Marvel Zombies: Dead Days

Marvel Zombies (Collected Editions) #1.5

by Robert Kirkman, Mark Millar, Reginald Hudlin

At last - experience the birth of the Marvel Zombies as told by the creative team of the best-selling limited series, and then witness their rise as they attempt to slake their hunger across two universes! First, Kirkman and Phillips pull out all the stops as they reveal the secret story of the day the Marvel Heroes became brain-eating monsters in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days! Next, follow the Marvel Zombies into the pages of Millar and Land's Ultimate Fantastic Four! When Reed Richards uses his scientific genius to contact an Earth in a surprisingly familiar parallel dimension, nothing could have prepared him for the world he's about to enter! And when the zombiefied FF escape from their Baxter Building prison in the wake of Dr. Doom's return, get ready for the deadly debut of the Frightful Four! Finally, in Hudlin and Portela's Black Panther, the mainstream Marvel Universe's New Fantastic Four just made a wrong turn on the dimensional super highway, and they've landed in the middle of Zombie-verse! Collects Marvel Zombies: Dead Days, Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-23 and #30-32, and Black Panther #28-30.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Zombies, Marvel, Horror, Superheroes, Fiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published May 9, 2007

About the author

Robert 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.

Reviews

[Cujo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yo Dr. Doom is the ultimate bad ass. What he does to prove it is all the proof one needs to see that, plus it makes me wonder what the hell Susan Storm sees in that little twerp Reed Richards

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to go in order, THIS is the trade that you should start with. It's ripped from the pages of 'Ultimate Fantastic Four,' which if you don't know, is the 'real world' version of the FF that you've read all these years.

We're informed in this volume that this alternate reality is being threatened by our own, which is being overrun by an illness that has turned pretty much EVERY Marvel hero into a zombie. Creepy shit, especially when one Reed Richards tricks another to bring him into a zombie dimension.

If you don't read another 'Marvel Zombies' book first, it won't matter. I read 'Marvel Zombies' first and it didn't affect how I read this. In fact, I found it cooler to read those first because, this being the prequel, I was putting together pieces of the puzzle together as I read.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

El otro día le puse cuatro estrellitas a Asterios Polyp porque me sorprendió lo interesante y anti-comercial que era la historia. Ahora le pongo el mismo puntaje a otro comic que tiene virtudes completamente opuestas a la de aquel, el monumento al pochoclo más divertido que haya leído en los últimos tiempos. Claro que alcanza ese puntaje en parte gracias a la megaedición española de lujo, que tiene el prólogo, los capítulos de Ultimate FF y la miniserie todo en uno y con los capítulos en orden cronológico ordenadamente dispuestos. Quizás leyendo por separado cada uno no me habría parecido la gran cosa, pero dándome esta panzada de zombis Marvel quedé pipón, y sólo le costó la vida al Planeta Tierra y algún que otro sistema solar.

[Borja Fernández Suárez · Rating 1 out of 5]

El cómic es un formato al que es fácil tenerle cariño. Me gustó leer hasta los sinsentidos del Mundo plasma de Calpurnio, que me dejaron confundidísimo. Así que partiendo de la base de que abrir un cómic o una novela gráfica simpre me resulta un placer multisensorial casi religioso diré que, este en concreto,... pffff... no le encuentro la gracia.

Soy un profano en el cómic americano de superhéroes. Pero las historias de Batman que he leído tienen intriga, catarsis, etc. Al menos sientes que alguien ha trabajado en la historia, ha pensado en los personajes y por qué actúan así. Lo mismo en Spiderman: La última cacería de Kraven, hay una fuerza literaria, un motivo por el que pasan las cosas, un planteamiento, nudo y desenlace por ir a lo más básico. Aquí me ha dado la sensación de que Kirkman está todo el rato contando una historia muy de nicho, que seguro a muchos le habrá encantado porque es todo un festín de... miembros, sangre y vísceras por doquier... pero totalmente sin sentido. Sin motivo ni explicación... además de un arte que no me ha gustado nada porque me ha parecido que carece de alma y expresividad.

Ha sido un regalo que me sorprendió gratamente recibir. Me ha agradado la experiencia de leerlo, como cualquier cómic. Pero si tengo que reseñar la historia por sí misma la verdad es que es un tanto decepcionante.

[Rodney · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I was about fourteen, I read the Marvel Zombies-saga online. I spent about two weeks during a wonderful summer in the town I grew up in reading and daydreaming about where the story would go next. Now I am a bit older and I have bought a significant amount of these comics to read again.

Marvel Zombies: Dead Days functions as a prequel to the rest of the tale. It consists of three main stories: the start of the infection on Earth-2149, the Fantastic Four of that universe crossing over into the Ultimate universe (Earth-1610) and a more comedic plot wherein the Black Panther of Earth-616 and a part of that Fantastic Four use a MacGuffin to accidentally enter Earth-2149 and are hunted by a remaining faction of the zombies. In case it was not clear yet: these zombies and their targets are not adverse to traversing the multiverse, which befuddles the chronology.

The art of the first section does its work, but is slightly basic. The second section is beautifully drawn and incredibly interesting. Black Panther's story is nothing to write home about and could have, as far as I am concerned, be taken out of this collection. The plot is either interesting or a tad lame, but overall at least entertaining.

All in all: pretty cool. I am looking forward to re-reading the next few collections.

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection showcasing the before and immediate after of the Marvel Zombies, Dead Days answers a few questions while providing stomach-churning fun. The Ultimate Fantastic Four story arc - which introduced the flesh-eaters - is reproduced here, along with the one-shot detailing the initial spread of the virus.

[Holden Attradies · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty nice collection of three Marvel Zombies stories that have appeared in various comics and in one case on it's own (but not really big enough to stand alone as a trade). It's both a great read to fill in holes of the Marvel Zombie story AND a great book shelf piece to help you have the whole marvel zombies story on your shelf.

[Luis Del Aguila · Rating 2 out of 5]

Si se supone que el Sr fantastico es uno de los humanos mas inteligentes del universo marvel como es posible que llegue a la conclusion que el siguiente nivel de la escala evolutiva sea el ser zombibicado? no me parece acertado que el sea el detonante para que todo vaya de mal en peor.

[Adam Dawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 / 5 for 'Marvel Zombies: Dead Days' by Robert Kirkman / Mark Millar / Reginald Hudlin & Sean Phillips / Greg Land / Francis Portella

This prequel entry in the 'Marvel Zombies' saga is a little bit of a mixed bag - the GN that it's named after, 'Dead Days' by Kirkman and Phillips is fantastic, and it has exactly the same tone and feel as the first 'Marvel Zombies' series / TPB. Kirkman's writing is just as dark yet humorous as the first series and Phillips art is just as action-packed, noirish and gory as the first series. The 'Dead Days' section is a fantastically enjoyable prequel to the Marvel Zombies saga. This section gets a well-deserved 5 / 5.

The 'Ultimate Fantastic Four' section by Millar and Land is awful, just awful. I mean, Greg Land's art is ALWAYS awful - how the guy still gets paid work in comics is beyond me. Anyone can trace over film stills and adverts and other comic pages, and pass it off as their own work. The guy is a talentless hack, and, as a general rule, if the named artist on a book is Greg Land, you just KNOW the artwork is going to be utter shit. But Mark Millar is usually a really good writer - I've read loads of his stuff, including his Marvel work and his creator-owned work too, and usually, he writes tight and exciting stories with great dialogue. This books 'UFF' section felt really forced, like Millar is contractually obliged to write it, but doesn't enjoy it in the slightest. Add that to Land's terrible art and the whole 'UFF' section is an ugly mess. This section gets a solid 1 / 5.

The 'Black Panther' section, written by Reginald Hudlin with art by Francis Portella, was quite enjoyable. Portela draws with lots of clear lines and the art feels very neat and detailed, which is an enjoyably different style for this zombie series. Hudlin writes well, and this section of the story was interesting and enjoyable, whilst never feeling particularly important to the story... this section felt a little bit lightweight and throwaway. This section gets 3 / 5.

So, overall, an enjoyable instalment in the Zombies saga, despite Greg Land's dire artwork and Mark Millar's lacklustre writing, with the highlight being Kirkman and Phillips parts, as always.

3 / 5

[Riccardo Caputi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The volume contains three stories.

The story that gives the title to the whole volume is a good prequel to Marvel Zombies. You get to experience events that were already referenced in the miniseries, a scene that explains a bit further Magneto's role in the series and a direct link to Millar's Ultimate Fantastic Four. Entertaining and with a very dark tone. It also works as an introduction to Marvel Zombies 2.

Millar's Ultimate Fantastic Four is the story that inspired the first miniseries. Plus, it has a few other good ideas (it was especially fun to see Reed and Victor switch minds).

Finally, Hudlin's Black Panther is a nice adventure full of jokes and weird stuff. For those who, like me, haven't read the main Black Panther storyline, it may be disorienting at first, but going on with the story everything will become more clear. I could ask why the galactic zombies didn't keep eating planets after this story (apart from that living planet in Marvel Zombies 2), but whatever, it's just a tie-in.

[Paolo Aguas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a relatively fun read I mean why wouldn’t Marvel Super Hero zombies not be entertaining? The concept is good but I feel that the story is just average I felt they could have done more with all the different superheroes with each being a zombie or how they fight against one another when they have devoured everyone on Earth and all. I think the story may have been a bit rushed because again I really would have liked to have seen them fighting each other or deciding who they will eat and things like that there was so much potential there that was left unrealized but again very entertaining and not a bad graphic novel at all.

[Mag · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably a higher score than this really deserves but I absolutely love the Dead Days one-shot. Iconic childhood issue for me, I have read it front to back probably 100 times. On the flip side, this is my first time reading any of the Ultimate universe comics and I have to say I really loved the first Fantastic Four story in here. The second one less so, and I totally did not care for the Black Panther one, but the first half of this book is so, so strong for me, it outweighs the garbage in the back half.

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good origin for the Marvel Zombies universe as we learn how the plague was started and even see how the various heroes were zombified. Their are also pretty messed up scenes like seeing Peter eat Aunt May and Mary Jane but it fits in and helps explain a bit more of the Original Marvel Zombies storyline.

[Scott Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty interesting and complex take on the Marvel superheroes. What if the superheroes were zombies, but they still had their powers?
The story gets a little complex with alternate but it was so still pretty entertaining. Also, I had no idea the Fantastic Four were so powerful. I always thought they were the lamest of the superheroes, but boy was I wrong!

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This graphic novel collects the Marvel Zombies: Dead Days one-shot by Kirkman and Phillips, that served as a prequel to their seminal Marvel Zombies story. It also has the original Ultimate Fantastic Four story arc by Millar and Land that gave us the Marvel Zombie world, along with the follow-up arc. It also has the Black Panther story from its 2005-2008 series by Hudlin and Portela that featured the Fantastic Four from the mainline Marvel universe with the Black Panther, Storm, Thing and Human Torch line up meeting the Marvel Zombies from Kirkman's story.

Easily, the best story of the bunch is the Kirkman and Phillips follow up story, which was also a prequel to their Marvel Zombies. Kirkman captures the suspense and the dark humor that is the signature of his Marvel Zombies take.

Millar may have brought the Marvel Zombies to its undead existence in his Ultimate Fantastic Four run, but his version of the Four just doesn't feel like the original. It's a shallow imitation. Probably because I couldn't see beyond of what this version of Reed Richards would become. Still, I could see the sparks and slights that would turn this Reed into The Maker.

In the Black Panther story, Hudlin and Portela give the Marvel Zombies story their own spin, while making it a Fantastic Four adventure, just not with the line-up you expect. It also serves as a prequel for Marvel Zombies 2.

Overall, a good collection, with Marvel Zombies: Dead Days doing the heavy lifting for its 4-star rating.

[Shannon Luchies · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dead Days was neat, and it filled in some gaps in how and why. It IS conventient that two super speed characters got bit so spread the zombie effect everywhere....

I STILL go 'Wouldn't wolverine's healing ability save him?' but I'm a nerd.

[Sleepyengineer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vay şerefsiz Reed vay!

[Alejandro Fion · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was interesting

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Dave Tindall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Funny and gory. A zombie outbreak hits one of the marvel multi verses and infects all the heroes.

[Ryk Stanton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is how it all started, I suppose. They’re trying to flesh out the story.

[Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dead days explains how the marvel zombies came to be – it’s silly, over-the-top fun with some decent artwork.

[Cruzzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a good story as it is different from what had been written.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 2 out of 5]

The origin is about as boring as one would probably expect.

[Nelson Soriano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es entretenida y distinta en comparación con otras historias de zombies. Mi unico pero es que se desdibuja mucho a algunos superheroes.

[Keegan Schueler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fills in some of the gaps with the marvel zombies world but isn’t anything amazing.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mixed bag. For completionists only.

[Arka . · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Roger L · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Hurricane_ReD · Rating 3 out of 5]

It started out awesome... but it got really dumb really fast, & that was disappointing.