Marvel
Zombies 3Why aren't you reading Marvel Zombies?
"But Viv" you say, "Its zombies, I'm better than that"
Oh I know; believe me I know.
But
We're not. We're really not.
If you're reading the Walking dead and not reading Marvel Zombies, well then
you're
a horrible human being and I don't want to talk to you. And the same goes for
those of you not reading the Walking Dead but reading Marvel Zombies.
But for those of you not reading either, well
Hell hath cast its dark shadow
on us all!
Let us take a moment and talk about Marvel Zombies 3 by esteemed Messrs Kirkman,
Phillips and Young. Now in Ultimate Fantastic Four (the issue number escapes
me) the wondrous, wondrous team of Mike Carey and Greg Land introduce to an
alternate dimension (which may or may not be the Old Marvel U.) in which a plague
has swept over earth resulting in -Zombies, but no ordinary zombies, superhero
Zombies. Armies are no match for them, Call the Avengers, but hark! Its Zombified
Avengers, well call the X-men bu.. but ALL IS LOST!!!!!
But there is a savior, Magneto (how ironic huh? Well true irony would be making
Magneto and iron(y) jokes, but I'm better than that) who sacrifices himself
so that the zombies can't spread into the Ultimate Universe. That's all the
recap you need, but really should check out Greg Land's zombie heroes- it's
a sight so sublime that I cried (Harold, if you're reading this -joy and fear
are separated by a very fine line.
Now Marvel Zombies 3 and why you are a miserable human being for not reading
it.
Galactus.
Ah, I've got your attention now haven't I. Yes children, Galactus, devourer
of worlds and overall terrible dresser has come to earth and he has one question
- "Where is my herald?" awkward stuff, good thing Hulk there swallowed
the head, so there's no proof it's the Silver Surfer apart from bits silvery
corpse bits littering the landscape.
What makes this issue so fantastic as compared to
well any comic that's
not Marvel Zombies is how true to character everyone is, even in Zombie form.
A Zombified Captain America is yelling out tactics to subdue the Silver Surfer
and a Zombified Wolverine ponders the benefits of a healing factor on decomposing
flesh. Ant man in any form is truly truly devious, but here he shines, and how
he shines. And poor peter Parker, guilt wracked over Aunt May and MJ, but for
different reasons.
So you're saying to yourself or perhaps others "Why, this sounds terrible. Who could enjoy such an abomination?" Well, I do recommend bring the funny bone along and your sense of tact- If you thought the Ultimates was a bit much, Marvel Zombies is well yeah, I have no words.
In summation, read this and your life will be better, it really will. You'll be popular and successful and manna will rain down from the heavens. But know this O' king of kings you will have joined a movement, a legion of human beings who realize how truly foul and black their hearts really are and know that I love you for it.
Grade- Imagine a grade so high that one gets nosebleeds for merely thinking
of it.
This is one grader higher than that.
