MIDNIGHT FACTORY Ongoing Series

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP (2025)

From acclaimed comic creator Joseph Schmalke (We Don't Kill Spiders, Phantom Starkiller) comes a dark sweeping fantasy epic. The Academy of Black Magic has opened its doors for the first time in over 200 years. 72 children are conscripted to enter its dimly-lit halls to study the dark arts in an environment devoid of the sun. Only seven will emerge to see daylight again. Their seven-year journey begins in Year One of Seven Years in Darkness. This is your chance to see how it all began in anticipation of Midnight Factory's upcoming Seven Years in Darkness: Year Three!

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SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP YEAR TWO

Vol. 2

CA$26.99

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP YEAR TWO

Release: April 30, 2025

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP YEAR ONE Previously Offered Thru Diamond

Vol. 1

CA$26.99

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP YEAR ONE Previously Offered Thru Diamond

Release: March 12, 2025

Reading Order

  1. SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP YEAR ONE Previously Offered Thru Diamond

    From acclaimed comic creator Joseph Schmalke (We Don't Kill Spiders, Phantom Starkiller) comes a dark sweeping fantasy epic. The Academy of Black Magic has opened its doors for the first time in over 200 years. 72 children are conscripted to enter its dimly-lit halls to study the dark arts in an environment devoid of the sun. Only seven will emerge to see daylight again. Their seven-year journey begins in Year One of Seven Years in Darkness. This is your chance to see how it all began in anticipation of Midnight Factory's upcoming Seven Years in Darkness: Year Three!

  2. SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS TP YEAR TWO

    From acclaimed comics creator Joseph Schmalke (We Don't Kill Spiders, Phantom Starkiller, The Electric Black, and Cherry Blackbird) comes a dark sweeping fantasy epic. Welcome to Year Two at the Academy of Black Magic. The 59 surviving Apprentices advance into their second year as Mages. As they continue their studies, the body count rises. Year Two follows a magically gifted student who finds herself the target of a parasitic entity, a familiar intent on helping its master graduate, and Death itself makes its way to the school to collect a debt.

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