The Marvel Universe is about to burn, and when the smoke clears, the flagship title of the publishing house is getting a total structural reset. Following an official announcement on Marvel.com, the powerhouse creative duo of Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto are officially reuniting to launch an all-new ongoing Avengers #1 on November 4, 2026.
Spinning directly out of the catastrophic fallout of this summer’s 5-issue event Avengers: Armageddon, this series isn’t about traditional heroics—it’s about survival in a world that completely blames the costumed community for its collapse.
Avengers: Armageddon kicks off when Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Red Hulk) seizes control of Latveria, dragging the global community into a super-powered cataclysm. Zdarsky and Checchetto’s new ongoing series deals with a completely rewritten global order where a broken humanity actively fears and distrusts the team.
The official, stripped-down roster for the November relaunch features Captain Marvel and a heavily active street-level presence in Daredevil and Luke Cage while also bringing back together Spider-Man and Wolverine, who are stepping up to guide a decentralized world order.
“It’s obviously a massive honor getting to write the world’s greatest super hero team!” Zdarsky shared. “And after what happens in Avengers: Armageddon, this lineup is angry as hell and ready to avenge. Avengers is a book that should lead the Marvel Universe, where big things happen and surprises keep hitting.“
The “Disassembled” Parallel
Following Brad Winderbaum’s historic corporate promotion to oversee both Television and Publishing, this print relaunch perfectly aligns with the live-action mandate of “character-first, grit-driven drama.”
Marvel is explicitly marketing this relaunch as the biggest systemic shakeup to the franchise since Brian Michael Bendis’ Avengers: Disassembled over twenty years ago. The status quo of the team being high-class, government-backed celebrities is officially over.
By populating the team with street-level icons like Luke Cage and Daredevil alongside heavy-hitters like Captain Marvel and Wolverine, Zdarsky is fundamentally altering how the team operates. This is a defensive, underground line of survivors. In a year completely defined by multiversal stakes on screen, the comic universe is pulling the camera down into the dirt—and it starts with a broken world that needs to be avenged.
Source: Marvel
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