Marvel Zombies 3
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Mini-series |
Genre | |
Publication date | October 2008 – January 2009 |
No. of issues | 4 |
Main character(s) | ISBN 0-7851-3635-5 |
Marvel Zombies 3 is a four-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics beginning in October 2008. It is part of the Marvel Zombies series. The series is written by Fred Van Lente, penciled by Kev Walker, with covers by Greg Land.[1][2][3][4][5]
Plot
Zombies invade
Back at
The two heroes find that "human" readings are really coming from clones generated by the zombie
Machine Man and Jocasta stumble upon Vanessa Fisk, who is uninfected. She tells them that the Kingpin is keeping her safe. She allows Jocasta to get a blood sample, but declines an offer to escape to Earth-616, preferring to stay behind with her husband. Looking at the dead and dying bodies in the pit, Machine Man is overcome with pity, realizing that the zombies are treating the clones the way humans treat robots. He leaves Jocasta, goes into battle mode and destroys the clones out of mercy and gets attacked by the zombies, and he has destroyed their food source.
A severely injured and sessile zombie Doctor Strange appears in the plot line; has only the powers to create manna (ironically inedible for the zombies) and to see other dimensions. He thus reveals A.R.M.O.R.'s operations on Earth-616. Machine Man sees that the impostor Morbius used Deadpool to create a distraction so that he could set his plans in motion.
On the real Marvel Universe, a female team member finds the real Morbius captive. The infected version attacks and turns her, causing a zombie outbreak that quickly overtakes the entire facility. Little Sky returns Jocasta to A.R.M.O.R. without Machine Man, who didn't meet them on time, and Jocasta requests that Machine Man be given posthumous honors. Jocasta discovers Morbius is a zombie, and one zombie uses the A.R.M.O.R. teleporters to escape this reality.
In the zombie universe, Machine Man defeats the zombies, leaving only zombie
The real Morbius kills his zombie counterpart and escapes. Jocasta and Machine Man return to S.H.I.E.L.D., and Morbius volunteers to follow the zombie that teleported away, along with a new team of Midnight Sons.
Sequel
The end of the final issue sets-up the next part of the Marvel Zombies saga Marvel Zombies 4: Midnight Sons.[7]
Covers
Unlike the prior Marvel Zombies series covers, which were zombie variations of past Marvel comics covers, Marvel Zombies 3 covers are variants of well-known movie posters. Art by Greg Land.
- Issue #1 is a reference to the Army of Darkness movie poster.
- Issue #2 is a reference to the 28 Days Later movie poster.
- Issue #3 is a reference to The Evil Dead movie poster.
- Issue #4 is a reference to the US Shaun of the Dead movie poster.
The variant cover for issue #1 is an Arthur Suydam Zombie version of Machine Man #1, originally by Jack Kirby.
The second printing of #1 features a variant cover by Kev Walker, using story art from the issue.
Reception
Paukolo reviewed the first issue for
Collected editions
The series has been collected into an individual volume:
- Marvel Zombies 3 (104 pages, hardcover, May 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3526-X)
See also
References
- ^ WWPhilly Fred Van Lente Takes a Bite of Marvel Zombies Archived 2008-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Wizard, May 31, 2008
- ^ WW Philly: Fred Van Lente Writes "Marvel Zombies 3", Comic Book Resources, June 1, 2008
- ^ WW PHILLY '08: Fred Van Lente on Marvel Zombies 3, Newsarama, June 1, 2008
- ^ Van Lente talks Marvel Zombies 3, Comic Book Resources, September 5, 2008
- ^ Zombies in Florida: Fred Van Lente on Marvel Zombies III, Newsarama, October 3, 2008
- ^ Marvel Zombies 3 #1 (December 2008)
- ^ Marvel Zombies 3 #4
- ^ Marvel Zombies 3 #1 review, Comics Bulletin
- ^ Marvel Zombies 3 #1 review, Comic Book Resources
External links
- Marvel Zombies 3 at the Grand Comics Database
- Marvel Zombies 3 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Official website