- The Midnight Shadows
- Dark Horse Comics
- Written by Zack Kaplan
- Illustrated by
- Stephen Thompson
- Jahnoy Lindsay
- Elisabetta D’Amico
- Colors by Thiago Rocha
- Letters by DC Hopkins
- Cover by Raymon Swanland
Jason has spent his life running from his problems, but now he and his childhood sweetheart are on the precipice of parenthood, and he’s struggling with the loss of his adolescence. Then he re-discovers his favorite old video game, THE MIDNIGHT, a nostalgic 1980s fantasy adventure about a helmeted hero who travels to a cyberpunk world to save the people from eternal darkness.
Seeking to repair his broken game, Jason ends up at a mysterious arcade in an abandoned 1980s mall, where he plays the old arcade game of The Midnight and suddenly he’s transported to… …a post-apocalyptic Neverland in the year 2085. A world of perpetual night where time stands still. A final bastion of humanity in a glistening futuristic city. And a shocking reveal – they know him as the hero who once vanquished the shadow monsters, and they believe he’s returned to his true reality to do it again. More surprising, his wife is here, but only with a memory of Jason as this world’s hero.
As this lost boy tries to embrace his new hero powers, with the help of his true love and her cyberpunk warriors, he must face the responsibility of protecting an entire world from danger and discover which world he truly belongs to.
I’ve teamed up with THE MIDNIGHT, one of the most famous synthwave bands in the world with a million monthly Spotify listeners, artist Stephen Thompson (Star Trek, Batman Beyond) and artist Jahnoy Lindsay (Superboy), colorist Thiago Rocha (Hacktivists) and letterer DC Hopkins (Superman, Star Wars), to create the sci-fi cyberpunk adventure you always wanted. It’s an entirely original story that reflects the themes, elements and aesthetics of The Midnight’s music. – Zack Kaplan
