Doom’s fall — and a violent incursion by Thunderbolt Ross — have brought Latveria to the brink of civil war! Captain America deploys to protect civilians and investigate rumors of a weapons stockpile, but when Nick Fury Jr.’s unpredictable new version of S.H.I.E.L.D. joins the mission, it becomes clear that everyone wants a piece of Latveria — no matter the cost.
With warring factions tearing the country apart and a squad of unconventional S.H.I.E.L.D. agents pursuing unknown agendas, can Captain America hope to bring peace to Latveria? And is that even what his own handlers want?
The road to “Armageddon,” an upcoming Marvel event written by Chip Zdarsky, officially begins this month in Captain America #6, the start of an all-new arc in Zdarsky’s acclaimed run. Zdarsky will also set the stage for the event in Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon, a four-issue prelude series kicking off next month. Both series team Zdarsky up with top artists including Valerio Schiti, Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar, and Jan Bazaldua on Captain America and Luca Maresca on Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon. Fans can peek ahead at what’s to come in April with the reveal of Captain America #9-10, new parts of the “Armageddon” lead-in arc, and Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #3.
“Armageddon” picks up in the aftermath of One World Under Doom. With global tensions rising to determine the fate of Latveria, it’s up to Captain America and the all-new S.H.I.E.L.D. to prevent various groups from erupting into all-out war, including one with a startling connection to Doom’s legacy. Meanwhile, Wolverine investigates a mysterious new super soldier program, but is too late to stop them from creating a deadly new Weapon X. All this while origin boxes, brought over to the 616 from the new Ultimate Universe, begin to surface, giving rise to new heroes and ushering in the next era of Avengers…
Read on to learn more!
CAPTAIN AMERICA #9
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY Art by JAN BAZALDUA Cover by VALERIO SCHITI On Sale 4/22
A CAPTAIN CORNERED ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON!
After discovering how far Salvation’s True Latveria insurgency is willing to go for power, Captain America goes rogue, throwing in with the Latverian Liberators to take down Salvation before he can become the next Doctor Doom. But Salvation is prepared for Steve’s next attack, and his new ploy has heartbreaking consequences for the team…
CAPTAIN AMERICA #10
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY Art and Cover by VALERIO SCHITI Variant Cover by PACO DIAZ On Sale 4/29
UNITED THEY FALL ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON!
A shocking betrayal leaves Captain America’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team at odds – just in time for Doom’s ultimate weapon to be dragged into the light. But it’s not what anyone thought it was, and as an all-out feeding frenzy ignites between Salvation, Red Hulk and S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s up to Steve to get his hands on the weapon before it’s too late!
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #3 (OF 4)
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY Art by LUCA MARESCA Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO On Sale 4/29
THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON ENDS WITH A BANG!
The shadows of David Colton’s past are collapsing over Wolverine. The high-risk hunt for the newest WEAPON comes to a head as all the players are on a crash course with each other!
ARMAGEDDON is coming…and no one is ready. In the words of Nuke: GIVE ME A RED!
LONG LIVE, DOOM! As the Fantastic Four deal with the fallout from One World Under Doom, they’re faced with big questions and a surprising new global menace! Will the White House have their backs? Will…the Red Hulk? The next stage of the Marvel Universe starts here! Will of Doom #1wraps up the recent event while setting up what’s next.
Written by Chip Zdarsky, Will of Doom #1 is an interesting issue, dancing around what I really want to see explored after “One World Under Doom.” The story focuses on Doom’s final will and testament and the ramifications of his absence after having taken over the world. There are those who still wish he ruled. There’s also leaders who need to step up back into their roles and get things back in order. And it’s Doom, so of course there’s a “failsafe.”
The comic dances around the hurt and destruction, as well as how the world is seeing its superheroes, but really focuses on Val Richards. Doom has left her everything. Val, who was killed during the event and brought back, is torn by Doom’s actions. The issue is solid in showing this young woman wrestling with her feelings towards Doom as well as what he did. It’s a comic that actually focuses on the fallout of events and the emotional aspect of it all. It also is interesting in seeing Reed Richards’ relationship with Doom explored as well. It’s an issue that really reflects on Doom the person, someone who could be the greatest but something prevents that. Someone who could do such good but also has no problem hurting so many while he does so.
There’s also a lot setting up what’s to come next. There’s the “Armageddon” event that this leads into but also Red Hulk’s actions to deal with, including the fallout of planting an American flag in Latveria. There’s something solid about Ross espousing American ideals and not being afraid of being American. It echoes the nationalism today without directly addressing it.
The art by CAFU is solid. With color by David Curiel and lettering by Travis Lanham the comic looks good as it balances the action as well as the emotional struggles. The characters look good, and there’s a lot of them, but the action feels like it leaves a wreckage behind. Val feels like she’s struggling and hurt by everything that has happened. It’s a comic whose visuals pop and are just solid. Nothing is necessarily memorable with iconic moments, but it’s just really good.
Will of Doom #1 serves as a solid epilogue for “One World Under Doom.” It reflects on Doom’s actions, some of what that meant, and delivers enough nuggets to tease what’s to come. It’s a “buy” for those who enjoyed the event serving as a solid final chapter or for those who are really invested in the greater Marvel Universe and what’s to come.
LONG LIVE, DOOM! As the Fantastic Four deal with the fallout from ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM, they’re faced with big questions and a surprising new global menace! Will the White House have their backs? Will… the RED HULK? The next stage of the Marvel Universe starts here!
Armageddon, the next Marvel Comics event, launches this summer, but the exciting stories leading into it are happening right now! Fans can peek ahead at two key Armageddon chapters hitting stands in March with the reveal of Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #2 and Captain America #8.
Armageddon will be written by writer Chip Zdarsky, who is currently laying pivotal groundwork for the event in his acclaimed Captain America run with artists Valerio Schiti, Delio Diaz, and Frank Alpizar. Zdarsky, along with artist Luca Maresca, will also set up the event in Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon, a four-issue prelude series spinning out of recent developments in Captain America and Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion.
The lead-in to Armageddon kicks into high gear in Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #2! Dark, shared secrets linking Wolverine, the relentless Nuke and the mysterious Dave Colton surface, throwing Logan’s hunt for a missing Super-Soldier into total disarray! Can Logan survive when the ghosts of his past are armed and ready for war? Get ready for a brutal saga you won’t forget!
THE HUNT FOR SALVATION ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON! In Captain America #8, Cap has formed an alliance with the LATVERIAN LIBERATORS to put a stop to violent insurgent leader SALVATION and his domineering TRUE LATVERIA army. But Salvation won’t back down without a fight, and Steve is determined to bring him to justice even in the face of resistance from his own team. As allegiances shift, can Steve free Latveria from Salvation’s grip once and for all?
Just in time for the new arc kicking off in Captain America#6 that marks the debut of the ALL-NEW S.H.I.E.L.D., fans can pick up all-new printings of the first five issues of Captain America next month!
Check out the main covers for Captain America#8 by Valerio Schiti and Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #2 by Leinil Francis Yu, along with a Captain America#8 variant cover by Marvel’s Stormbreaker Netho Diaz.
Chef-9 and Service-1 are safely hidden from the White House Security team–for now. But Danny has discovered that there’s a new threat on the robot lovers’ heels: The Canadian Liberation Front, who will stop at nothing to protect their country.
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(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Valerio Schiti (C) Frank Martin (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Ben Harvey (VCA) Chip Zdarsky, David Mack, Marco Forcelloni and Nicky Nicotera, Geoff Shaw and Frank Martin, Phil Noto, Inhyuk Lee
A TALE OF TWO CAPTAINS! As Steve learns the true nature of his mission into Latveria, he finds himself at odds with his former ally DAVE COLTON — the current CAPTAIN AMERICA, whose path to freedom grows more violent by the day. Who will be the last Captain left standing?
Last week at the Lucca Comics & Games festival, Marvel Comics Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski and writer Chip Zdarsky shed light on the next arc of Captain America, one of the industry’s hottest new titles! Kicking off in issue #6 this January, the upcoming storyline will set a new status quo for Steve Rogers and the wider Marvel Universe with a moment that’s been anticipated for years…THE RETURN OF S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Drawn by series artist Valerio Schiti along with guest artists Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar, the new Captain America arc will bring the run to present day and be a key chapter in the buildup to next summer’s Armageddon, a new comic book event series also written by Zdarsky. In the aftermath of One World Under Doom, Captain America will find himself on the frontlines defending the future of Latveria against a resurfaced threat from the series’ opening arc, as well as outside forces including an ALL-NEW S.H.I.E.L.D., the iconic covert organization not seen since it was dissolved in 2017’s Secret Empire.
Doom’s fall—and a violent incursion by Thunderbolt Ross—have brought Latveria to the brink of civil war! Captain America deploys to protect civilians and investigate rumors of a weapons stockpile, but when Nick Fury Jr.’s unpredictable new version of S.H.I.E.L.D. joins the mission, it becomes clear that everyone wants a piece of Latveria—no matter the cost.
With warring factions tearing the country apart and a squad of unconventional S.H.I.E.L.D. agents pursuing unknown agendas, can Captain America hope to bring peace to Latveria? And is that even what his own handlers want?
Smaller, leaner, and more underground than its predecessor, the re-formed S.H.I.E.L.D. includes an eclectic group of agents: Joe Ramos, an altruistic soldier from Brooklyn; Charles Castlemore, a retired Marine with strong opinions about the Latverian resistance; Trevor Tambling, a soldier of fortune with unclear motives; and Red Widow, a former Russian agent abandoned by her home country for her questionable loyalty. Nick Fury must keep these soldiers in line as they carry out their secret task to retrieve Doom’s weapons—even if it means clashing with Cap!
See S.H.I.E.L.D. in action in Valerio Schiti’s new cover for Captain America #6 and #7, along with new original design sheets, and check out a new promotional variant cover by Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar.
Armageddon is coming. Teased last week, the game-changing event from writer Chip Zdarsky will have a major impact on the future of the Marvel Universe, including a transformation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes the likes of which haven’t been experienced since Avengers: Disassembled! Key buildup to the saga can found in Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti’s current run of Captain America, recent developments in Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion along with its aftermath in Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon, a four-issue limited series launching in February!
Written by Zdarsky and drawn by Luca Maresca, Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon marks the first chapter of the biggest story of the year. The pulse-pounding lead-in series sends Wolverine on a pivotal mission to track down the latest victim of a new superhuman experimentation program, only to discover a mysterious power at their disposal that could change everything…
ARMAGEDDON STRIKES THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!
When an old acquaintance drags Logan into the search for a new abducted mutant subject, the terrifying methods of the defunct Weapon X program are revealed to be alive and well. As Wolverine follows the scent of the feral Tyler – and the scent of his own trauma – he finds himself in a deadly race against a super-soldier-creating corporation called PRIMEWARRIOR…which has just hired a very familiar face: the fully armed and upgraded NUKE!
Check out the main cover by Leinil Francis Yu along with variant covers by Chip Zdarsky and Inhyuk Lee. Preorder Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #1 at your local comic shop today and stay tuned for more news about Armageddon in the weeks ahead.
This June, the Marvel Universe faces Armageddon! Crafted by Chip Zdarsky, Armageddon will impact the entire Marvel Universe, changing the face of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in a way not seen since Avengers: Disassembled, the event that redefined the team for the 21st century. Groundwork for the event will be laid in upcoming storylines in Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti’s Captain America as well as recent developments in the Ultimate Universe, specifically Miles Morales returning home with Origin Boxes in Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #5.
Armageddon Assembles in June, but the countdown starts now! Check out a promotional image by Zdarsky and stay tuned for more details.
