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Marvel Zombies (Collected Editions) #1
Marvel Zombies
Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe's, an alien virus has mutated all of the world's greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it - but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?! Follow their search for more food, and witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer! Collects Marvel Zombies #1-5.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published August 9, 2006
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Robert Kirkman
2,745 books6,933 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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December 21, 2022
ZOMBIES!
I wanted something goofy to read, and this was just...there. Sticking out on the front page of Marvel Unlimited for some reason. It was a self-contained story, so I've been using it as my lunch break read for a few days. Maybe not the best choice as something to read while I eat, looking back on it. Oh well, such is life.
Alright. So, originally these are from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic. Reed & Co end up on an Earth filled up with Marvel heroes who have been infected by {insert zombie nonsense here}, almost get eaten, are saved by Magneto, and then transported back to the relative safety of the Ultimate universe.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ZOMBIE PLANET?!<--I'm assuming someone asked
Admittedly, it doesn't sound like there could be much of a plot to watching the Avengers make Crunch N Munch out of whatever humans are left of the planet. Annnnnnnd there's really not. But it's still a readable book, and apparently, it was a big enough hit that there's some sort of part 2 out there.
I don't know. This is definitely not required reading, but if for whatever reason you run across this one, you may want to give it shot.
2015
I wanted something goofy to read, and this was just...there. Sticking out on the front page of Marvel Unlimited for some reason. It was a self-contained story, so I've been using it as my lunch break read for a few days. Maybe not the best choice as something to read while I eat, looking back on it. Oh well, such is life.
Alright. So, originally these are from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic. Reed & Co end up on an Earth filled up with Marvel heroes who have been infected by {insert zombie nonsense here}, almost get eaten, are saved by Magneto, and then transported back to the relative safety of the Ultimate universe.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ZOMBIE PLANET?!<--I'm assuming someone asked
Admittedly, it doesn't sound like there could be much of a plot to watching the Avengers make Crunch N Munch out of whatever humans are left of the planet. Annnnnnnd there's really not. But it's still a readable book, and apparently, it was a big enough hit that there's some sort of part 2 out there.
I don't know. This is definitely not required reading, but if for whatever reason you run across this one, you may want to give it shot.
2015
July 22, 2016
This almost killed me.
It’s just so hilariously funny. Without wanting to sound too indifferent, I don’t laugh a lot. Things rarely make me laugh. It takes a lot to make me truly laugh. This was absolutely delightful. It’s so twisted, so messed up, so brutal, so perfectly ironic and to the point, that I was practically on the floor at some points.
However, the first issue did pain me a little. I have a soft spot for Magneto, blame Sir Ian Mckellen for that. So when I see him being hunted by the zombie versions of most of the marvel superheroes, it was quite traumatic. But the end result was weirdly funny. Despite being a horror comic, this relies heavily on dark humour in its most twisted form.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like as a zombie? Well these guys retain their minds and personalities. Well, sort of. They have many ironic digs at their own lamentable condition. They’re all utterly relentless in their decay. Wolverine’s arm falls of, Spiderman breaks his leg and Iron Man’s bottom half is exploded. Yet these undead heroes keep seeking food. And they’ve none left. Not after Magneto was fought over. So they turn to space. And that’s when I stopped reading. This had some funny moments, but after these first few issues I can only see the story getting worse and the humour leaning towards redundancy. I enjoyed this, but I need no more.
It’s just so hilariously funny. Without wanting to sound too indifferent, I don’t laugh a lot. Things rarely make me laugh. It takes a lot to make me truly laugh. This was absolutely delightful. It’s so twisted, so messed up, so brutal, so perfectly ironic and to the point, that I was practically on the floor at some points.
However, the first issue did pain me a little. I have a soft spot for Magneto, blame Sir Ian Mckellen for that. So when I see him being hunted by the zombie versions of most of the marvel superheroes, it was quite traumatic. But the end result was weirdly funny. Despite being a horror comic, this relies heavily on dark humour in its most twisted form.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like as a zombie? Well these guys retain their minds and personalities. Well, sort of. They have many ironic digs at their own lamentable condition. They’re all utterly relentless in their decay. Wolverine’s arm falls of, Spiderman breaks his leg and Iron Man’s bottom half is exploded. Yet these undead heroes keep seeking food. And they’ve none left. Not after Magneto was fought over. So they turn to space. And that’s when I stopped reading. This had some funny moments, but after these first few issues I can only see the story getting worse and the humour leaning towards redundancy. I enjoyed this, but I need no more.
March 26, 2017
Robert Kirkman writes a Marvel version of The Walking Dead with Marvel Zombies, and, like a lot of The Walking Dead, it’s pretty bad!
I like how Kirkman launches straight into it. There’s a little bit of text at the start with some nonsense about how everyone became zombified but it’s basically Marvel hero zombies trying to eat the few survivors from start to finish. They wanna eat Magneto, Silver Surfer and Galactus (Galactus usually hungers – now HE’S the food! Boom… boom…) – yeah, the already thin “story” gets stale real quick.
I also like that it’s written as a dark comedy with the heroes sitting around, post-“meal”, wondering what the hell they’re doing trying to eat people and the usual superhero action becoming a farce as body parts drop off mid-fight. Janet van Dyne becomes a demented talking head while Iron Man flies around, literally half a man with his legs missing!
But once you’re past the novelty of seeing classic heroes as zombies, there’s nothing else there really. The story is never interesting and I had to force myself through this slop even though it’s a mere five issues long. Even Sean Phillips’ usually high-quality artwork is workmanlike and uninspired.
Marvel Zombies could’ve been a fun comic but it turns out to be as lifeless as most of the cast!
I like how Kirkman launches straight into it. There’s a little bit of text at the start with some nonsense about how everyone became zombified but it’s basically Marvel hero zombies trying to eat the few survivors from start to finish. They wanna eat Magneto, Silver Surfer and Galactus (Galactus usually hungers – now HE’S the food! Boom… boom…) – yeah, the already thin “story” gets stale real quick.
I also like that it’s written as a dark comedy with the heroes sitting around, post-“meal”, wondering what the hell they’re doing trying to eat people and the usual superhero action becoming a farce as body parts drop off mid-fight. Janet van Dyne becomes a demented talking head while Iron Man flies around, literally half a man with his legs missing!
But once you’re past the novelty of seeing classic heroes as zombies, there’s nothing else there really. The story is never interesting and I had to force myself through this slop even though it’s a mere five issues long. Even Sean Phillips’ usually high-quality artwork is workmanlike and uninspired.
Marvel Zombies could’ve been a fun comic but it turns out to be as lifeless as most of the cast!
October 5, 2024
Superheroes! Zombies! Its like chocolate and peanut butter, both taste great individually but together is a whole new experience.
I just love Suydam's covers to the individual issues, and they have a mini gallery of them in this collection.
I just love Suydam's covers to the individual issues, and they have a mini gallery of them in this collection.
April 12, 2012
in a post-apocalyptic world, a group of friends and allies struck down by a zombie plague manage to rise again and come together to fight an even greater threat to the world - as well as cope with their own constant appetites. of course, the friends and allies in question are a gallery of classic Marvel characters, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, the Wasp, and Ant-Man.
Robert Kirkman is known for his popular work with zombies in the comic and tv series The Walking Dead; in Marvel Zombies he took on the Marvel canon, with shallow but suprisingly enjoyable results. the language and the plotting are fairly amateurish, with the kind of snarky superficiality one would expect from a novice. much of it is genuinely eye-rolling. and yet there is an endearing quality to it all - a dark and brutal kind of endearing, this being a zombie epic. the ending is epic and rather jaw-dropping. characters actually stay true to the basic characterization established by decades of Marvel comics. it was a kick to see Spider-Man stay sweet, Captain America remain a forthright leader, Ant-Man continue to be an obsessive, self-absorbed prick... all the while searching for brains and flesh to munch on.
Magneto is particularly enjoyable, with a great and bloody payoff. in this world, he's one of the last remaining unaffected characters, and in typical olympian style, makes a fierce and noble stand against the super-powered zombie monstrosities. the scene where he is bloodily, messily devoured by our heroes was laugh-out-loud horrifying.
overall, the art was exceeding weak. slapdash and rather painful on the eyes.
Robert Kirkman is known for his popular work with zombies in the comic and tv series The Walking Dead; in Marvel Zombies he took on the Marvel canon, with shallow but suprisingly enjoyable results. the language and the plotting are fairly amateurish, with the kind of snarky superficiality one would expect from a novice. much of it is genuinely eye-rolling. and yet there is an endearing quality to it all - a dark and brutal kind of endearing, this being a zombie epic. the ending is epic and rather jaw-dropping. characters actually stay true to the basic characterization established by decades of Marvel comics. it was a kick to see Spider-Man stay sweet, Captain America remain a forthright leader, Ant-Man continue to be an obsessive, self-absorbed prick... all the while searching for brains and flesh to munch on.
Magneto is particularly enjoyable, with a great and bloody payoff. in this world, he's one of the last remaining unaffected characters, and in typical olympian style, makes a fierce and noble stand against the super-powered zombie monstrosities. the scene where he is bloodily, messily devoured by our heroes was laugh-out-loud horrifying.
overall, the art was exceeding weak. slapdash and rather painful on the eyes.
November 2, 2011
I think I expected this to be mindless fluff, entirely disposable and without any redeeming characteristics. And ok, it kind of is. But it's also a lot better than anything called Marvel Zombies has any right to be.
It's obviously an excuse to see familiar faces in zombie disguise, but shockingly, it would also work nearly as well with entirely original characters. Yes, it's even more amusing that it's Spider-Man who ate his wife and aunt (and feels terrible about it, really) but that scene would be every bit as enjoyable with an original character. This is good: if the only appeal was seeing old friends zombified, it would get boring really fast.
As far as I know, this is a unique take on zombies. They eat people, sure, but when they're full they know what they did and at least feel a little bad about it. But they get hungry, and only humans will fulfill that hunger. They just can't help what they need. Zombies as metaphor for drug addiction isn't exactly new, but the cycle they go through here isn't something I've seen before. What the zombies do and say in their lucid, post-feeding moments are the most chilling moments in the book.
Also different is that this is a post-apocalypse story. The zombies have risen, and they've won. Now what? They're still hungry, and zombies taste terrible.
This isn't exactly a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, but it's way better than I could have ever expected it to be. It's worth a read, as long as you can take the gore.
It's obviously an excuse to see familiar faces in zombie disguise, but shockingly, it would also work nearly as well with entirely original characters. Yes, it's even more amusing that it's Spider-Man who ate his wife and aunt (and feels terrible about it, really) but that scene would be every bit as enjoyable with an original character. This is good: if the only appeal was seeing old friends zombified, it would get boring really fast.
As far as I know, this is a unique take on zombies. They eat people, sure, but when they're full they know what they did and at least feel a little bad about it. But they get hungry, and only humans will fulfill that hunger. They just can't help what they need. Zombies as metaphor for drug addiction isn't exactly new, but the cycle they go through here isn't something I've seen before. What the zombies do and say in their lucid, post-feeding moments are the most chilling moments in the book.
Also different is that this is a post-apocalypse story. The zombies have risen, and they've won. Now what? They're still hungry, and zombies taste terrible.
This isn't exactly a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, but it's way better than I could have ever expected it to be. It's worth a read, as long as you can take the gore.
May 20, 2020
A lot of the people reviewing this book seem to have completely missed the fact that it’s supposed to be funny. Admittedly, it’s a bit of a one note joke that does rather outstay its welcome (four issues would have been plenty... or three, even) but you’re not supposed to take this book seriously, folks.
I mean, I could put my comicbook geek hat on (he says as if he ever takes it off) and point out the various continuity issues (I mean, how exactly is Thor flying without Mjolnir?) but that would be to miss the point.
One glaring mistake did irk me a little, though. At one point, zombie-Wolverine cuts his own arm off (for reasons I won’t go into) and then in the very next panel the arm is back again (bear in mind that zombie-Wolverine no longer has his healing factor). I mean, I love Sean Phillips’ artwork, but you have to be able to maintain the visual continuity between two consecutive panels on the same damned page!
There; I feel better now...
Artwork: 4 stars
Story: 3 stars
Overall mark: 3.5 stars rounded down because of that stupid continuity error that bugs me far more than it probably should.
I mean, I could put my comicbook geek hat on (he says as if he ever takes it off) and point out the various continuity issues (I mean, how exactly is Thor flying without Mjolnir?) but that would be to miss the point.
One glaring mistake did irk me a little, though. At one point, zombie-Wolverine cuts his own arm off (for reasons I won’t go into) and then in the very next panel the arm is back again (bear in mind that zombie-Wolverine no longer has his healing factor). I mean, I love Sean Phillips’ artwork, but you have to be able to maintain the visual continuity between two consecutive panels on the same damned page!
There; I feel better now...
Artwork: 4 stars
Story: 3 stars
Overall mark: 3.5 stars rounded down because of that stupid continuity error that bugs me far more than it probably should.
November 22, 2017
Well, it could have been worse. Maybe. As it was, this Kirkman story was pretty meh reading, filled with gore and the typical zombie outcomes. I mean, the plot was beyond ridiculous with the super powered people devouring everyone on earth within a day or so. No real resistance. An out of character turncoat. And it all gets wrapped up in the stupidest way possible.
August 15, 2007
Robert Kirkman wrote (and still writes) what may be the best modern zombie story over in The Walking Dead, so Marvel Comics hired him to write about a zombie plague breaking out in their spandex-friendly universe. The result is almost the polar opposite of The Walking Dead. For one thing, it's funny. Very, horribly funny. Funny in a "I'm keeping him for leftovers" way. Funny in a "Spider-Man ate his aunt" way. Funny in the bloodiest, most creative and most shameless ways Kirkman could come up with. It's at its best when the zombified heroes are "full;" their brains function more normally, so they can talk and discuss the zombie condition with each other, or go cry in grief at what they just did to New York City, until they get hungry again. The bluntness of his plot device (healing factors, nanomachines and godhood apparently can't ward off the infection) only makes his story more irresistably funny; you either put it down for what he's doing to this world, or you have to read it all. Its rolling absurdity is too amusing for me to even want to deny.
November 2, 2021
7.2/10
I thought this would be just mindless killings with dark humour. Turns out there is more to it.
The thing that elevates the story from a simple zombie "parody, to quite a decent read, is the fact that everyone still have their conscious. They know that what they are doing is wrong, however the hunger for flesh is so strong that they can't stop.
I thought this would be just mindless killings with dark humour. Turns out there is more to it.
The thing that elevates the story from a simple zombie "parody, to quite a decent read, is the fact that everyone still have their conscious. They know that what they are doing is wrong, however the hunger for flesh is so strong that they can't stop.
June 17, 2017
(My original Review from separate edition of this book on Goodreads.)
Good! So I have not read any of Robert Kirkman's books; I watch The Walking Dead and Outcast TV shows but never read any of his comics! So here we have Marvel Zombies an alternate earth where all the heroes have been turned into Zombies and are now eating every human they can find. One thing that makes this zombie story a bit more unique is that this book focuses more on The Zombies perspective and less on the survivors perspective; which is interesting and not done that much in The Zombie Genre, except for 'Warm Bodies'. I don't have much to say about this book, other then that it was a fun read, and it at least does something different compared to everything else in the Zombie Genre; I also found the story quite smart, simple, but you gotta give points for creativity!
Good! So I have not read any of Robert Kirkman's books; I watch The Walking Dead and Outcast TV shows but never read any of his comics! So here we have Marvel Zombies an alternate earth where all the heroes have been turned into Zombies and are now eating every human they can find. One thing that makes this zombie story a bit more unique is that this book focuses more on The Zombies perspective and less on the survivors perspective; which is interesting and not done that much in The Zombie Genre, except for 'Warm Bodies'. I don't have much to say about this book, other then that it was a fun read, and it at least does something different compared to everything else in the Zombie Genre; I also found the story quite smart, simple, but you gotta give points for creativity!
January 12, 2019
B.R.A.CE. 2019
Τα ζόμπι είναι ο "μεγάλος μου φόβος. Είναι αυτό που θεωρώ πιο πιθανόν να συμβεί και μετά να με φάνε βρυκόλακες, λυκάνθρωποι, εξωγήινοι κτλ κτλ.
Ωραίο κόμικ, ωραίο σχέδιο και ιστορία. Με έπιασε κι ένα κάτι τι να μην ακουμπάω τις σελίδες μπας και μου δαγκώσουν κάνα δάχτυλο :P
Ωραίο κόμικ, ωραίο σχέδιο και ιστορία. Με έπιασε κι ένα κάτι τι να μην ακουμπάω τις σελίδες μπας και μου δαγκώσουν κάνα δάχτυλο :P
December 28, 2020
En su momento no me llamó la atención. Y eso que fue todo un éxito, un salto a la cresta de la ola donde nadaba el género zombie con su creador Robert Kirkman a cargo. Y aunque no lo busqué, si perdí algo de tiempo imaginando cómo sería: ¿un Wolverine que mantenía a raya a duras penas una mordida zombie por su factor curativo? ¿Un La Mole a la que no podían morder y veía al resto de la familia Fantástica zombificada? ¿Un Banner Zombie pero un Hulk inmune? Las opciones eran muchas, la verdad, y quien no se ha puesto a imaginar su propio apocalipsis zombie, ¿eh? (incluso hay quien lo vincula con vikingos y saca libros). Lamento decir que habiendo leído por fin esta miniserie el camino elegido no podía ser peor. No hay nada acá. No es una historia de zombies en Marvel, dado que los zombies no se comportan cómo zombies -siguen con consciencia, destruirles la cabeza no hace nada, etc.- no hay nada más allá de un montón de monstruos descerebrados con cero personalidad indistinta que persiguen a Magneto, que sería el último vivo que queda. Y ya. Y YA. No hay más nada en estos cinco episodios: los superhéroes zombificados que quedan -la gran mayoría- siguen con hambre, persiguen a los vivos, aparece Galactus, se lo quieren morfar y ya. Nada más. Ni siquiera el dibujo del notable Sean Phillips es digno de destaque. Y el guión de Kirkman parece un chiste que alguien pensó que sería gracioso publicar y luego, bingo. Éxito. Así que esta porquería ilegible tuvo hasta continuaciones varias. Podría seguir escribiendo sobre esta basura, pero me niego. No se me ocurre a quién podría estar dirigido. No es ni de zombies, ni de superhéroes, ni reinventa los subgéneros, ni nada. Un misterio cómo siquiera existe. Si es una broma, la encuentro nada graciosa. Yo, por mi parte, lamento incluso la pulpa de árbol gastada en semejante bazofia. Lo peor, con margen, de todo lo que he leído de la colección Marvel Salvat.
January 27, 2014
Robert Kirkman may be brilliant elsewhere, but this entire concept was just woeful. Mindless (pun intended) shock value that just reads like bad AU fan fiction.
May 21, 2021
Аууу това каква кретения се оказа, ха-ха!!! Абсолютно безсмислена и същевременно култова по един зверски перверзен начин. В някаква алтернативната версия на Земята (така де, знаем, че Марвел-мултивселената е изключитeлно разнообразна) е настъпил зомби апокалипсис и дори супергероите не са били пощадени, макар да са запазили самосъзнанието си в тленната и разпадаща се плът, за разлика от редовите живи мъртъвци. И след като са опоскали сичкото обикновен човек, в момента нашите страдат от недостиг на прясно месце (пробвали са се да се ядат един друг, но са установили, че са бая гнусни на вкус), а ако си мислите, че нещата не могат да се сговнярят допълнително - грешите - появява се и Галактус с намерението да погълне въпросния свят... Попиках се от смях... Спайдър-мен постоянно се тюхкаше от угризения на съвестта, задето е изконсумирал баба си и жена си, Капитан Америка се разхождаше с трепаниран череп и лъснал от вътрешността му мозък, от Железният човек остана само летящ торс, а от Осата - една говореща зъбата глава... Не знам на какви наркотици е Робърт Къркман, но искам да се запозная с дилъра му, хахаха
May 22, 2021
Дано да сте изгладнели за мозъци, защото том 18 от Върховната колекция графични романи на Марвел е „Марвел зомбита“. Минипоредицата всъщност произлиза от едно от приключенията на Фантастичната четворка, в което героите се натъкват на алтернативна Земя, обхваната от зараза, превърнала по-голямата част от населението (включително супергероите и злодеите) в зомбита. Тези зомбита обаче не са типичните човекоядци в стил Джордж Ромеро. Макар да изпитват неутолим глад за човешка плът, Марвел зомбитата са запазили не само своите суперсили, а също и разума и ловкостта си. Донякъде дори може да се каже, че са по-неуязвими от всякога – дори с половин глава или с липсващ крак, те винаги са готови да отхапят нечий мозък. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле": https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/202...
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November 21, 2025
An uninspired sausage fest.
August 6, 2007
Author Robert Kirkman follows some of the best zombie fiction in recent memory (The Walking Dead) with a collection from one of the most unexpected venues for a flesh-hungry genre. Collecting upon years of Marvel Comic super-hero references, Kirkman has used some of the superheroes I grew up fascinated by to display the kind of twisted, disgusting, morbid imagination that only a fellow Kentucky comic enthusiast could enjoy.
Ok, so that's not really true...these comics sold out so many times that the creators released oodles of alternate covers with their second, third, and fourth printings. The appeal of established super hero favorites being black-humor zombie abominations (oddly there was no inclusion of Emil Blonsky) was universal. Any comic geek that viewed the series not only ate it up, but they sucked the eye sockets out of it for any eyeball juice and sucked the rotting fingers for any spare digit meat.
Ok, so that's not really true...these comics sold out so many times that the creators released oodles of alternate covers with their second, third, and fourth printings. The appeal of established super hero favorites being black-humor zombie abominations (oddly there was no inclusion of Emil Blonsky) was universal. Any comic geek that viewed the series not only ate it up, but they sucked the eye sockets out of it for any eyeball juice and sucked the rotting fingers for any spare digit meat.
December 5, 2015
*Spoilers in the descriptive part of this review*
Who would have thunk that the beloved heroes they grew up with would land in such a bizarre story? I know most children watched on with fascination as Spiderman merrily weaved his web, as Wolverine sharpened his claws, while Captain American shielded the innocent from the depraved, and even while the Incredible Hulk beat his chest in ego. It would have been difficult to imagine then that a story would come along showing the world saviors have placed self-centered slaughter over the survival of mankind, yet here we are.
You have to give kudos to the imaginations that came up with this, folks, as who would have thought such a morbidly twisted story would ensue, and be rich with humor along the way? After looking at what I've wrote so far on this review, I have to say the only power I could ever be capable of possessing would be super-enhanced babbling, so let's get to it shall we?
The first "series" has been divided into five comics, which I have read and reviewed in one hardcover compilation. Kirkman focuses on humor and interposing needless gore often to keep the smile meter raised. As far as plot goes, no humans are in sight and have obviously been killed off and eaten. The superheroes remain, in pieces, with active minds and continuous discussion. There brains have not been affected by the disease, yet of course the hunger has changed their personalities completely. Their discussions involve planning and meditating on finding new food, and that's about it. Everything is clearly focused now only on what their new diet is. They still express remorse for their vicious acts once the hunger is abated, but with nowhere near their previous moral standing. Spiderman in particular seems to express the most regret once having a chow down, sobbing about his wife and aunt, while the others just say, "Yes, Spiderman, we've eaten someone close to us too, just get over it already." I try to think of why they made him stand out as the more sympathetic of the bunch, but fail.
Looking at each comic individually:
The first story, Magneto, was more startling as it shows the last stander, uninfected and stubborn to the last, desperate to fight and escape his fellow-superheroes. This was one of the more dramatically serious of the issues, with an underlying grimness. The better fight sequence, Captain America gets his own shield used against him, cutting off the top of his head and exposing brains in a pulpy comic manner. Spiderman gets one leg ripped in half and must try to get assistance on the backs of others through the rest of the story. Subjects brought up are how they are digesting food in the first place if they appear dead, if there bodies can rejuvenate, and the disappearance of their existing powers as they further decay. The Incredible Hulk is a major character, and Kirkman seems to take great delight in making him experience some of the worst torment. In the first edition, the Hulk finds trouble with digestion, ending up with horrid consequences.
The second issue begins with the superheroes wondering where The Silver Surfer magically appeared and then disappeared to - and what HE is, not to mention how they can come to eat him - delighting fans with this unexpected introduction. A disturbing revelation shows Pym hiding something from his fellow zombies, demonstrating the desperate measures and distrust they all share for each other. While they may all work together, it's clearly a world where it's every man for himself, as Pym's wife Wasp clearly finds during a violent confrontation. It's rather funny on the excuse the zombies conjured to deliver to Iron Man when they meet again about where Magneto went, and even funnier how he uncovers the obvious truth. This stories more on interaction between starring roles rather than just sheer violence, until of course the Silver Surfer makes an appearance AGAIN, just in time to begin a fight and leave the story off with a cliffhanger.
Part 3 delves right into the Silver Surfer fight, with demented dialogue and even stranger results, again focusing a lot on the Hulk. The Wolverine finds himself in major need of repair, while Spiderman finds a unique way to try and rid himself of annoying 'baggage.' Clearly the boys don't share well and end up fighting over any dibs collected. The ending is a cliffhanger with Galactus' arrival to consume the planet. Isn't he in for a shocker?
As with any Galactus focused fight in part four, it's of course a great one, with the fallen heroes needing to collect themselves for a better plan. The Hulk's plan to fend off hunger is nauseatingly strange, while Spiderman gets dissed for his still human guilt. Pym is forced to own up to a hidden deed, but is saved by fate covering missing evidence. The Black Panther, now free, works his way in with the good team to try to escape the planet, determined the save the world from the disturbing disease's clutches. Wasp's reaction with all this is rather amusing and reeks of typical Zombie desperation. The ending returns once again to the Galactus war, with new inventions showing that the true terror of these sorts of zombies may be their intelligence, not sheer strength and power.
The conclusion ends the "life" of a favorite for me of the zombies, displays the results of the "big" fight, shows an intriguing change with Wasp, and what the eventual plan the zombies came up with for continued grub.
Phillips artwork attempts to create a pulpy, almost comical gore. The detail is pleasant but not breathtaking, keeping everything cartoonish. The contrast of the artwork with the grim, strange tale from Kirkland is a delightful marriage of comic-book fun. Each story is short and goes by quickly, leaving me wanting more and blinking at the speed it's over. It's hard to see how they could have had enough substance to fill five issues anyway, but once reading it there's a clear message that a lot more can still be explored.
Overall a must read for comic book fans looking for something amiss from the norm, eager to change their perception - if only for a short-time - of the beloved superheroes from our youth.
Who would have thunk that the beloved heroes they grew up with would land in such a bizarre story? I know most children watched on with fascination as Spiderman merrily weaved his web, as Wolverine sharpened his claws, while Captain American shielded the innocent from the depraved, and even while the Incredible Hulk beat his chest in ego. It would have been difficult to imagine then that a story would come along showing the world saviors have placed self-centered slaughter over the survival of mankind, yet here we are.
You have to give kudos to the imaginations that came up with this, folks, as who would have thought such a morbidly twisted story would ensue, and be rich with humor along the way? After looking at what I've wrote so far on this review, I have to say the only power I could ever be capable of possessing would be super-enhanced babbling, so let's get to it shall we?
The first "series" has been divided into five comics, which I have read and reviewed in one hardcover compilation. Kirkman focuses on humor and interposing needless gore often to keep the smile meter raised. As far as plot goes, no humans are in sight and have obviously been killed off and eaten. The superheroes remain, in pieces, with active minds and continuous discussion. There brains have not been affected by the disease, yet of course the hunger has changed their personalities completely. Their discussions involve planning and meditating on finding new food, and that's about it. Everything is clearly focused now only on what their new diet is. They still express remorse for their vicious acts once the hunger is abated, but with nowhere near their previous moral standing. Spiderman in particular seems to express the most regret once having a chow down, sobbing about his wife and aunt, while the others just say, "Yes, Spiderman, we've eaten someone close to us too, just get over it already." I try to think of why they made him stand out as the more sympathetic of the bunch, but fail.
Looking at each comic individually:
The first story, Magneto, was more startling as it shows the last stander, uninfected and stubborn to the last, desperate to fight and escape his fellow-superheroes. This was one of the more dramatically serious of the issues, with an underlying grimness. The better fight sequence, Captain America gets his own shield used against him, cutting off the top of his head and exposing brains in a pulpy comic manner. Spiderman gets one leg ripped in half and must try to get assistance on the backs of others through the rest of the story. Subjects brought up are how they are digesting food in the first place if they appear dead, if there bodies can rejuvenate, and the disappearance of their existing powers as they further decay. The Incredible Hulk is a major character, and Kirkman seems to take great delight in making him experience some of the worst torment. In the first edition, the Hulk finds trouble with digestion, ending up with horrid consequences.
The second issue begins with the superheroes wondering where The Silver Surfer magically appeared and then disappeared to - and what HE is, not to mention how they can come to eat him - delighting fans with this unexpected introduction. A disturbing revelation shows Pym hiding something from his fellow zombies, demonstrating the desperate measures and distrust they all share for each other. While they may all work together, it's clearly a world where it's every man for himself, as Pym's wife Wasp clearly finds during a violent confrontation. It's rather funny on the excuse the zombies conjured to deliver to Iron Man when they meet again about where Magneto went, and even funnier how he uncovers the obvious truth. This stories more on interaction between starring roles rather than just sheer violence, until of course the Silver Surfer makes an appearance AGAIN, just in time to begin a fight and leave the story off with a cliffhanger.
Part 3 delves right into the Silver Surfer fight, with demented dialogue and even stranger results, again focusing a lot on the Hulk. The Wolverine finds himself in major need of repair, while Spiderman finds a unique way to try and rid himself of annoying 'baggage.' Clearly the boys don't share well and end up fighting over any dibs collected. The ending is a cliffhanger with Galactus' arrival to consume the planet. Isn't he in for a shocker?
As with any Galactus focused fight in part four, it's of course a great one, with the fallen heroes needing to collect themselves for a better plan. The Hulk's plan to fend off hunger is nauseatingly strange, while Spiderman gets dissed for his still human guilt. Pym is forced to own up to a hidden deed, but is saved by fate covering missing evidence. The Black Panther, now free, works his way in with the good team to try to escape the planet, determined the save the world from the disturbing disease's clutches. Wasp's reaction with all this is rather amusing and reeks of typical Zombie desperation. The ending returns once again to the Galactus war, with new inventions showing that the true terror of these sorts of zombies may be their intelligence, not sheer strength and power.
The conclusion ends the "life" of a favorite for me of the zombies, displays the results of the "big" fight, shows an intriguing change with Wasp, and what the eventual plan the zombies came up with for continued grub.
Phillips artwork attempts to create a pulpy, almost comical gore. The detail is pleasant but not breathtaking, keeping everything cartoonish. The contrast of the artwork with the grim, strange tale from Kirkland is a delightful marriage of comic-book fun. Each story is short and goes by quickly, leaving me wanting more and blinking at the speed it's over. It's hard to see how they could have had enough substance to fill five issues anyway, but once reading it there's a clear message that a lot more can still be explored.
Overall a must read for comic book fans looking for something amiss from the norm, eager to change their perception - if only for a short-time - of the beloved superheroes from our youth.
November 1, 2016
Good! So I have not read any of Robert Kirkman's books; I watch The Walking Dead and Outcast TV shows but never read any of his comics! So here we have Marvel Zombies an alternate earth where all the heroes have been turned into Zombies and are now eating every human they can find. One thing that makes this zombie story a bit more unique is that this book focuses more on The Zombies perspective and less on the survivors perspective; which is interesting and not done that much in The Zombie Genre, except for 'Warm Bodies'. I don't have much to say about this book, other then that it was a fun read, and it at least does something different compared to everything else in the Zombie Genre; I also found the story quite smart, simple, but you gotta give points for creativity!
January 27, 2022
Gross. This was kind of fun because it was super dark humor but ew lol. The story is just the heroes are now zombies who want to eat everything but have run out of food. They still have most of their personalities and really sit around after eating going "dudeeee what did we just eat haha was good tho".
There was lots of crunching which okay I expected but also lots of body parts getting ripped off / fallen off which was just ick. There was a cool fight between the zombie heroes and zombie villains though! But this book was just look at your marvel heroes be zombies and that was it without having anything else to chew on.
There was lots of crunching which okay I expected but also lots of body parts getting ripped off / fallen off which was just ick. There was a cool fight between the zombie heroes and zombie villains though! But this book was just look at your marvel heroes be zombies and that was it without having anything else to chew on.
August 15, 2007
I like zombies and Marvel's superheroes, and this book could be characterized as a classic Marvel team-up of them. It works better that the X-Men/Star Trek crossover. It's more than a little disturbing and depressing and disquieting and a whole of other words that start with the letter "D," but it accomplishes what it sets out to do. The subtle subtext of Hank Pym biting off The Wasp's head was a bit over the top, but perhaps served to illustrate the foundation of their relationship in the "real" world. I especially liked the zombie variants of the classic Marvel covers.
January 16, 2015
Not for me... at all. Honestly I don't even get the appeal. I like stories that require braaaaaaaaaains in story telling, not as a food source.
October 28, 2020
Marvelovské The Walking Dead, který jsou nudný jako prase! Celá myšlenka je prostě boží, pár pasáží celkem vtipných ale je to utahaný a neskutečně nezábavný. Vlastně za celou dobu se tady ani nic moc zajímavého nestane až mě to překvapilo. Aspoň, že Phillipsova kresba nezklamala. Ale Kirkman zklamal velice.
November 10, 2021
Yeah, it’s fun. Does basically what it says on the package.
Except with a twist - here the zombies can talk and think (clearly once they’ve satiated their hunger for human flesh).
This allows all our favourite Marvel heroes (and villains) to remain front and center for the whole mini-series, as we watch them, the last “survivors” of humanity try to figure out how to make sense of the situation and - of course, eat more people.
It’s a wild book, and very Robert Kirkman. He is pulling no punches here, going all out with the edgy grotesquerie.
I started reading this after watching the corresponding What if? Episode, with which I had a lot of fun. There is something oddly satisfying at the moment about a fictional universe where a virus outbreak is taken much more seriously than it is in ours.
Don’t read with a queasy stomach, and expect ridiculous, dumb over-the-top zombie fun.
7/10
Except with a twist - here the zombies can talk and think (clearly once they’ve satiated their hunger for human flesh).
This allows all our favourite Marvel heroes (and villains) to remain front and center for the whole mini-series, as we watch them, the last “survivors” of humanity try to figure out how to make sense of the situation and - of course, eat more people.
It’s a wild book, and very Robert Kirkman. He is pulling no punches here, going all out with the edgy grotesquerie.
I started reading this after watching the corresponding What if? Episode, with which I had a lot of fun. There is something oddly satisfying at the moment about a fictional universe where a virus outbreak is taken much more seriously than it is in ours.
Don’t read with a queasy stomach, and expect ridiculous, dumb over-the-top zombie fun.
7/10
April 29, 2023
Che la sottoscritta abbia un debole per gli zombie è cosa nota. Che esistesse una versiona Marvel di una storia zombie... L'ho scoperto solo perché stavo spulciando Vinted in cerca di vecchi fumetti di questa serie.
Non mi piaciuto l'inizio, perché la storia comincia in media res senza alcuna spiegazione. Come siamo arrivati a quel punto?! Non è dato sapere. Non per il momento almeno.
La storia, per me, ci ha messo un po' a ingranare ma poi mi sono divertita. Ho apprezzato la quantità di gore presente sulle pagine. Ed è stato interessante vedere le solite facce affrontare problemi nuovi.
Poi ci sono altre tre storie brevi che fungono un po' da prequel e danno una spiegazione sul perché siamo arrivati al punto di avere una New York piena di supereroi zombie.
Simpatico, dai!
Non mi piaciuto l'inizio, perché la storia comincia in media res senza alcuna spiegazione. Come siamo arrivati a quel punto?! Non è dato sapere. Non per il momento almeno.
La storia, per me, ci ha messo un po' a ingranare ma poi mi sono divertita. Ho apprezzato la quantità di gore presente sulle pagine. Ed è stato interessante vedere le solite facce affrontare problemi nuovi.
Poi ci sono altre tre storie brevi che fungono un po' da prequel e danno una spiegazione sul perché siamo arrivati al punto di avere una New York piena di supereroi zombie.
Simpatico, dai!
May 30, 2023
I loved this
October 1, 2025
I'm so sad this didn't live up to my expectations bc I rlly wanted to love this 3
January 23, 2024
Good stuff. Goofy, violent, a different look at the Marvel universes. I had only read the Army of Darkness vs Marvel Zombies before this.
March 29, 2017
The marvel superheroes are becoming zombies and tries to kill everyone. The face off against both villains and heroes like Magneto, Silver surfer and Galaxtus. They can also evolve and take over powers. I dont know how to classify this one. More comedy than horror.
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