If you are going to have a book filled with all the covers to Marvel’s smash hit Marvel Zombie, then you better have a zombie cover to go with it.
Zombie fans, Arthur Suydam has once again come through, this time with an homage to Secret Wars #8.
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Marvel Comics has announced the month of October will be devoted to flesh eating zombies with Marvel Zombies 2 #1.
After eating everything—and everyone—in the universe, the Zombies return home to Earth, hoping to devour the remaining humans…but are confronted with something that will cause them to take sides against each other! Acclaimed author Robert Kirkman and Eisner-winning artist Sean Phillips re-team with red-hot cover artist Arthur Suydam for the can’t-miss sequel of the year! Plus, a special behind the scenes look at the Marvel Zombies phenomenon arrives in Marvel Spotlight: Marvel Zombies, with never before seen art and interviews!
If you are looking for something other than the big two for your comics, perhaps you should be checking out some of the smaller companies. Major Spoilers has the solicitation and cover images for Digital Webbing titles shipping in October and November 2007.
BloodRayne: Red Blood Run #3
by Troy Wall, Mario Guevara, Juan Vlasco, Juanmar
Covers by Mark A. Robinson (cover A shown)
The mystery behind the Red Blood Run revealed at last! And it’s…older than ETERNITY?! Rayne must escape before becoming a reluctant pawn in their plot to recreate the world in their own nefarious image! Meanwhile, Michaelis fights to save Mynce and others from a Brimstone Society plunged into chaos. Witness the Brimstone Society: disbanded and destroyed!
Diamond Select Toys has announced a brand new six-inch bust of Zombie Spider-Man. It’s not a full body sculpt, but rather just the top half of the undead wall crawler that is sure to give the kiddies nightmares. This is one gruesome looking statue for fans of the Marvel Zombies series.
Sculpted by Rudy Garcia and limited to only 600 pieces, this six-inch bust will be available exclusively through Wizard Entertainment’s Toyfare magazine. Each bust will also feature a hand-numbered base with matching box and Certificate of Authenticity.
Well, looks like I won’t be getting this one, as it will probably be snatched up as soon as it is made available.
According to Joe Quesada, it’s that pesky marriage between Peter Parker and Mary Jane that is limiting the stories writers can tell.
What other things spilled out of the two Marvel panels? I’ve got the highlights after the jump.
Dynamite Entertainment let us know the four issues of Raise the Dead, the company’s zombie tale, will be collected into a hardcover edition this October.
In Raise the Dead, co-writers Leah Moore and John Reppion have designed a tale of survival and terror in a world being overrun by the walking dead. The oversized hardcover edition contains over 120 pages of story and amazing behind the scenes bonus material, including an introduction by Max (Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z) Brooks, an interview with the Raise the Dead writers, a Hugo Petrus sketch and concept pages, a complete cover gallery featuring the work of Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam and the complete script to issue #1!
The Raise the Dead hardcover will sell for $19.99.
Image Comics has announced Crawl Space, a brand new horror series by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer, is set to arrive in October - hey, just in time for Halloween.
“CRAWL SPACE is a series of horror stories Kieron and I have been cooking up for years. Like an expanded Tales From the Crypt where each tale is given many issues to develop — it’s not an anthology,” explains Remender, the series’ writer. “Since completing SEA OF RED, Kieron and I have been cooking up new horror stories together and over the next few years, they’ll all be wedged out of the CRAWL SPACE and into the horrible light of day.”
While there is certainly a resurgence of horror comics featuring vampires, werewolves, and the like, I think the zombie genre has run its course, which just so happens to be the subject of the first issue.
That being said, after reading the premise of XXXombies, I’m interested on this retro take on the subject. Set in the 1970s, XXXombies finds a sleazoid producer and his adult stars on a weekend film shoot. It’s only after they return home do they discover the zombie horror that awaits them. Even more interesting is Tony Moore is collaborating on the project. Sounds like this is going to be zombiesploitation at its best!
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Next week is the week that sees the survival or end of Ash as he battles the Marvel Zombies. Frankly, I’m betting on Ash. Dynamite Entertainment has sent Major Spoilers as sneak peek of the issue.
I’ve always wanted to do a Kung-Fu Zombie Western, but it looks like Th3rd World Studios may have beaten me to the punch with two of the three ideas. Omega Chase is a western where the dead have guns and are out for the sheriff. I’m not sure about the gun-toting part, but hey, it is a different take on the shuffling brain eaters.
Take the jump for the six page preview of the four issue mini-series that arrives in September.
Marvel has announced yet another printing of the Marvel Zombies hard cover. This fifth printing will have yet another Arthur Suydam cover that is an homage to Mary Jane #1. The hard cover collects Marvel Zombies #1 - #5 that shows what happens when the Marvel Universe goes all zombie.
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Have you had your fill of Marvel Zombies yet? No, well you are in luck as the runaway brain eating sensation Marvel Zombies make yet another appearance in Black Panther #28. Marvel sends along a sneak peek of the gory goodness.
Riding high on the Marvel Zombie train, Diamond Select Toys as announced two San Diego Comic Con exclusive Minimates; zombie-fied versions of Daredevil and Giant Man.
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If you love Marvel Zombies, and can’t get enough of zombie merchandise, then pack your bags for San Diego. This year at the San Diego Comic Convention Diamond Select Toys will be selling a show exclusive featuring Colonel America in all his zombie gory glory.
The bust limited edition bust is sculpted by William Paquet and will sell for $60.
Dynamite Entertainment and Marvel Comics have announced veteran Marvel Zombie artists Sean Philips and Fernando Blanco are teaming up with regular series artist Fabiano Neves to complete Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness #4 and #5.
In a prepared statement Dynamite said,”Fans are getting the Triple Crown winner of artists with these last two issues of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness. Teaming up Sean Phillips and Fernando Blanco with Fabiano Neves for the big climax is like… well, it’s like having the Marvel Zombies and Ash in the same series! Sean’s pencils certainly know their way around the brutal world of Marvel Zombies, and AOD fans went crazy for Fernando’s work on the final issues of AOD (and the final days of Ash), so to have them both work on Ash’s afterlife adventures is simply ‘Dynamite’! Of course, regular series artist Fabiano Neves and writer John Layman will continue their incredible work on Earth-2149, keeping Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness the pure brain-craving, chainsaw-slashing action and excitement that it has been from the very beginning.”
Major Spoilers has a sneak peek of issue #4 after the jump!
Moonstone Books has sent part two of its four part release schedule for September 2007. The company has a brand new series kicking off in September that plays on one of the big themes of our time - Zombies. The solicitation info and covers after the jump.
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