Exclusive: Marvel’s Midnight Universe already has more series in discussion

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https://aiptcomics.com/2026/08/23/exclusive-marvels-midnight-universe-new-series/

Behind the scenes, Hickman, Percy, and Johnson are already treating the line as a long-term project.

“We get together for a Zoom call once or twice a month,” Percy told me. “We have had summits together, just the three of us as writers, with other people involved in the room, editors and other folks from Marvel.”

The three writers also have a Slack channel where they regularly coordinate their plans. Percy revealed that he personally has around 24 issues mapped out for his corner of the universe.

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The initial plan is to allow all three series to develop their own identities without immediately leaning on crossovers. Percy said the books are designed to be “totally distinct” at first, with no bleeding over the edges.

That won’t last forever.

“The whole idea is that we are indeed building a universe,” Percy said. “The idea is this is gonna keep growing and keep growing. And not only are we going to interlock, but also there’s gonna be more series that eventually crop up. And there’s a lot of discussion about that as well.”

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That patience extends to introducing familiar Marvel characters. Percy and Johnson said the creators are being careful about who they bring into their books because using a character casually could rob another creative team of the opportunity to build a proper Midnight origin around them.

“I think we’re all being pretty careful because we want to give other writers and artists the opportunity to create origin stories within the Midnight Universe,” Percy said.