Marvel Zombies is part of the Battleworld titles in the current Secret Wars event. Marvel Zombies is written by Simon Spurrier, art by Kev Walker, colours by Frank D'Armata and published by Marvel. Battle World is a patchwork planet made of several different universes with several very different regions including the Deadlands which are inhabited by Zombie superheroes kept at bay only by the shield and the soldiers who serve on it.
The story begins with the commander, Elsa Bloodstone, "comforting" a dying solider after he is bitten by a zombie as the endless horde of undead attempt to breach the shield. During the battle Elsa begins to fight a zombie called the Red Terror with the power of teleportation and during the fight gets teleported far away from the shield into the middle of the Dead Lands. As Elsa regains consciousness she finds a young child in the supposedly uninhabited Deadlands. The child has no memory of why he is in the middle of why he is there or even his name. Elsa impatiently dubs the child Shuttup as they begin heading north trying to make their way back to The Shield despite Shuttup's objections that he feels they should go south. As Elsa and Shuttup head towards The Shield they come across an impenetrable wall of millions zombies and realise their only option is to head into the unknown in the opposite direction of the safety of the Shield.
The art of Marvel Zombies is great with the zombies being wonderfully putrid with looks ranging from almost fully intact to almost completely rotted away with barely a torso remaining. The only human characters in the entire comic are Elsa and Shuttup and are done with adorably expressive faces, even when Elsa is angry (all the time) her facial expression is clear but in and incredibly cute way.
Elsa is both hilarious and engaging in everything she does and says, she drinks tea, swears like a sailor, is sarcastic, grumpy and despite all his does try to offer young Shuttup a little comfort despite having almost no idea how to offer comfort. The flash backs of Elsa's childhood and her relationship with her father give us a lot of insight into why she is so inpatient with people's emotions and her iron clad sense of duty.
Marvel Zombies has a fantastic first issue that is both funny and horrifying making it an extremely engaging and interesting comic that will make you both chuckle and make you afraid to turn the page.
I give Marvel Zombies #1 4 out of 5 Zombie Juggernauts.
Find out more about Marvel Zombies #1 here.
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