Since we’re months away from 2026, Marvel Comics is hyping up a major event it’s got planned for the Avengers. That event is *Armageddon*, first teased last week as a storyline on par with *Avengers: Disassembled* in terms of significance.
All that’s known so far is that *Captain America* writer Chip Zdarsky will be at the helm, and that *Armageddon* will involve the Origin Boxes seen in the soon-to-end Ultimate Universe. These Origin Boxes created different heroes in the Ultimate universe, such as Spider-Man and Luke Cage. Recently, in the pages of *Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion*, Miles Morales brought several of these boxes over to the main Marvel Universe — a development that’s clearly going to cause some serious problems.
*Armageddon* will also build on threads established in Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti’s current *Captain America* run, which jumps to the present day with its sixth issue. Instead of focusing on a team of super-soldier Captains from other countries, the upcoming story arc sees the return of Nick Fury Jr. and his “smaller, leaner” S.H.I.E.L.D.
This new S.H.I.E.L.D. group consists of just a handful of agents, but Fury has them on hand to retrieve a stockpile of Latverian weapons following the events of *One World After Doom*. This mission puts them at odds with Captain America. Fans can check out designs for the S.H.I.E.L.D. characters and the book’s covers down below.
Speaking about the story change, Zdarsky explained he initially had a “different idea in mind” for the book’s supporting players. However, “when the possibility of a new S.H.I.E.L.D. came along, we just hit the ground running. S.H.I.E.L.D. is Marvel. Bringing them back with a new mandate and scope has been incredibly fun—they’re starting small, but they, and Fury, have big plans.”
In addition to the *Captain America* run, Zdarsky has at least one more story leading up to *Armageddon*: *Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon*. Drawn by Luca Maresca, this four-issue miniseries finds Wolverine fighting the reborn Weapon X program and its new corporate leader, PrimeWarrior. Zdarsky called the miniseries “essential” to *Armageddon*, saying Wolverine will “kick off the end of everything.”
The “Road to Armageddon” officially begins with *Captain America* #6 on January 21, 2026, followed by *Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon* #1 on February 18. The full *Avengers: Armageddon* event will launch that summer.
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