Armageddon, Marvel’s big event helmed by Chip Zdarsky that’s coming next summer, will actually kick off in February with a prelude series — Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon.
Zdarsky will write the four-issue miniseries, which will feature artwork by Luca Maresca. The series will send Wolverine “on a pivotal mission to track down the latest victim of a new superhuman experimentation program,” something akin to the Weapon X program.
“The Road to Armageddon starts with super soldiers, starts with the Weapon X program. And Wolverine is going to kick off the end of everything,” Zdarsky said. “For readers of Captain America, this is essential! For readers who want to know where the Marvel Universe is going, same. I’m pretty thrilled to get to tell this massive story, starting in Cap and really kicking it off here in Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon!”
The story will feature Nuke, the super soldier who debuted in Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s epic run on Daredevil. His origin as a super-soldier was shown in Wolverine: Origins, so the two have history:
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!
“People often ask me who my favorite character is to draw, and my answer is always the same: Spider-Man and Wolverine,” Maresca said. “I love drawing Wolverine in action, capturing his expressions, but I also love drawing Logan and giving him all the nuances of his tormented soul. What makes it even better is working with Chip Zdarsky, who I got to know and love during his run on Daredevil with Marco Checchetto.”
The first issue features a main cover by Leinil Francis Yu, with variant covers by Zdarsky and Inhyuk Lee:
The first issue of four arrives Feb. 18.