Midnight, Mass.

Midnight, Mass.
Publication information
Publisher	Vertigo
Format	Limited series
Genre	Horror,
Publication date	2002
Number of issues	8
Creative team
Writer(s)	John Rozum
Penciller(s)	Jesus Saiz
Inker(s)	Jimmy Palmiotti
Creator(s)	John Rozum

Midnight, Mass. is a comic book series created by writer John Rozum, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint in 2002. 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]

Overview

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

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

Television series

A television series based on Midnight, Mass was put into development by NBC in 2009 for the 2010-2011 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

Neither Mini-series has yet to be reprinted in a collected edition.

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