Marvel Zombies SUPREME!

**Evan the Shaggy** · 10-27-2010, 11:23 AM

Next March, the Marvel Zombies will rise once again, and this time they’re infecting the Squadron Supreme.

Courtesy of our friends at Marvel Comics, we’re pleased to bring you the first look at Marvel Zombies Supreme, by writer Frank Marraffino (who write a Haunted Tank miniseries for Vertigo a couple years back) and the art team of Fernando Blanco, Jason Paz and Chris Chuckry. Michael Komarck provides the covers.

The story revolves around Jill Harper and her “super-crisis special-ops unit,” who investigate an underground research facility where a new virulent zombie strain has infected the Squadron Supreme. It’s up to Harper and her crew to keep the zombies from escaping the facility to devour the rest of the planet.

First launched in 2005, the Marvel Zombies series of miniseries have shown us what happens when you mix superheroes and zombies — it usually ends badly for the heroes and the people they protect. The original series featured a decimated Earth-2149, which was overrun by zombie versions of Spider-Man, Wolverine and other Marvel heroes. The zombies have gone on to appear in the regular Marvel (616) universe, in a crossover with Dynamite’s Army of Darkness movie adaptation and even in a Spider-Ham one-shot.

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**Marcdachamp** · 10-27-2010, 11:25 AM

Okay, those covers are amazing.

Fuck it, I'm sold.

**Magnum V.I.** · 10-27-2010, 11:26 AM

I really do love these mini's. Fuck the haters.

**bartleby** · 10-27-2010, 11:26 AM

Still haven't gotten around to reading the most recent miniseries, but I'm probably in for this. Not really familiar with the creative team though. How was Marraffino's HAUNTED TANK miniseries?

**Andrew** · 10-27-2010, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by bartleby

Still haven't gotten around to reading the most recent miniseries, but I'm probably in for this. Not really familiar with the creative team though. How was Marraffino's HAUNTED TANK miniseries?

I finally got around to reading Marvel Zombies 5 just this morning, actually, and it was surprisingly good. Worlds better than Marvel Zombies 4 (which was incredibly boring and by far the worst of the series) and most of Marvel Zombies Return (which sucked after the first issue, and had bad art throughout).

**Marcdachamp** · 10-27-2010, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by Andrew

I finally got around to reading Marvel Zombies 5 just this morning, actually, and it was surprisingly good. Worlds better than Marvel Zombies 4 (which was incredibly boring and by far the worst of the series) and most of Marvel Zombies Return (which sucked after the first issue, and had bad art throughout).

4 was okay. 3 is my favorite. 2 is AWFUL. I can't wait to read 5 when it comes in this week's DCBS order.

**Andrew** · 10-27-2010, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Marcdachamp

4 was okay. 3 is my favorite. 2 is AWFUL. I can't wait to read 5 when it comes in this week's DCBS order.

I still think that the best of the mini series was the Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness crossover. Kirkman's two minis started out great but had lackluster endings (with 2 being particularly disappointing). 3 was an interesting story. 4 was just...blah. Returns was disappointing because of how great it began, and then fizzled quickly. And that art was just not good.

And I still want to know what happened to Ultimate Doom after he entered the Marvel Zombies universe, dammit!

**Marcdachamp** · 10-27-2010, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Andrew

I still think that the best of the mini series was the Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness crossover. Kirkman's two minis started out great but had lackluster endings (with 2 being particularly disappointing). 3 was an interesting story. 4 was just...blah. Returns was disappointing because of how great it began, and then fizzled quickly. And that art was just not good.

And I still want to know what happened to Ultimate Doom after he entered the Marvel Zombies universe, dammit!

Army of Darkness was pretty decent. I thought 3 was great because it actually felt like a horror book and less like a comedy. Also, Kev Walker's art was a perfect fit.

I skipped most of Returns. The story kind of blew (from what I read) and the art was all over the place. I do remember one issue looking great, though.

**Artie Pink** · 10-27-2010, 11:50 AM

I have never heard of this creative team.

**Andrew** · 10-27-2010, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by Marcdachamp

Army of Darkness was pretty decent. I thought 3 was great because it actually felt like a horror book and less like a comedy. Also, Kev Walker's art was a perfect fit.

I skipped most of Returns. The story kind of blew (from what I read) and the art was all over the place. I do remember one issue looking great, though.

Good call. This is all you need to know about Returns: Issue one is cool because you get to see zombie Spider-Man royally fuck up the Sinister Six by eating them.

That is all.