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"Braaains"
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on 17/04/2008 at 10:03:58PM
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When there is no more room in hell, the dead will the walk the earth. Unless, that is, you're talking about the Marvel Zombie universe, where the undead not only walk but run, fly, teleport and web-swing, making it rather hard for the living to escape their cannabilistic urges. How did this state of affairs come about? You'll have to read Marvel Zombies: Dead Days for all the very gory details, but it all begins when a superhero from another universe smashes his way into the Marvel Zombies world and infected the Avengers. Who then proceed to spread the plague to the rest of the superhero and supervillain roster.
If you've read the original Marvel Zombies, then you'll know that the zombies succeed in devouring nearly everyone on the planet, but Dead Days shows just how they succeed in taking over. It also tells the story of how the uninfected try to fight back, and how their ultimate downfall comes about. It's actually a little short, which is my only real criticism of the story, but that's because it was originally written as a one shot comic, and as a result it sometimes tries to cram too much into the space of a few pages.
But that's not all - 'Dead Days' is just the first story in this book - it actually contains three additional Marvel Zombie stories, each containing three issues worth of material. The first story, 'Crossover' is from the pages of the Ultimate Fantastic Four, and while it takes place after the events of Dead Days, it marked the first appearance of the Marvel Zombies. It actually would have been a fantastic wheeze if all had gone according to plan - the idea was to promote the story as having the Fantastic Four from the Ultimate universe meet up with the regular Fantastic Four, only to have the big reveal at the end of the first issue. Sadly, the story was leaked, but it's still a great story nonetheless.
The next story, 'Frightful' starts with the Zombie Fantastic Four being held prisoner in the Ultimate Fantastic Four's headquarters. Yeah, if it was me, I'd have incinerated them, but apparently the Ultimate Fantastic Four are too goody goody to do that, and are content to have a potential threat to the world just sitting there twiddling their thumbs. Unsurprisingly, the Zombie Fantastic Four - or the Frightful Four as they're called - break free and the Ultimate Fantastic Four have to deal with the consequences of their own wussiness.
Finally, there's 'Hell of a Mess' - a story set after the events of the separate 'Marvel Zombies' book, in which the New Fantastic Four - Black Panther, Storm, The Thing and The Human Torch, run into the remaining Marvel Zombies on a planet full of Skrulls, themselves the FF's arch enemies. More gore and violence ensues. And though you know that there's no way that Marvel would let any of the Fantastic Four, new or otherwise, get killed off, it's still an entertaining read.
If you're a fan of either superheroes or the horror genre, then Marvel Zombies: Dead Days is a must read. It goes places you never thought Marvel would go, the artwork and writing are generally very good. And costing fourteen pounds for fourteen issues worth of material, it's pretty good value too. Now.. if they'd only hurry up with that Marvel Zombies 2 hardback.
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Hannard
"Braaains"
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on 17/04/2008 at 10:03:58PM
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When there is no more room in hell, the dead will the walk the earth. Unless, that is, you're talking about the Marvel Zombie universe, where the undead not only walk but run, fly, teleport and web-swing, making it rather hard for the living to escape their cannabilistic urges. How did this state of affairs come about? You'll have to read Marvel Zombies: Dead Days for all the very gory details, but it all begins when a superhero from another universe smashes his way into the Marvel Zombies world and infected the Avengers. Who then proceed to spread the plague to the rest of the superhero and supervillain roster.
If you've read the original Marvel Zombies, then you'll know that the zombies succeed in devouring nearly everyone on the planet, but Dead Days shows just how they succeed in taking over. It also tells the story of how the uninfected try to fight back, and how their ultimate downfall comes about. It's actually a little short, which is my only real criticism of the story, but that's because it was originally written as a one shot comic, and as a result it sometimes tries to cram too much into the space of a few pages.
But that's not all - 'Dead Days' is just the first story in this book - it actually contains three additional Marvel Zombie stories, each containing three issues worth of material. The first story, 'Crossover' is from the pages of the Ultimate Fantastic Four, and while it takes place after the events of Dead Days, it marked the first appearance of the Marvel Zombies. It actually would have been a fantastic wheeze if all had gone according to plan - the idea was to promote the story as having the Fantastic Four from the Ultimate universe meet up with the regular Fantastic Four, only to have the big reveal at the end of the first issue. Sadly, the story was leaked, but it's still a great story nonetheless.
The next story, 'Frightful' starts with the Zombie Fantastic Four being held prisoner in the Ultimate Fantastic Four's headquarters. Yeah, if it was me, I'd have incinerated them, but apparently the Ultimate Fantastic Four are too goody goody to do that, and are content to have a potential threat to the world just sitting there twiddling their thumbs. Unsurprisingly, the Zombie Fantastic Four - or the Frightful Four as they're called - break free and the Ultimate Fantastic Four have to deal with the consequences of their own wussiness.
Finally, there's 'Hell of a Mess' - a story set after the events of the separate 'Marvel Zombies' book, in which the New Fantastic Four - Black Panther, Storm, The Thing and The Human Torch, run into the remaining Marvel Zombies on a planet full of Skrulls, themselves the FF's arch enemies. More gore and violence ensues. And though you know that there's no way that Marvel would let any of the Fantastic Four, new or otherwise, get killed off, it's still an entertaining read.
If you're a fan of either superheroes or the horror genre, then Marvel Zombies: Dead Days is a must read. It goes places you never thought Marvel would go, the artwork and writing are generally very good. And costing fourteen pounds for fourteen issues worth of material, it's pretty good value too. Now.. if they'd only hurry up with that Marvel Zombies 2 hardback.
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