Marvel officially announced today that Avengers: Armageddon, a five-issue event series written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Frank Alpizar and Delio Diaz, will launch June 3. The event was first teased last year.
The series draws on storylines and themes Zdarsky has been seeding in his run on Captain America and the current Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon prelude series, and will lead directly into a new era of Avengers launching later this year.
The first issue of Weapons of Armageddon dropped yesterday, and if it’s any indication of what to expect, this should be a fun, character-focused story. Zdarsky has done a nice job setting it up both in that series and in his Captain America run.
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