Midnight, Mass. is a limited series comic book created by writer John Rozum, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint from 2002 to 2003. The series follows married occult experts Adam and Julia Kadmon as they deal with supernatural cases around America. In a 2011 interview concerning the relaunch of his Xombi series, Rozum revealed that Adam and Julia were conceived as the lead characters for a potential Xombi spin-off back when the series was still being published by Milestone Comics.[1]

Midnight, Mass.
Publication information
PublisherVertigo Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
Publication dateJune 2002 – January 2003
No. of issues8
Creative team
Created byJohn Rozum
Written byJohn Rozum
Artist(s)Tomer Hanuka (covers)
Penciller(s)Jesús Saiz
Inker(s)Jimmy Palmiotti
Letterer(s)Ken Bruzenak
John Costanza
Colorist(s)Noelle Giddings
Kevin Somers
Editor(s)Heidi MacDonald
Zachary Rau

Overview

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The series centres on the world famous occult experts and monster hunters Adam and Julia Kadmon, who live in the town of Midnight, Massachusetts. The Kadmon's new assistant, Jenny, has just arrived to work for the couple and soon finds herself plunged into their world of monsters and strange goings on.

Sequel

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Midnight, Mass: Here There Be Monsters, a six issue sequel mini-series, was published by Vertigo Comics in 2004. The series picks up where the original series ended but this time features the artwork of Paul Lee, replacing original artist Jesús Saiz.

Television series

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A television series based on Midnight, Mass was put into development by NBC in 2009 for the 2010-11 television season. The show received a script order and was developed by Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg and Warner Brothers Television[2] but was not developed any further than the scripting stage.

The show had previously been in development for several years with a number of writers and production companies pitching television adaptions.[3]

Collected editions

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The first mini-series is scheduled to be collected in October 2024.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "INTERVIEW: John Rozum on XOMBI #1". www.ifanboy.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17.
  2. ^ Shows A-Z - midnight, mass on nbc, TheFutonCritic.com
  3. ^ NBC Wins "Midnight, Mass" Rights, sliceofscifi.com
  4. ^ "Midnight, Mass. by John Rozum". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
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