Marvel Comics released the fifth and final issue of Wonder Man Vol. 4, closing Gerry Duggan’s run with Wonder Man. The issue lands after the series sent Simon Williams from the lowest of lows back toward super-heroic stardom, with Hollywood satire still baked into the character push.
Simon Williams and Matthew Walters
In Issue #5, Simon Williams learns from the Avengers where Matthew Walters’ plane is heading, then flies up beside it and asks where Rudolph Chancellor is. Walters says Chancellor leaped from the Cessna to his death out of sheer guilt, but the exchange is not where the issue stops; Williams rips off the door and dangles him until the truth comes out.
That sequence keeps the comic moving like a business crime story rather than a clean superhero victory lap. Walters bought into the future of NFTs and a line of JPG monkeys, and that money trail pushed him into embezzlement and murder.
Gerry Duggan’s final issue
The fifth issue also follows Simon Williams as he drops his terrible representation, a small but practical change that fits the larger reset at the center of the run. Duggan began the Wonder Man run earlier this year, and this closing chapter ends that stretch with the character still in motion rather than boxed into a single status quo.
Wonder Man Vol. 4 matters because it ties the 1960s character history to a very current kind of Hollywood satire. The comic has already used Simon Williams, Hellcat, and The Spot to push the story through romance, menace, and the pressure of L.A., so the final issue reads less like a stop sign than a handoff.
Disney+ and the MCU
Back in January, Wonder Man premiered on Disney+ and later earned a Season 2 renewal. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II also picked up the first acting Emmy nomination in five years for the MCU for his lead role, which keeps the character moving across formats while the comic side wraps this chapter.
For readers following the book, the immediate takeaway is simple: the run has ended, but Simon Williams is left with a confrontation that still carries consequences. Marvel has closed the issue; the fallout from Walters, Chancellor, and the money behind the NFTs and JPG monkeys is what gives the ending its bite.
