MARVEL ZOMBIES.

I have chosen to go the more the more recent route by talking about one of NATHAN'S favorites, Marvel Zombies.

Written by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Battle Pope), and drawn by Sean Phillips (Hellblazer, Batman), Marvel Zombies follows the plotting reanimated corpses of various Marvel heroes hunting for warm human flesh. Mm, people.

Myself being an asshole when it comes to zombies, this goes against beliefs of how zombies would wind up, (i.e. talking, etc.). But I am willing to forgive that if the zombies are in something as well written and well executed as Marvel Zombies is.

Issue 1 opens with Magneto having trapped the zombies in their own dimension, closing their only way to get human flesh outside of their own Earth. But, with him seeming to be the only food left in the area, he is faced with a massive mob of zombies, led by an undead Captain America. Magneto, being the badass he is, put up quite a fight, impaling the slowly rotting Matt Murdock with an iron girder, and slicing off the top of Captain America's head with his own shield. But he is unable to fend off all of the zombies, and is consumed. While the zombies plan their next move, the Silver Surfer is noticed, as he has come to inform the planet's inhabitants of the fact that Galactus gon' eat 'em. Tasty tasty.

I am far too lazy to summarize all five issues, but in short, the zombies win.

The covers of the five issues of this mini-series were all based on those of classic Marvel comics, as seen to the right, all beautifully bloodied by industry veteran Arthur Suydam.

According to THE INTERNET, there is a coming one-shot prequel, called Marvel Zombies: Dead Days. I guess this is supposed to chronicle the earlier days of the outbreak, those not included in the aptly named Marvel Zombies/Army of Darkness crossover, Marvel Zombies vs. the Army of Darkness.

So yeah. In short, I heart Marvel Zombies, no matter what mean old Nathan says. It is wonderful, and you should ALL go read it.