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Midnight Sons concept artistic production (Image credit: Greg Smallwood)

Greg Smallwood is currently employed on DC's The Man Target with author Tom Billie Jean Moffitt King, but a couple of years hindermost he inclined an engrossing idea to Marvel fresh off his run on Moon Horse: a new Midnight Sons team Good Book. With a Midnight Suns pun just announced, we thought it the flawless time to review at what almost was.

"My interest group in Midnight Sons came from my bring on on Moonshine Knight. I really dug the idea of Moon Knight on a team and the Midnight Sons seemed like the nearly obvious choice," Smallwood told Newsarama at the time.

"I've always loved the darker characters at Wonder but a great deal of them have receded into the background since their heyday in the '90s. With a wad of '90s nostalgia coming back with much to-do, I thinking in real time would be a ideal time to contribute these heroes back out together simply in a contemporary title. Greyback Blaze is basically the center of the story I developed just each of the characters is given their moment to shine."

Originally created in 1992, the Midnight Sons were the central team and marque for a mini-line of Marvel horror titles in the mid-'90s which included Ghost Passenger, Morbius, Wolfman by Night, and others. The team up has rarely appeared since the late '90s, save for one-dispatch appearances much As in 2009's Marvel Zombies 4 and a reunion in the 'Eternal damnation' event. Read all about this team in our massive Midnight Sons article.

For his pitch, Smallwood integrated old Midnight Sons members such as Steel, Ghost Riders Danny Ketch and Johnny Blaze, Morbius, Jennifer Dough, Hellstrom, and the Punisher. He likewise brought Moonshine Horse into the team, which Marvel would do a year later in the said 'Eternal damnation,' for which Smallwood drew variant covers.

Here are Smallwood's character sketches for his Midnight Sons pitch:

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Midnight Sons concept artistic production

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Wonder in the end passed on Smallwood's Midnight Sons mind, and the artist/author distributed several cover concepts and character designs for the aborted project on his social media at the time.

"There are a lot of folks at Marvel who are interested in the project but information technology's a logistical incubus for editors," Smallwood told Newsarama in December 2017. "A diversity of issues at play - persistence, part availability, scheduling, marketability - make movement happening the see difficult. But the folks at Marvel rich person been enormously supportive of the concept and I know they're doing what they can to make it happen."

Up to now, Smallwood's Midnight Sons book hasn't happened, however he drew the 'Damnation' variants as well as a horror-themed Wonder Comics #1000 variant. His 'sole' contract with Wonder ended in 2018 and he branching proscribed to take his writing unveiling connected Archie's Vampironica, carbon monoxide-authorship information technology with his sister, Megan Smallwood. He's presently drawing the aforementioned The Human Target serial at DC.

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Newsarama Senior Editor Chris Arrant has covered comic book news for Newsarama since 2003, and has as wel written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Period, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Sta News, and CBR. Atomic number 2 is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Piece Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Jam' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. Atomic number 2 has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Connection's Graphic Novel &adenylic acid; Comics Round Table. (Atomic number 2/him)