The series What if…? Disney + has given much to talk about among Marvel fans. But, in addition, it has made many followers of this universe discover, without having been readers of the comics, many other Marvel stories. Among them, the mass public met the version of their favorite superheroes if they were undead, that is, they witnessed a glimpse of the Marvel Zombies Universe . Today we tell you everything you need to know about this topic.
What universe is Marvel Zombies?
The first, and most important thing, is to know what the Marvel Zombies Universe is about. As you may already know if you are a follower of everything related to Marvel, there are different universes / versions of the same story in the world of these superheroes.
Well, Marvel Zombies is nothing more than a story that takes place in an alternative universe of the UCM itself , where almost all the superheroes and villains that we know are zombies or end up dying at the hands of them. This limited series of comics, written by Robert Kirkman , was originally published in 2005 by Marvel Comics. And, with this Disney + animated series, it is the first time that it sees the light on the small screen.
What originated Marvel Zombies?
Now we want to tell you a little more in detail about the origin of Marvel Zombies. But be careful, if you liked the chapter of What would happen if … there were zombies? and you want to read the comics to learn more, attention because many spoilers are coming.
The origin of Marvel Zombies dates back to volumes 21, 22 and 23 of “Ultimate Fantastic Four” , created by Mark Millar and Greg Land. A series of comics that presents the stories of these superheroes if they had received their powers from a different way. In the case of the Fantastic 4, they receive super powers after being involved in a teleportation experiment, which did not work as it should.
Well, in these numbers we can see how Reed receives a visit from an alternative version of himself that invites him to his own universe. After crossing into this, the “original” Reed discovers that he has been tricked into a universe in which everyone has been turned into bloodthirsty zombies. Just when his zombie version is about to devour him, and thanks to the help of Magneto who had not yet been converted in this universe, he manages to escape and take refuge. At that moment Magneto realizes that, using the portal that Reed had used to get there, the zombies could also use it to go to other universes to infest them. Therefore, it had to be destroyed in some way.
After different events in which the zombies discover where the survivors are hiding and, in addition, the Fantastic 4 of the “original” universe realize that Reed has disappeared, we come to the moment of the escape. With the help of the rest of the Fantastic 4 group, Magneto and Reed are in the portal about to escape from the zombie universe. But, in order to try to preserve the peace between universes, Magneto decides to stay to destroy the portal from within.
This is where the Marvel Zombies story begins . A plot in which these alternative series that we know from the UCM will try to travel to other universes to feed themselves.
After this beginning, there have been several miniseries that Marvel has developed through everything that surrounds this zombie universe. Creating the alternate versions of heroes and antiheroes of the MCU, adding different secondary characters to the Marvel Universe that we all know or seeing how zombies travel to different parts of the universe to devour all life. All this seasoned with quite grim images that remain to be remembered of broken skulls, zombies eating brains and the odd detail not suitable for the squeamish.
Small aspects of these stories are those that have touched the chapter of What would happen if … there were zombies? on Disney +. Which lets us clearly see that all these stories of the animated series, beyond these zombies, are based on the comics of the Marvel Universe.
Of course, do not expect to see in this chapter so much violence, blood and things like that. You already know that unwritten policy on Disney’s part of being pretty neutral in their video posts.
How many numbers are from Marvel Zombies?
You may have seen this, especially if you like the theme of zombies and of course the MCU, you want to delve a little deeper into the history of Marvel Zombies. The first thing you should know is that it is not a finished story or with an ending as such, but that it is still in development with its different branches of the comics.
Specifically, if you want to read the entire story in a logical order to be aware of everything that happened in this alternate Marvel universe, you should follow this order:
- Ultimate Fantastic Four volumes 21 , 22 and 23 : as we have already told you, it is about the beginning of the story, its origins.
- Marvel Zombies: Insatiable Hunger .
- Marvel Zombies: Origins , this is a short story with only one volume.
- Marvel Zombies vs The Army of Darkness .
- Marvel Zombies 2: Civil War .
- Black Panther Nº5: Marvel Zombies .
- Marvel Zombies: The Return .
- Marvel Zombies 3: Flesh and Metal .
- Marvel Zombies 4: Children of Midnight .
- Mercenary Zombie Massacre: Traveling Head and Mercenary Zombie Massacre: Zombie World , in this case they are two volumes.
- Massacre Corps : they have several volumes and are still in production.
- Marvel zombies 5: The beauty, the duck and the robot .
- Marvel Zombies: Supreme .
If you follow this order of the different publications of the Marvel comics, you will be able to know much more in depth the history that hides that dark and gloomy universe of Marvel Zombies.
