A psychic vampire who has been quietly feeding on the galaxy's mightiest criminals for centuries. That much power... can he possibly be stopped? Centuries. 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Lockjaw (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)
- Blinky
- Raava
- Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel)
- Metal Master (Molyb)
Antagonists:
- Spyder (Death)
Other Characters:
- Inhuman Royal Family (Only in flashback)
- Lockjaw's mother (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Genetic Council (Only in flashback)
- Medusalith Amaquelin (Earth-616)
- Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin) (Only in recap)
- Gorgon (Only in recap)
- Karnak (Only in recap)
- Maximus the Mad (Only in flashback) (Impersonates Black Bolt)
- Ahura Boltagon (Only in recap)
- Numerous other unnamed Inhumans (Only in flashback)
- Fantastic Four (Only in recap)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Only in recap)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Only in recap)
- The Unseen (Nick Fury) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Skragg (Mentioned)
- Raavaka (Mentioned)
- Master Jailer (First appearance) (Appears on screen)
- Numerous other unnamed jailers (First appearance) (Appears on screen)
- The Jailer (Appears on screen) (Origin revealed)
- The Lady (Invoked)
- Creel's mother (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Pelyn (Earth-616)
Races and Species:
- Inhuman Dogs (Main story and flashback)
- Dogs (Only in flashback)
- Inhumans (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Cosmic Beings (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified alien species
- Astrans
- Skrulls
- Robots
Locations:
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
- Sol System (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Only in flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean (Only in flashback)
- Attilan (Only in flashback)
- Black Bolt's inhibition chamber (Only in flashback)
- Attilan (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Upper New York Bay (Only in flashback)
- New Attilan (Only in flashback)
- Upper New York Bay (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- Earth Orbit (Only in flashback)
- Moon (Only in flashback)
- Blue Area of the Moon (Only in flashback)
- Moon (Only in flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified secret prison facility at the far edge of the galaxy
- Sol System (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Terrigen Mist (Named only) (Only in flashback)
- Image Inducer (Only in flashback)
- Terrigen Codex (Referenced)
- Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain
Vehicles:
- Astarion (Vision or hallucination)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
REDEMPTION COMES CLOSE…
• As Black Bolt turns the tables on the evil Jailer!
• But what about his fellow prisoners? Given a choice, will the Midnight King choose the company of thieves?
• And what hope do they have against a creature who knows their deepest secrets?