This summer, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes assemble for a battle that will define their next era in AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON!
The five-issue event series by superstar writer Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artists Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar launches in June, and today, fans can learn about issue #3, on sale in August, which teases the team’s new post-Armageddon lineup.
AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON shakes up the Avengers in a way not seen since Avengers: Disassembled, kicking off when the team assembles to stop Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, A.K.A. Red Hulk, from igniting a global conflict following his takeover of Latveria.
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The saga is currently being set up in Zdarsky’s hit run of Captain America as well as the Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon limited series which follows Wolverine and Dave Colton, a new Captain America introduced in Zdarsky’s run, as they team up to dismantle an all-new super soldier program.
Comic Watch Reviews:
- Wolverine & Weapons of Armageddon #3: For Whom the Shield Chose
- Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #2: Old Soldiers
- Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #1: Old Knives Cut the Deepest
- Captain America #1: The New Early Days
- Captain America #2: War is Complicated
- Captain America #3: Real Freedom
- Captain America #8: The Hunt for Salvation
- Captain America #9: Blind Flags
Along the way, the pair will unleash a mysterious power originating from another universe that will shift the tide of the coming battle with Ross—but at a heavy cost.
Check out Dike Ruan’s AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #3 cover, Valerio Schiti’s CAPTAIN AMERICA #14 cover and a CAPTAIN AMERICA #14 variant cover by Domenico Cava.
On Sale August 5, 2026
The next arc of CAPTAIN AMERICA serves a companion to the event, continuing in CAPTAIN AMERICA #14 with art by Ton Lima.
The story sees Captain America, desperate to return to Earth to stop Armageddon, teaming up with Doctor Doom to acquire a weapon powerful enough to defeat their captor: Mephisto!
A SOUL FOR A SOUL…
Captain America and Victor Von Doom, bound together in an unfamiliar war zone, are after the ANTIDIVINE – a sword powerful enough to destroy Mephisto. But someone else also has their eyes on the weapon! Can Steve stop Doom’s first love from destroying Victor as his own soul hangs in the balance?
- Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
- Art by TON LIMA
- Cover by VALERIO SCHITI
- Variant Cover by DOMENICO CAVA
On Sale August 19, 2026
AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #3
CIVILIANS RIOT, VILLAINS RISE AND HEROES FALL!
The entire globe is thrown into chaos
With the rest of the world turning against the Avengers, what will they choose?
Stand down or fight against Red Hulk, even as he seems more and more unbeatable?
And when an unstable new power takes center stage…the Avengers – and the world – will need all the help they can get! Wolverine sends out the call: AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
- Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
- Art by DELIO DIAZ & FRANK ALPIZAR
- Cover by DIKE RUAN
Pick up ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026 from last weekend’s Comic Giveaway Day for the special prelude story and stay tuned in the weeks ahead for more about the saga here on Comic Watch.