Marvel changes an upcoming Captain America story to reintroduce SHIELD

Captain America will have different companions now for his trip to Latveria.

Marvel has announced that SHIELD, led by Nick Fury Jr., will return in Captain America #6, seemingly replacing the team of international superheroes that was set to debut in that issue.

The post-One World Under Doom story would have introduced a group of super soldiers sent to assist Captain America on a mission to Latveria, including Captain Kingdom, Captain France, The Star and a new Red Widow. But this week Marvel announced that issue will now feature a new iteration of SHIELD that will include Nick Fury Jr., Red Widow and several new SHIELD agents — all in the lead-up to Armageddon.

They even kept the same cover design by artist Valerio Schiti, replacing the “Captains” with SHIELD:

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‘Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon’ will lead into Marvel’s 2026 summer event

Chip Zdarsky and Luca Maresca send Wolverine on a mission that will “kick off the end of everything.”

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!”

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Chip Zdarsky will unleash ‘Armageddon’ on the Marvel Universe in 2026

A new teaser hints at Marvel’s plans for Avengers.

The end is coming, a new Marvel teaser says, and they’re giving you seven months to prepare.

The publisher has revealed Armageddon (not to be confused with DC’s 2001 event of the same name), an Avengers-centered event spearheaded by Chip Zdarsky. According to Marvel.com, it’ll change “the face of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in a way not seen since Avengers: Disassembled.”

Here’s a look at the teaser, designed by Zdarsky:

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