12 Facts About Midnight Sons

1.

Midnight Sons is a fictional team of supernatural superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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2.

Original Midnight Sons appeared in several 1990s multi-issue crossovers of Marvel's supernatural titles.

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3.

The first, "Rise of the Midnight Sons, " launched several books in the Midnight Sons line, including Morbius, Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins, and Nightstalkers .

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4.

Marvel Edge imprint debuted in 1995, incorporating some of the same ongoing titles as Midnight Sons, including Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme and Ghost Rider.

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5.

An unnamed team similar to the Midnight Sons appeared in the 5-issue Spirits of Vengeance series in 2017 by Victor Gischler and David Baldeon.

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6.

In February 2017, Moon Knight artist Greg Smallwood expressed interest in a revamped version of the Midnight Sons, featuring a team composed of Moon Knight, Blade, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, Punisher, Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale and Hannibal King.

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Midnight Sons's planned to use her demon children, the Lilin, to take over Earth.

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8.

Second major meeting between the Midnight Sons occurred when Blade, with a page from the Darkhold, became the demonic creature Switchblade.

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9.

Midnight Sons killed most of the Midnight Sons, subsequently taking on the power and weapons of each.

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10.

Midnight Sons was finally stopped when Louise Hastings used a counter spell from the Darkhold.

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11.

The Midnight Sons then find James Raydar, Patriarch and Truthsayer with varying degrees of success; Patriarch joins Zarathos, Truthsayer is killed by Modred, and James Raydar joins the Midnight Sons along with Embyrre, Raydar's daughter and one of The Fallen who turns against Zarathos when she sees Morbius' nobility.

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The Midnight Sons then fight Patriarch, Metarchus, and Atrocity to a standstill, and the Fallen retreat.

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