Set in the shared Marvel Universe, the series follows a group of heroes who unite to foil a mystical threat. When Zoe Laveau, one of the students at the magical Strange Academy, appears in visions of an apocalyptic future, the heroes (Blade, Wolverine, Magik, Nico Minoru, the Spirit Rider, and Agatha Harkness) try to protect her and stop that vision coming true.
The series shares a title and some major characters with the Midnight Suns video game, but does not follow the same plot. Both the series and the game also have roots in Marvel's original 1990s Midnight Sons comics.
The first issue was released September 14, 2022.
Midnight Suns contains the following tropes:
- Age Lift: Agatha Harkness gets rejuvenated by draining energy from Korrosion. Doubles as Ret-Canon, bringing Agatha into line with her youthful Marvel Cinematic Universe equivalent.
- Artistic License – History: The series is premised on the notion that way back in the late 15th century, there was a coven of witches that included a black member of the Laveau family and a member of the Minoru coven. Trouble is, there was no contact between Japan and Europe until 1543, Additionally, any ancestors of Marie Laveau bearing the surname "Laveau" in in the 15th century would probably be white (although there were certainly Black and biracial people living in Western Europe at that time).
- Bad Future: The heroes see a vision of a future where the world is apparently laid waste due to Zoe. And it's only four days away.
- Face–Heel Turn: Valtorr turns out to be a very bad spirit. Subverted in that he is not behind the attempt to destroy the world but one of his victims.
- In Name Only: Has nothing to do with the Midnight Suns video game and is set in the mainstream 616 universe.
- Internal Reveal: After Zoe's vision, a classmate grabs her and pulls her necklace off, revealing her true form to the other students.
- My Greatest Failure: Agatha Harkness and the rest of her coven failed to save one of their members who was trapped in Valtorr's realm.
- Plot-Triggering Death: It's not revealed until late in the series, but the mystic entity Valtorr's death at the hands of his prisoner Korrosion sets events in motion.
- Symbol Swearing: Wolverine makes his feelings on magical threats and prophecies very clear.Wolverine: Oh terrific, magic $#@#.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: 'Korrosion', who usurps the power of Valtorr.
