Guide Note

Marvel Zombies takes place in an alternate reality where many of Marvel Comics' most famous characters are turned into undead zombies hungry for human (and super-human) flesh.

Fast Facts

1. Publisher: Marvel Comics
2. Writer(s): Robert Kirkman
3. Artist(s): Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam
4. Schedule: Monthly
5. Format: Limited mini-series
6. Publication Dates: December 2005 to April 2006
7. Collected as a 133-page hardcover
8. Concept originated in issues #21-23 of the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic series
9. The mini-series' popularity saw it crossed over and continued, though not as a permanent series
10. Was named by Lev Grossman of Time Magazine as one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007
11. A five-issue sequel, Marvel Zombies 2 ran between October 2007 and February 2008

Although they were introduced in the Ultimate Fantastic Four series of comics, the Marvel Zombies originate in Marvel's alternate Earth-2149 universe. Originally a biological weapon wielded by Magneto, it spread from Earth-2149 after being carried by the dimension-hopping Sentry.

The initial mini-series was received so well as to have the Marvel Zombies appear in a four-part crossover with Marvel's own Black Panther series and a five-part crossover with Dynamite Entertainment's Army of Darkness series. It also received a one-shot entitled Marvel Zombies: Dead Days. A sequel to the original mini-series entitled Marvel Zombies 2 ran between October 2007 and February 2008.