Or - “For Those Of Us Who Like A Comic To Creep Us Right The @#&$ Out.”

I remember quite vividly the day I read Marvel Zombies #1. I had briefly flipped through the Fantastic Four issues that debuted the infected alternate Marvel Universe (Greg Land’s art always puts me off. Too much pornface!) but MZ #1 grabbed me from the first page, and when I got to the scene where the undead Avengers cornered Magneto, I was ready to write it off as a quickie tie-in to the cultural zeitgeist of Zombie Madness. But the scene didn’t stop. The recognizable heroes of my youth fell upon possibly the most well-known Marvel supervillain save maybe Doctor Doom and… ATE HIM. On panel. I clearly remember how disturbing it was, and how I just COULD NOT BELIEVE that Marvel had published it. That feeling is back, and I sort of love it, while still being disturbed. (Viewer discretion is advised. If you’re bothered by zombies, feel free to peruse our other reviews by clicking the link above…)

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Yes! Our favorite zombie slayer Ash has been fighting the deadites/Marvel Zombies in an all new series, and today Dynamite Entertainment announced the sold out issue #3 will be going back to print with a brand new variant cover. Interestingly, this is going to be an exclusive limited run of 3000. With art by Arthur Suydam, the cover is a tribute to Marvel Graphic Novel #1: The Death of Captain Marvel.

It’s a pretty wicked cover that you can see after the jump.

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Holy crap, if you didn’t get excited after reading the last installment of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, prepare to get totally blown away when the zombies take over other countries, forcing Ash and crew to seek help from none other than Dr. Doom.

If you haven’t read issue #3 yet, best of luck as Marvel tells Major Spoilers the issue has completely sold out at Diamond and has no plans to go back to press at this time.

Take the jump for a sneak peek of Issue #4 where more heroes turn to flesh eating undead.

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Or - “Anybody Feel Like A Little Duck Pâté?”

The flying feathers crack me up… Looks like Cleveland’s finest could use a little ‘duck tape!’ Hey, don’t blame me, the comic made all the GOOD puns already. Now that the image of Zombie Howard The Duck has replaced Baby MODOK as the coolest individual comic book image of the last year or so, and it’s obvious that Ash has escaped his fatal “beakdown,” the truth can be revealed. Spoilerites are a sharp-eyed breed, and many of you picked up on the clues at the end of last issue, but here’s… The REST… of The Story.

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Can’t get enough Marvel Zombies? Marvel will continue the zombie fever this May with Marvel Zombies: Dead Days. This is somewhat of a prequel taking place just prior to the Marvel Zombies mini-series, and from the sneak peek, it may even take place between Marvel Zombies v. Army of Darkness and Marvel Zombies.

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The first Fantastic Four adventure with the new team of Black Panther, Storm, Human Torch, and the Thing are in for a big surprise - zombies! The Marvel zombies are once again invading in Black Panther #27, and we have a five page preview with all the action. Groovy!

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Or - “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, But They Apparently Do Wear Spandex…”

There’s an image that takes on a whole new context Post-CW, doesn’t it? But this ain’t our dear Captain America, fellers an’ gals, this is the Earth-2149 version, one Colonel America, and he’s a whole different breed o’ cat. Our Captain America aims to keep innocents safe & unharmed; Colonel America just wants to make sure they’re tender & juicy. It’s a subtle difference, but I think you’ll agree it’s a meaningful one. Major Spoilers Head Ninja Stephen categorized this as a “Good, but fast read…” As the Ebert to his Siskel, I’ll now weigh in with my opinion, but here’s your Parental Advisory: it ain’t for the squeamish.

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Marvel dropped off a sneak peek of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness #3 and also let us know issue #2 has completely sold out at Diamond. Issue #2 had a surprise ending, which makes me wonder how it will be dealt with in issue #3. The sneak peek gives some clues, but not the final answer.

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Diamond Select Toys has announced the third figure in the Marvel Zombies toy line will feature the big green guy himself, ready to smash through anything to get to those yummy pink brains.

Zombie Hulk is 8-inches high and will feature 14 points of articulation.

via Diamond Select Toys (link)

Or - “Who’s The King, Baby? Whaddaya mean ‘Kirby?’ “

There are some concepts that are just flat-out too cool to be ignored. The original premise of “Marvel Zombies,” to be honest, is NOT one of them. It sounds like Marvel just cashing in on the usual crazes. “Walking Dead” sells for Image, so we get the writer of that to bang out a one-off series featuring zombie versions of Marvel heroes. What they DIDN’T count on was the off-kilter humor of Kirkman, and the way that he translated his long-time love of Marvel’s finest into beautiful character moments, distilling the essence of each of the old-school fave-raves and then extrapolating what each of them would do when cursed with a hunger for human flesh. It takes a certain sick kind of mind to come up with this stuff, but, judging from the sales, there’s a lot of like-minded twistos (myself included) reading comics. Take a phenomenon like that, combine it with another off-kilter cult idea, that of the housewares-clerk-turned-Deadite-fighter Ash, and you’ve got the makings of either a massive hit or a huge lawsuit. So which is it?

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