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After the success of DCeased, Marvel relaunched their Zombies series in order to cash in some bucks. While I hear that the other Zombie series are terrible, I actually really, really enjoyed this entry (or resurrection). It's a weird blend of science-fiction terror/horror and super-hero drama but it works. The corpse of Galactus, the world-eater, appears as a vessel of an interstellar virus - that destroys the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four and causes them and the most of the inhabitants of the earth to become ravenous undead zombies. Only a few survive. And one of the survivors is Peter Parker.
Interstellar threats. Viruses. Zombies. That's fun and all but the heart of the story is focused on Peter Parker, one of the last survivors, as he tries to protect the children of Reed and Sue (of the Fantastic Four) from the super-powered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family. It turns out to be quite an epic and emotional roller coaster for Peter and his crew. Peter goes through a lot in this series, but he never loses his grip on who he is, no matter how much what he’s gone through has scarred him. Building the series around him was a shrewd move but I think a smart one. In the Marvel universe, he's the everyman character we can all relate to.
Fan faves Wolverine, Blade, Chewie, and Groot all show up. Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #4 leaves the door wide open for a sequel which could be neat. However, this is a perfect standalone story.
The art by Kirk isn't always clear, and it's a bit much and yes, Zombies have been way overdone. But I felt that this was a somewhat fresh spin on Zombies with a good story at its core. Check it out.
You have a serviceable writer, and a good artist, but the reader has a shit ton of story thrown at them in a very few pages. We're introduced to several characters, we're given a history on how one of them killed a god, then we're brought forward to where that guy is at, we get to see some of the politics, we're given a brief sense of the god killer's wife's role, shown more of the burden the god killer is carrying, and we're introduced to a slave warrior who's far too loyal for his own good.
A good, and intriguing story, but this should have been spread over at least three issues. The pacing is far too rushed, and I have zero interest in continuing, despite the lovely art.
#NetGalley #KillAMan
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The writing was quite good, the art, while occasionally a touch confusing, for the most part was beautifully done.
My biggest concern is the end. I truly hope this is not a direction that will be pursued. I don't understand why, when the xenomorph is so fascinating on its own, each writer has to come up with some new iteration.