Marvel Zombies

[Silent Bob]

Oh just read the damn thing. It's bloody disgusting fun.

 

I can't wait till the 3-D Man Civl War issue

 

I'd buy that for a dollar.

[Jables]

Here's my reply.

[Ganny McVagflaps]

Don't make me click shit!

 

Rocket-Racer is in for a comeback.

[Ganny McVagflaps]

New Kirkman/Liefeld Project Preview for Skeetz...

 

 

Can't wait!

[Da Cap'n]

Marvel Zombies 3 NOT written by Kirkman.

It's sure to be a Happy Halloween this October when Marvel Comics presents MARVEL ZOMBIES 3, the third installation of its acclaimed series that fans have eaten up almost as ravenously as the book's flesh-gorging characters chew their live meals.

 

The four-issue miniseries returns from the dead later this year, but Marvel.com got a head start on the splendidly inhuman horror that awaits the Marvel Universe, getting the undead dish from MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 writer Fred Van Lente.

 

"This is a balls-to-the-wall, high-octane, action- and gore-packed, and – I hope – scary horror comic book," explains Van Lente. "At the same time, [it retains] that edge and humor that made what Robert [Kirkman] and Sean [Phillips] did so awesome and memorable."

 

According to Van Lente, in this new mini-series, we're well past the days of New Wakanda and onto a "very specific plane in Marvel Zombies continuity" – a place and time that the MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 scribe is keeping between him and his horde of horrific heroes.

 

He does divulge, however, the birth of a new government agency similar to S.H.I.E.L.D. known as Alternate Reality Monitoring and Operational Response (A.R.M.O.R.), formed by human forces to end the living dead epidemic on zombie turf.

 

Commence dining of raw human flesh.

 

"[MARVEL ZOMBIES 3] is an in-continuity series in which the shambling hordes of undead invade our own beloved Marvel U," he says, "requiring a desperate mission into the Zombieverse by an unlikely combo of heroes to save 616 from being overrun by the cannibal plague."

 

Van Lente continues, "With the entire Marvel Universe on the menu for our flesh-eating friends, a small enclave of humanity may be, at best, dessert!"

 

None can argue that the Marvel Zombies have chewed their way into the hearts of their prey and, more importantly, comic fans. Those with an appreciation for dark humor have celebrated the rise of their favorite characters – from Wolverine to The Hulk – in a most macabre mode.

 

That said, exactly which Marvel faces will we see decayed, strewn with maggots and accented by skull-protrusion this time around? What freshly zombie-fied characters will appear in the new series?

 

"We will definitely be seeing a lot of Marvel Zombies we haven't focused on before, both villains and heroes," Van Lente carefully reveals. "I choose to be coy about which ones. With horror, the more unknowns the better."

 

"However, I will say that in issue #1, we give the phrase, 'Merc with a Mouth' a whole new meaning," he adds, citing a "deep, evil laugh."

 

In addition to such sinister snippets of information, Van Lente explains the muse behind the latest addition to the House of Ideas' living dead lore, which began back in late 2005 with MARVEL ZOMBIES and unearthed itself again in fall 2007 with the sequel.

 

"MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 is to its predecessors what 'Aliens' is to the original 'Alien,'" he declares. "We're taking the same concepts, characters and continuity and doing something different with them."

 

These foul, cadaverous versions of Marvel's mightiest first surfaced in ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #21. Three years later, like many a horror film franchise, the body count continues this Halloween as a low-calorie, high protein treat, with likely just a few tricks along the way. And, Van Lente hopes that, much like Marvel's flesh-craving corpses, you bring your appetite.

 

"There's a kind of punk rock thrill to [seeing] these costumed bastions of justice and fair play eat each other's intestines," he says, "and love every minute of it."

 

Stay tuned to Marvel.com for more info on MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 and other upcoming comic series, as first announced at Wizard World Philadelphia.

[Iambaytor]

Okay Marvel Zombies was great, Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness was great, Marvel Zombies Dead Days was decent, but Marvel Zombies 2 was a bit weak, I don't think they could do much with 3.

[Da Cap'n]

Ok, I'm two issues in to 3 and I'm liking this book. I guess, SO FAR, I rank it between 1 and the Ash Team-Up.

[The NZA]

totally slept on the ash teamup.

 

i dig A.R.M.O.R. and any Nextwave-esque use of Machine Man, but im dying to see Baytor's reaction to one of the first issues's key players.

[Jables]

Heh. I never saw 2T's Liefeld/Kirkman thingie. Kirkman's still a wanker and Marvel Zombies is still shit. About as fun as watching Step By Step reruns while bathing Grandpa.

OMFG!!! HERR KAPTAIN IS DEAD!!!!!!! IRON MAN GREW TITTIES AND FLEW INTO SPACE TO BECOME GALACTUS' HERALD, WHO IT TURNS OUT WAS BEHIND CIVIL WAR ALL ALONG!!! CAPTAIN MARVEL RETURNED LONG ENOUGH TO SHAKE HIS FIST AT PETER DAVID AND BONE TIGRA. SHE AIN'T SO PRETTY NOW WITH THAT CORNHOLE IN HER LOWER BACK NOW.

I'm not sure what I'm referencing here but that's scarily close to an amalgam of The Ultimates 3 & Secret Invasion. Nostrajaiknee lives on I guess.

[Iambaytor]

I've glanced through some of Marvel Zombies 3 and so far I've noticed at least 3 plot-holes. Looks like they're Highlander 2ing this shit.

[Jables]

Ah sweet! You just reminded me I got Fortress on my IQ(Aus' version of Tivo). Fuck yeah!

[The NZA]

I've glanced through some of Marvel Zombies 3 and so far I've noticed at least 3 plot-holes. Looks like they're Highlander 2ing this shit.

 

[Iambaytor]

 

Well for one the Kingpin appeared even though The Punisher capped him early on in Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness and Zombie Deadpool appears despite the fact that he was among the horde of zombies that Hulk, Spidey, Captain America, Iron-Man, Giant Man, and Luke Cage fried and tried to eat. I don't remember the 3rd one but I remember there was another instance where I went "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"

[Jables]

Discussing plotholes in Marvel Zombies seems to me like pointing out the chair on Peewee's Playhouse spoke with a french accent one episode and a mexican baritone the next.

[Iambaytor]

Discussing plotholes in Marvel Zombies seems to me like pointing out the chair on Peewee's Playhouse spoke with a french accent one episode and a mexican baritone the next.

 

You think Wanted is high art, I've had enough of your shenanigans!

[Jables]

Nono, I don't. I just find Supervillian jokes more entertaining than uhm, Superhero zombies trying to eat eachother. It's like fetish/gay/lobster porn. Wanted had great art, an almost compelling story, and at the very least a very empathisable main character.

[Iambaytor]

Nono, I don't. I just find Supervillian jokes more entertaining than uhm, Superhero zombies trying to eat eachother. It's like fetish/gay/lobster porn. Wanted had great art, an almost compelling story, and at the very least a very empathisable main character.

 

It had a character. Made of shit. MADE. OF. SHIT.

[Jables]

Are we gonna focus on Preacher's regrettable use of Arseface? Is Jesus De Sade the reason folks are clamouring for a TV series and/or movie? I appreciate your facetious approach to all things Wanted, but let's pretend at any point they refer to or show Morgan Freeman sloughing off a thin layer of liquid hitler from his forehead(because he perspires diarrhea, geddit?), then maybe I'd see that movie. The book was by no means gold, but I think it can be taken even slightly more seriously that Kirkman jerking off over some Romero stills & Marvel Team Up back issues(as opposed to Romero stills and hard copies of storylines used in The Bold & the Beautiful ten years ago he jerks off over to write the Walking Dead).

[Da Cap'n]

I agree with Skeet on the plot-holes thing. Who gives a shit. The point is that Kirkman was losing me MZ 2 and now I'm liking this new direction. If they can continue good stories, I'll keep reading (and God knows I need zombified versions of the Marvel characters in my life... we are talking about me here).

[Jables]

I'm not even taking your zombie fetish seriously until you have a zombified Cap'n Crunch avatar.

[Da Cap'n]

Noted.

 

So does anybody know how to fuck around with photoshop that can make that happen for me? Fuck it... I'll draw the shit myself.

[Jables]

Hell yes!! Let's see some new Ron Hightower!!

[Iambaytor]

I agree with Skeet on the plot-holes thing. Who gives a shit. The point is that Kirkman was losing me MZ 2 and now I'm liking this new direction. If they can continue good stories, I'll keep reading (and God knows I need zombified versions of the Marvel characters in my life... we are talking about me here).

 

True enough, Marvel Zombies 2 blew but if they're going to try and claim this story is in-canon with the rest of the series they could at least write it like they've actually read the other books. I mean they could at least take a page from DC comics and just go "We have 52 worlds, so fuck you and your continuity errors, we can do whatever the hell we want! Now, we're off to give Alan Moore the daily blowjob his contract dictates."

[Jables]

I'm pretty sure it's the breaching of that contract which dictates we never got DC direct Watchmen figures. D'you mean Grant Morrison maybe? I get pretentious Euro wanks confused all the time too.

[Iambaytor]

So, Marvel Zombies 5 actually looks promising. After a mildly retarded part 4, that beyond horrible Merc-With-a-Mouth miniseries, and the inevitable Zombies vs. Apes shit out of the way (and the series pulling a Terminator with its timeframe in a series that actually wasn't too bad) we're back to where we left off at the end of part 3. Apparently ARMOR has made it their business to go around collecting samples of other zombie viruses in order to cure Earth-616's. But the best part is the agents they've dispatched to handle this: Machine Man and Howard the Duck. Now they hooked up with Hurricane's (one of the Marvel western characters) daughter and are headed over to another world to take care of another virus. The preview for the next issue showed Machine Man grappling with a zombified Killraven. I'm hoping to see some 2099 in this series. I'm secretly hoping this culminates in a team featuring Jennifer Kale, Wundarr the Aquarian, Machine Man, Howard the Duck, and Simon Garth. But I don't think Marvel will ever do anything that off-the-wall or awesome.