Marvel Zombies HC Robert Kirkman Walking Dead 1st Print Disney+ TV Series SEALED

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Marvel Zombies HC (2006 Marvel) #1A-1ST
Published Aug 2006 by Marvel.

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Cover – 1st printing.
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN.
Art by SEAN PHILLIPS.
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM

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!

Hardcover, 136 pages. full color.
Collects MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-5.

Here’s a little treasure for all you Walking Dead fans looking for more Kirkman stuff. Marvel Zombies is best described as: “What If the Avengers became zombies?” The answer might horrify you! This is a dark but light-hearted adventure. As horrifying as it sounds, the Avengers sitting around while finishing off human body parts is a normal part of this book. Absolute zombie super powered insanity. 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, plus extras. Written by Robert Kirkman (creator and writer of The Walking Dead), this is a 1st print hardcover version, still shrinkwrapped.

The first trade of “Marvel Zombies” covers the initial run of the comics line. The basic premise is that there is an alternate reality where something happened to turn almost all of the heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe into self-aware zombies. When we start the story, they have already been zombies for some time, and most of the living have already been eaten. The bulk of the story covers a small group of former heroes as they search for more food in what’s become an exhausted and devoured world. Dark humor is the name of the game here, and there is plenty of gory artwork to compliment it.

Some might take issue with the fact that the heroes seem to have turned to complete self-serving jerks as zombies, concerned solely with getting their next meal no matter what. I must admit it is a little off-putting to see them all turn effectively evil so easily, but as an alternate reality “What-If” tale, I can live with it and get into it. It’s a fun (if twisted) little ride.

The Marvel Zombies series was adapted into the fifth episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) / Disney+ series Marvel’s What If…?, What If… Zombies?!. In this version of events, the zombie outbreak is caused by Janet van Dyne, who became a zombie after contracting a Quantum virus that corrupted her brain while she was trapped in the Quantum Realm, and infecting Hank Pym.

Following the airing of “What If… Zombies?!”, talks of a spin-off series based on and named after Marvel Zombies was announced.

Collects MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-5. Near mint, 1st print. Still in shrinkwrap!