Marvel Zombies is a franchise that won’t stay dead, much to fans’ delight. Its latest entry, Black, White, & Blood, was recently released, extending the brand’s lifetime to 18 years. Since then, Marvel Zombies has grown far beyond the home dimension of a cannibalistic Fantastic Four, with its ideas that branch into multiversal Deadpool squads and dystopian apes. Given the range of strange tales under the Marvel Zombies moniker, it’s easy to forget what made the original standalone series so chilling. The cannibalistic residents of Earth-2149 debuted in Ultimate Fantastic Four, but it’s The Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman’s Marvel Zombies #1 that unforgettably fleshed out these flesheating variants.The first issue of Marvel Zombies (by Kirkman, Sean Phillips, June Chung and Randy Gentile) released in December 2005, effortlessly selling out the first of its four retail printings. Its fresh takes on zombies and “evil” superheroes instantly endeared itself to fans, immortalizing Earth-2149 as one of the most grotesque in Marvel’s multiverse. It was a miracle for Kirkman, who almost never wrote the series at all. Today, Marvel Zombies has gone on to inspire decades of follow-ups and an upcoming MCU animated series. As CBR looks at creepy comic classics for its 31 Days of Halloween, few reach the quality cult classic heights of the original Marvel Zombies.It’s said the zombie plague started with a flash in the sky and a ripple through the clouds. More accurately, though, it started in the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-23 (by Mark Millar, Greg Land, Matt Ryan, Justin Ponsor, and Chris Eliopoulos). Earth-1610’s Reed Richards is lured to Earth-2149 believing he’s communicating with a more fully-realized Mr. Fantastic, instead finding himself trapped in a universe of superpowered zombies desperate for more food. Stranded, Mr. Fantastic finds unlikely allies in a small group of human survivors led by Magneto. The Master of Magnetism helps Richards and the remaining humans return to Earth-1610, but stays behind to face the hordes of starving undead alone. It’s here that Marvel Zombies #1 begins.An Unlikely Spider-Man Villain is the Perfect Zombie KillerA Surprising X-Men Villain Became the Most Effective Marvel Zombie
Marvel Zombies is a franchise that won’t stay dead, much to fans’ delight. Its latest entry, Black, White, & Blood, was recently released, extending the brand’s lifetime to 18 years. Since then, Marvel Zombies has grown far beyond the home dimension of a cannibalistic Fantastic Four, with its ideas that branch into multiversal Deadpool squads and dystopian apes. Given the range of strange tales under the Marvel Zombies moniker, it’s easy to forget what made the original standalone series so chilling. The cannibalistic residents of Earth-2149 debuted in Ultimate Fantastic Four, but it’s The Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman’s Marvel Zombies #1 that unforgettably fleshed out these flesheating variants.
The first issue of Marvel Zombies (by Kirkman, Sean Phillips, June Chung and Randy Gentile) released in December 2005, effortlessly selling out the first of its four retail printings. Its fresh takes on zombies and “evil” superheroes instantly endeared itself to fans, immortalizing Earth-2149 as one of the most grotesque in Marvel’s multiverse. It was a miracle for Kirkman, who almost never wrote the series at all. Today, Marvel Zombies has gone on to inspire decades of follow-ups and an upcoming MCU animated series. As CBR looks at creepy comic classics for its 31 Days of Halloween, few reach the quality cult classic heights of the original Marvel Zombies.
It’s said the zombie plague started with a flash in the sky and a ripple through the clouds. More accurately, though, it started in the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-23 (by Mark Millar, Greg Land, Matt Ryan, Justin Ponsor, and Chris Eliopoulos). Earth-1610’s Reed Richards is lured to Earth-2149 believing he’s communicating with a more fully-realized Mr. Fantastic, instead finding himself trapped in a universe of superpowered zombies desperate for more food. Stranded, Mr. Fantastic finds unlikely allies in a small group of human survivors led by Magneto. The Master of Magnetism helps Richards and the remaining humans return to Earth-1610, but stays behind to face the hordes of starving undead alone. It’s here that Marvel Zombies #1 begins.
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