Endless Night

by Mark London

ENDLESS NIGHT is Mad Cave's miniseries event of Summer 2025, a genre-smashing collision of archetypal heroes by celebrated writer MARK LONDON (Battlecats, Hunt.Kill.Repeat.) and acclaimed artist TOM DERENICK (Justice League), set in the universe of dark conspiracies, hard-boiled mystery, and unnatural menace known as UNDERWORLD!

When Axel Black, an obsessive tech billionaire and head of the sinister Order of Nine, sends his operatives to Exit City in search of a dangerous mystical artifact, only a team of unlikely allies from different corners of the underworld can prevent an apocalyptic VELVETEEN, the elite rogue assassin hellbent on revenge; McCORMICK & MILLER, two detectives keeping peace in a lawless city; and OWEN BLACKWOOD, a monster hunter duty-bound to stop evil. But tensions are mounting, and time is running out!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy

96 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2025

Reviews

[Radwa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This felt like the premise of a story, not a complete coherent story.
It had a lot of assumptions. Like it assumed we knew who these were, what all of these organizations meant, and what these powers could do. A lot of action. It could be seen as mindless fun, but I was really disappointed.

[East of Reality · Rating 4 out of 5]

With a lot of action, death, more action, more death, and a variety of secret organizations running amok and shooting people left, right, and center, this book is a lightning quick read with excellent artwork. Especially as most of the scenes are either guns, kicking, falling, throwing, or people trying to avoid being killed. I never had trouble following the action, everything looked (to me) as though gravity was an actual force in this world, and the blood and gore — while very present — wasn’t overdone.

The various players in this book — the nine, who send Owen Blackwood, the man who wants to be king off to find a man eating clock; the Wolven, a group that exists outside of time that wants to destroy the clock; a pair of police officers (an Ex-special forces who just wants to be a good guy and his partner who is more criminal than cop) who want to know who’s been killing everyone; Velveteen, who wants to save a young man hidden away in a safe house; and the mercenaries hired by Blackwood to get the clock — are all given time enough to develop distinct vibes.

It’s not subtle, but in the few pages the book has there isn’t time for subtlety. But it’s fun, sharp, and faced paced. I’ve love to see more of this series, and I hope this book has a sequel or six following after.

Thank you so very much to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC!

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

An efficient book, but perhaps too efficient – this sets up some franchise, wraps everything up tidily – and leaves us with little impression other than, well – that it was efficient. Certainly it manages to introduce us to the characters well, meaning we find four implausible people – someone that is too good at hacking etc, someone that is too good at killing, someone that is too good at sniffing out the truthful minutiae of the world, and someone who is too dead and only turns up between 3 and 4am. When a risibly broad tech billionaire wants to join the cloaked cabal of baddies, he asks a typical goon to find a McGuffin, and from then on it's efficient action. It's all done well, but with no cleverness, no subtlety, no engaging difference from any other supergroup crime-tinged adventure. Three and a half efficiency badges.

[Madara · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.3/5
Quality of writing: 3
Plot development: 3
Pace: 3
Characters: 4
Enjoyability: 3
Ease of reading: 4

This one was a bit messy at first but once you get over the first chunk, The art is pretty good, the story is fine. There's a lot of action, that's for sure. And the characters have their own quirks. I just wish it was a bit longer so we could dive deeper into the characters.

Review copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good new story with interesting characters in a new setting. I liked the guy with the amulet shield that isn't allowed to use guns so he has to improvise.

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