Marvel officially announced a new Deathlok ongoing book spinning out of this summer’s Original Sin event.
Mike Peterson (J. August Richards) became Deathlok on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this past season.
The new Deathlok will co-star in Original Sins #1. The first issue of the new anthology series is out now. The Deathlok ongoing will be by writer Nathan Edmondson (Black Widow, Punisher) and artist Mike Perkins (Captain America, The Stand, Astonishing X-Men.)
“Deathlok is an opportunity to turn the distinction between ally and foe within the Marvel universe right on its head,” Edmondson told The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision. “Wrapped up in bleeding-edge tech, our Deathlok series will take what readers remember of the iconic anti-hero and what viewers love now of the character portrayed by J. August Richards in Agents of Shield and dive in with a twisting story of espionage and family.”
Edmondson said “is a father and a medic who doesn’t know that he’s a machine, a killer behind some of the sweeping changes in geopolitics.” When asked to sum up the tone of the series, he suggested, “think Manchurian Candidate meets Robocop. With great friggin’ art.”
Deathlok #1 arrives in October. Original Sins #1 is out now.
By Editor