Midnighter's characterization was criticized for being too distant of his WildStorm version and his costume, which included a chin spike, was so disliked that it was even referenced in the comic itself.

In May 2015, during the Convergence event, the publisher released digital sneak previews for several of its current and upcoming titles, all featuring a new short story.

It re-established his over-the-top acts of graphic violence and focused on his community work with everyday people, a similar scenario to the character's early days in the WildStorm Universe before joining Stormwatch.

According to writer Steve Orlando, he began writing Midnighter after Mark Doyle, Batman's editor, asked if he wanted to "pitch" any character.

[12]ACO, the title's main artist, brought to the comic a characteristic style, which features a large number of small panels to highlight the constant action scenes present in the story.

Suddenly, the restaurant where they are is invaded by Modoran mercenaries searching for three of their countrymen, making Midnighter reveal himself and beat them in a fight.

Midnighter finds the first weapon, a powered necklace, with Marina Lucas, who was using it to avenge her husband's death by food poisoning.

[19] He finds another weapon while saving Amanda Riley, a little schoolgirl kidnapped by Multiplex, a villain in the employ of Mr. Rohmer, a corrupt businessman who sought the power of the God Garden.

Grando takes homeless people from the streets and makes them go through a treatment with reprogrammed martian cells (originally from the God Garden) that transform them into vampire-like creatures, who are murdered for entertainment by the hooligan youngsters that frequent the inn.

[21] Then, Midnighter and Grayson go to his lair, where they fight and beat martian cells manipulated beasts, defeating Akakievitch, who reveals that he received the technology from a mysterious supplier.

He and Matt go visit the man, who lives in a small town in Connecticut, and Midnighter begins investigating the place.

While investigating at a nearby bar, he is attacked by a gang and during the fight, he discovers they are not humans, but rather androids created with God Garden technology.

Cities Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Rochester, New York, Richmond, California, Tacoma, Washington and Detroit, Michigan, as well as Florida Keys, Baffin Island (Canada) and the Darvaza gas crater (Turkmenistan) are also depicted through the series.

[29] Midnighter and other DC You titles like Starfire and Black Canary did not have new series announced, and ended their runs at the twelfth issue, a decision criticized by some media outlets.

[30] Jon Erik Christianson from Panels lamented the lack of representation that would happen with the cancellation of one of the few mainstream LGBT comic books.

[33] The announcement of Midnighter's release in February 2015 generated instant media interest due to the premise of the series being the first to prominently feature a gay superhero.

Its writer, Gregory Schmidt, also expressed a belief that Midnighter's popularity "stems in part from efforts to make his sexual orientation just one aspect of his character".

[39] Reviewing the first issue, David Pepos from Newsarama gave it a maximum score, saying that "there aren't many books out there that I'd call perfect, but when you can see 10 steps ahead, it's perhaps not surprising that The Midnighter earns that praise.

[40] Keith Dooley of Multiversity Comics opined that "Midnighter is imperfect, has emotional issues, and yet has a hero’s heart.

[41] Writing for PopMatters, Matthew Fay felt the debut was a "reassuring and faithful reintroduction to the character" that "leaves open a lot of room for exploration".

And he succeeded with such strength and force that it’s hard to remember a time when Midnighter wasn’t a hugely important concept for the company.

Orlando leans hard with a sharper sense of insight, cutting through the syndicated nature of superhero comics with aggressive verse.

[53] Less positive about the series, Jim Werner from Weird Science described it as "good at its best and awful for the rest of the time" in his reviews, calling Orlando's dialogue "close to laughable" and Midnighter "a tough sell as a character".

The Rainbow Hub's Sam Riedel wrote "it’s better in my mind to establish a series’ aesthetic before switching up art duties", while Jarrod Jones of Doom Rocket declared that "Midnighter is too good to settle for menial sequentials", and added: "For a book like this, DC would do well to roll out the red carpet for its best and brightest".

[56][57] Together with The Omega Men, Midnighter was the most acclaimed DC Comics book of 2015, appearing on more than twenty year-end lists of industry publications.

[58] io9 named it one of 2015's twenty best comic books, and commented that "Midnighter balances its brilliant superhero action with a frank, refreshing, and sex-positive look at its hero's life".

[62] * denotes an unordered list Covering its first seven issues and the sneak peek, Midnighter's first trade paperback was released on February 17, 2016.

[83] It was the series' only issue to chart in the top 100, after Midnighter #2 had 61.5% less copies distributed next month, placing at number one hundred and twenty-nine.

[84] The trade Midnighter: Out had 1,678 copies accounted during its release month, February 2016, in Diamond distributed comic shops.

[87] Steve Orlando described Midnighter trade sales as "very, very nice with a huge amount of support from fans and readers".