[6][7] Following the success of the crossovers, Marvel branded all stories involving the group with a distinct family imprint and cover treatment, which lasted from December 1993 to August 1994.

The team consisted of "the Nine": Blade, Morbius, Danny Ketch (as a Ghost Rider), John Blaze (as a human), Frank Drake, Hannibal King, Vicki Montesi, Louise Hastings, and Sam Buchanan.

The group appeared in the nine-issue anthology comic book Midnight Sons Unlimited, which ran from April 1993 to May 1995 and tied into the crossover events.

Inside, the Midnight Sons titles will have stronger continuity, making for a more exciting, tightly knit sub-section of the Marvel Universe.

"[9] "Siege of Darkness," however, marked the cancellation of Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins, and the Midnight Sons brand did not last much longer.

The Midnight Sons logo was eventually dropped from the remaining titles, cover-dated September 1994, although Morbius, Blade, Blaze, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider (vol.

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

[10] More like the Legion of Monsters than a traditional Midnight Sons line-up, this team included Morbius, Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale, Werewolf by Night, and Man-Thing.

[11] Although this never came to pass, Smallwood did contribute variant covers for Doctor Strange: Damnation by Donny Cates, Nick Spencer, and Rod Reis, which featured another modern Midnight Sons team: Wong, Blade, Doctor Voodoo, Elsa Bloodstone, Johnny Blaze, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, Scarlet Spider, and Man-Thing.

While not directly connected to the Midnight Suns video game of the same year, the two concurrent versions featured loose similarities in both name and roster.

The team consists of the Nightstalkers (Eric Brooks / Blade, Frank Drake and Hannibal King) Morbius, the Living Vampire, the Spirits of Vengeance (Danny Ketch / Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider, and later Michael Badilino / Vengeance), and the guardians of the Darkhold, the Darkhold Redeemers (Sam Buchanan, Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings, and later Modred the Mystic and Jinx).

In the first story arc, covers were black with vague outlines, and the Midnight Sons fight the Lilin, who are invading the earth in a mysterious smoke emanating from Cypress Hills Cemetery.

This arc include the characters Bad Timing, Martine Bancroft, Blackout, Dark Legion, Meatmarket, Nakota, Outcast, Pilgrim, Sister Nil, Stonecold, and Bloodthirst, who is possessing Morbius.

In the second story arc, covers featured a dripping blood design, and the Midnight Sons fight The Fallen, a group loyal to Zarathos.

[15] As the other Midnight Sons join the fight, they discover that, instead of killing Lilith and Zarathos, Ghost Rider and Blaze have opened a portal to Shadowside where the Lilin had been exiled.

[22] The Midnight Sons regroup at The Nightclub, and Caretaker sends a message that The Fallen plan to recruit or kill surviving members of The Blood.

Johnny Blaze, Vengeance, Morbius, Blade, Hannibal King, Strange, and Caretaker then go through a ceremony in which they are branded with the symbol of the flaming dagger.

The team is chosen by Morbius, who enlists Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale, and Werewolf by Night to contain the zombie virus outbreak from further spreading into the 616 universe.

During the Damnation storyline, Wong and the ghost of Doctor Strange's dog Bats assemble Blade, Doctor Voodoo, Elsa Bloodstone, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, Scarlet Spider and Man-Thing to form the third incarnation of the Midnight Sons so that they can help Strange fight Mephisto's forces in Las Vegas.

[29] Some time later, a new version of the team is brought together when Strange Academy student Zoe Laveau projects a vision to supernatural characters across the Marvel Universe.

Featuring Blade, Kushala, Magik, Wolverine, and Nico Minoru, the series also includes appearances by characters such as Agatha Harkness, Clea Strange, and Doctor Doom.

In the present, the Caretaker enlists the Hunter, Nico Minoru, Blade, Magik and Robbie Reyes to join forces with the Avengers and stop Lilith and Hydra.