I remember the first time I picked up a Marvel Zombies trade, with very little background in comics, and I was blown away at the sheer audacity and commitment of the series.
Ok, sure, zombies in the Marvel Universe, but they wouldn’t really have the good guys lose to a zombie plague right? And Sandman wouldn’t take out his revenge on zombie Spider-Man by doing… that… to Peter Parker, right?
Of course, I was (un)dead wrong. Marvel Zombies goes *there* and then some. In a perfect fit, Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman writes Marvel Zombies, with brilliantly twisted classic Marvel covers reinterpreted to fit the land of zombies.
Below you’ll find a reading order for the entire Marvel Zombies saga, and how you can get as much blood-soaked Marvel alternate reality as possible.
Marvel Zombies Comic Book Reading Order
Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 1
Collects: Ultimate Fantastic Four 21-23, 30-32; Marvel Zombies 1-5; Marvel Zombies: Dead Days 1; Black Panther (2005) 28-30
Marvel Unlimited Issue by Issue Reading Order:
Marvel Zombies (2005 to 2006) #1 to #5
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1 (May 2007)
The Dead Days one-shot flashes back to show how the Marvel Zombies plague spread in the first place, but I’d recommend reading after the initial series.
Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 to #23, #30 to #32
Black Panther #28 to #30
Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 2
Collects: Marvel Zombies 2 1-5, Marvel Zombies 3 1-4, Marvel Zombies 4 1-4, Marvel Zombies Return 1-5
Marvel Unlimited Issue by Issue Reading Order:
Marvel Zombies 2 (2007 – 2008) #1 to #5
Marvel Zombies 3 (2008 – 2009) #1 to #4
Marvel Zombies 4 (2009) #1 to #4
Marvel Zombies Return #1 to #5
Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 3
Collects: Marvel Apes: Prime Eight 1, Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution 1, Marvel Zombies 5 1-5, Marvel Zombies Supreme 1-5, Marvel Zombies Destroy 1-5, Marvel Zombies Halloween 1
Marvel Unlimited Issue by Issue Reading Order:
Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution #1
Marvel Zombies 5 (2010) #1 to #5
Marvel Zombies Supreme (2011) #1 to #5
Marvel Zombies Destroy! (2012) #1 to #5
Marvel Zombies Halloween (2012) #1
Deadpool Vs. Zombies
Collects: Night Of The Living Deadpool 1-4
Collects: Return Of The Living Deadpool 1-4, Prelude To Deadpool Corps 4
Writer Cullen Bunn’s standalone Deadpool graphic novels are not part of the Marvel Zombie universe at large, but set up their own Deadpool zombie-verse. Well worth a read for fans of either Deadpool or zombie comics.
Zombies In Marvel’s Secret Wars (2015)
Marvel’s 2015 mega-event, Secret Wars, features the Marvel Zombies as the plagued creatures kept beyond the SHIELD. While I highly recommend Secret Wars as a whole, below you’ll find the realms most closely tied to the Marvel Zombies!
Collects: Marvel Zombies (2015), Marvel Zombies (2006) 1
Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies
Collects: Age Of Ultron Vs. Zombies, Age Of Ultron 1
Collects: Red Skull & More!
Collects: Siege 1-4, Uncanny X-Men (2011) 9-10
How about Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness? It’s concurrent with Dead Days…
Yes good call. makes the story go full circle, well kinda, if u tilt your head and squint a bit…