfire.
Blockbuster comic book writer Jonathan Hickman returns to the X-Men with a hunger for blood as this new world of terror reimagines the heroes of the Marvel Universe!
MIDNIGHT FANTASTIC FOUR #1
(W) Benjamin Percy (A) Kev Walker
Standard Cover by Kev Walker (£5.10)
Variants
Ryan Stegman Midnight Bloodbath Variant (£5.10)
Ben Harvey Midnight Special Variant (£5.10)
Erik M. Gist Midnight Horror Homage Variant (£5.10)
Clayton Crain Connecting Variant (£5.10, Connects with Midnight X-Men #1 and Midnight Spider-Man #1)
Rafael Alberquerque Variant (£5.10)
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...
MIDNIGHT SPIDER-MAN #1
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Scietronc
Standard Cover by Steve Beach (£5.10)
Variants
Ryan Stegman Midnight Bloodbath Variant (£5.10)
Peach Momoko Midnight Variant (£5.10)
Skan Srisuwan Midnight Horror ‘The Fly’ Homage Variant (£5.10)
Clayton Crain Connecting Variant (£5.10, Connects To Midnight F4 #1 and Midnight X-Men #1)
Eric Canete Variant (£5.10)
Inhyuk Lee Variant (£5.10)
A young Peter Parker is transformed into a hideous spider hybrid by the ruthless Oscorp Corporation in their pursuit for eternal life. When Oscorp begins to use the secrets unlocked by his mutation to create more human-animal hybrids, Peter embraces his grotesque new form to stop them.
WOLVERINE PARADISE #1 (Of 5)
(W/A) Dan Panosian
Standard Cover By Dan Panosian (£4.35)
Variants
Aco Variant (£4.35)
Athila Fabio Variant (£4.35)
Phil Noto Foil Variant (Price TBD)
ESCAPE... INTO DANGER!
LOGAN steps away from the X-MEN... but awaiting under the glitz and glamour of MIAMI is a simmering criminal underworld and a crucible that will bring out the warrior, the mutant, the Wolverine! Writer-artist DAN PANOSIAN takes the reins of Wolverine, steering him into an all-new, can't-miss, auteur-driven adventure, where “paradise” ain't exactly what you'd expect. Along with guest star DAZZLER, the heat is on and will only cook hotter from here on out, so don't miss the launch of this all-new series!
DOOM ALL-ON-ONE #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Al Ewing (A) Alessandro Cappuccio
Standard Cover by Alessandro Cappuccio (£7.10)
Varaints
Ben Harvey Variant (£7.10)
Greg Capullo Variant (£7.10)
Inhyuk Lee Variant (£7.10)
TBD Artists Marvel Studios Avengers Doomsday Variant (£7.10)
AND DOOM HAS THEM OUTNUMBERED!
For decades, Doctor Doom challenged the demon Mephisto as only DOOM would dare — for the freedom of his mother's soul! This is the tale of his greatest such challenge — as Doom battles the entire Marvel Universe across the searing flames of perdition itself! Does the Marvel Universe have a hope in literal heck? Find out, Doom Believers — across fifty, count'em, FIFTY wide-screen, landscape-oriented splash pages of the eschatological brawl to end'em all!
INFERNAL HULK VS THE FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Cian Tormey
Standard Cover by Nic Klein
Variants
Danny Earls Variant
Ken Lashley Variant
Skottie Young Variant
NEW YORK UNDER SIEGE!
Infernal Hulk’s ultimate target is revealed: Reed Richards’ mysterious “IMMACULATE ENGINE,” a supernatural machine in the Baxter Building that could destroy Hulk’s army in a single blow! Can the Fantastic Four resist Infernal Hulk’s corruptive power, use the machine and save Earth? Or will they be the next monstrous recruits in Hulk’s INFERNAL AVENGERS?
VENOM #1
(W) Charles Soule (A) Tomasso Bianchi
Standard Cover by David Paratore (£4.35)
Variants
Adi Granov Variant (£4.35)
David Marquez Homage Variant (£4.35)
David Nakayama Colour Block Black Variant (£4.35)
Martin Cóccolo Variant (£4.35)
TBD Artist Variant (£4.35)
THEY ARE VENOM!
Eddie Brock and Venom are reunited — and it feels so good! After years apart, once again THEY ARE VENOM, and Eddie is not going to let this opportunity go to waste. He is determined to be the ultimate host for the symbiote and be the hero he knows he can be... and he’s not going to let any other super heroes say otherwise! Writer Charles Soule (DAREDEVIL, STAR WARS) and artist Tommaso Bianchi (DAREDEVIL/PUNISHER: THE DEVIL’S TRIGGER, THUNDERBOLTS) bond together to bring us this story of two becoming one!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Justina Ireland (A) Mike Hawthorne
Standard cover by Mike Hawthorne (£4.35)
Variants
TBD Artist Variant A (£4.35)
TBD Artist Variant B (£4.35)
HAPPY SPIDER-WEEN! Treat yourself with tricks in this epic Halloween adventure! The TRICK — Hallows' Eve tries to pull off her biggest heist yet, and Spider-Man's gotta stop her before she imperils the ENTIRE 616! The TREAT — a new costume for Spidey?!
PLUS, WE HAVE SOME SPIDEY SECRETS HIDDEN AWAY IN THIS ISSUE, TOO!
PUNISHER SHOWDOWNS: BLACK WIDOW #1
(W) Tom Waltz (A) Greg Land
Cover by Greg Land (£5.10)
Variants
Mark Bagley Variant (£5.10)
Joe Jusko Variant (£5.10)
FRANK CASTLE CROSSES PATHS WITH HEROES OF THE MARVEL U!
In the first of an all-new series, a threat from a terrorist cell puts FRANK CASTLE on a mission to LAS VEGAS, where the BLACK WIDOW's intel on a WOLF SPIDER operative will set them all on a bullet-riddled collision course! But will PUNISHER and BLACK WIDOW see eye to eye, or is this eye-for-an-eye going to leave bodies in their wake?! The Punisher's one-man war on the guilty crosses paths with other denizens of the Marvel Universe with explosive and unexpected results in THE PUNISHER SHOWDOWNS!
MEALS TO ASTONISH: AVENGERS #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Steve Orlando, Jacob Chabot & More (A) Roi Mercado, Jacob Chabot & More
Standard cover bye Leinil Francis Yu (£5.10)
Variants
TBA Artist Variant A (£5.10)
TBA Artist Variant B (£5.10)
World-class chef, restaurateur, humanitarian and educator JOSÉ ANDRÉS joins the AVENGERS! Tony Stark and José are headed to Las Vegas to debut their new disaster-relief technology when they're attacked by ULTRON! It's up to José and the Avengers to save their tech — and the world! Also, VENOMNOM debuts! Plus, more JEFF'S TABLE and T.E.S.T. KITCHEN! You won't want to miss this!
IRON MAN RACING TOWARDS DOOM #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Ethan Sack (A) Greg Land
Cover by Phil Noto (£4.35)
FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED: MARVEL STYLE!
When high-speed tech collides with worldshaking danger, IRON MAN must take the lead! ATLASSIAN WILLIAMS F1 TEAM star drivers CARLOS SAINZ and ALEX ALBON face a LATVERIAN threat on and off the track. But at the finish line, DOCTOR DOOM waits, and he’s playing for keeps!!! Also starring BLACK WIDOW and CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON.
NOVA RETURN OF THE RINGS #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Josh Trujillo & Juan Ponce (A) Rafael Loureiro & Andy Pereira
Standard Cover By Humberto Ramos (£4.35)
Variant Cover By by Phil Jimenez (£4.35)
THE RINGS OF POWER RETURN TO EARTH!
Deemed too dangerous to remain on Earth, the TEN RINGS OF POWER were jettisoned off into the depths space — but have since broken containment! Now one of the rings returns to Earth with a brand-new bearer hellbent on getting his hands on the sentient supercomputer, WORLDMIND, as his first step of galactic domination! His target? None other than SAM ALEXANDER, A.K.A. NOVA! Don't miss out on this HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH celebration!
CAPTAIN BRITAIN 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Alan Davis, Chris Claremont & Dan Abnett (A) Alan Davis, Paul Davidson & Kelsey Ramsay
Standard Cover by Alan Davis (£4.35)
Variant Cover by David Mack (£4.35)
LIVE BY THE SWORD!
Join us for a golden jubilee to commemorate fifty years of Brian and Betsy Braddock, champions of the multiversal Captain Britain Corps! Chris Claremont & Paul Davidson weave a tale of Brian's earliest days defending the realm! Alan Davis shows what happens when you try to rein in a Braddock! And Dan Abnett & Kelsey Ramsay pit Betsy against the forces of Otherworld. Witness a can't-miss glimpse at the past, present and future of these powerhouse twins!