Midnight Nation

    (Image, 2000-2002)
™ and ©2000 J. Michael Straczynski

J. Michael Straczynski strikes again. After wowing audiences with his comic book debut Rising Stars, the writer made famous by Babylon 5 launches his own imprint (Joe’s Comics) under the Top Cow banner with the flagship title Midnight Nation. Complimenting verbose panels (what do you expect from a television writer?) with imagery that is both attractive and otherworldly, penciler Gary Frank is as much a visual storyteller as Straczynski is oral.

Detective David Grey is trying to solve a murder that no one wants or even cares about helping to solve. In his search for the killer, the detective comes across The Men—otherworldly beings that kill at will. But David’s encounter with them leaves him shouldering a fate worse than death—the loss of his soul. Transported to the “World In-Between”—an eerie ghost world populated by forgotten souls—David and his beautiful guide Laurel fight to reclaim the man’s soul. If he does not accomplish his mission within 11 months, he will turn into one of The Men and live a life trapped in an eternal hell.
Jump to issue:
  NotesWriterArtist
#0.5

March, 2001
Cover Price: $5.00
2 copies available from $3.98 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#0.5 Variation C

March, 2001
Cover Price: $0.00
2 copies available from $3.75 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#0.5 Gold Edition

March, 2001
Cover Price: $9.00
1 copy available for $15.00 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1

October, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1 (2nd Printing Cover by Gary Frank)

October, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $3.75 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1 Variation A (Alternate Cover A by Gary Frank)

October, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1 Variation B (Dynamic Forces Exclusive Cover B by Gary Frank)

October, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $11.98 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1 Variation F (Dynamic Forces Blue Foil Cover F by Gary Frank)

October, 2000
Cover Price: $12.95
1 copy available for $4.95 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1 Variation G (Dynamic Forces European Cover G by Gary Frank)

October, 2000
Cover Price: $10.00
3 copies available from $7.50 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#1 Variation H

October, 2000
Cover Price: $15.00
1 copy available for $22.50 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#2

November, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#2 Variation A (Dan Kemp is credited with color on Cover A, but Matt Milla is credited inside)

November, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $1.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#3

December, 2000
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#4

January, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $0.30 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#5

March, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#6

April, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#7

June, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#8

July, 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#9 (World Trade Center cover by Gary Frank)

January, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $1.25 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#10

March, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
12 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#11

June, 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $0.99 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
#12

July, 2002
Cover Price: $2.95
6 copies available from $1.75 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank
Book #1

January, 2003
Cover Price: $29.99
1 copy available for $2.75 		J. Michael StraczynskiGary Frank