Graphic Novel Review: MARVEL ZOMBIES 3

MARVEL ZOMBIES 3

The zombies of the Marvel Universe are back again but this time they have found a way into our universe and plan to take over in a very big way. I’ve written about all the previous instalments of the series, but it is here in the new story MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 that the story starts to take a new turn. Under the guidance of new writer Fred Van Lente and artist Kev Walker a small band of zombified super heroes lead by zombie-Deadpool have invaded the swamps of Citrusville, Florida prompting the military unit known as A.R.M.O.R. to send Machine Man and Jocasta to the zombies alternate home world to find a cure for the zombie plague so that the “real” Marvel Universe does not become infected by the zombie plague.

That’s generally what this new story is about. If you’ve read the previous stories in the saga you’ll know that these series have lots of violence and lots of blood. It is a zombie story after all, but unlike previous instalments more story is spent on the Machine Man story as he is a borderline drunk robot who wants nothing to do with humanity. There is lots of great action as Machine Man tears through the zombies as if they were nothing, but there in lies one of the problems of this story – Machine Man is indestructable and thus becomes an odd choice as the main character of the story. The more interesting aspect of the story revolves around Doctor Mobius (the Living Vampire) who is held captive at A.R.M.O.R. by his zombie doppleganger, who wants to secretly infect the Marvel Universe with the plague.

Much of the Zombie-Marvel Heroes carnage is absent from this story although Zombie Deadpool, Kingpin, Mobius, and Captain America, do have their moments to shine. This story just comes off lite considering everything that came before it. This and the fact that this story is just a bridging story for the next story in the series makes this a less interesting instalment on the whole, but it’s fun and crazy and good zombie-fun which should keep anyone entertained.
Although this series was lite I am looking forward to the next series as it reunites the Midnight Suns characters which haven’t been seen in quite some time and were hinted at early in this series with a guest appearance by Man-Thing (one of the Marvel Universe’s most under used characters in my opinion). This is a graphic novel that fans of the series will like but not altogether love.