Once upon a time, there was an attempt at MCU Marvel Zombies long before the MCU Marvel Zombies.

Does anyone remember this manga? Apparently only diehard Zombies fan do, and that's not even a guarantee either. It's like one of the least memorable Marvel Zombies entries ever, next to the Groot one I still refuse to learn the name of and 4/5.

This book's divergence point was during Age of Ultron by the way, as opposed to the MCU taking on an alternate Infinity War.

I have to say this book and the Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas comic penned by none other than Jon Favreau are the epitome of faux-MCU stuff.

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Skychu7682025-10-04 14:17

Which suit is that? Looks like Mark-42 but it's not white

TheCrystalStone2025-10-04 16:20

It is the Mark 42 that armor wasn’t white it was always a metallic gold with silver and red accents I see why you would think it was though because that armor was a bright shade of gold

roland0fgilead2025-10-05 02:22

Yeah that's definitely the Mark 42, the red just pops more in the lineart

TheCrystalStone2025-10-05 02:36

Agreed

HellaWavy2025-10-04 14:20

I liked the Groot one. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I probably read all MZ runs but I avoided the Mangas. From what I know they take the basic premise of Kirkman run and did their own thing.

rabbitofrevelry2025-10-04 14:23

I'm pretty sure Marvel Zombies pre-dates the MCU entirely. IIRC, it started in Ultimate F4

Joshawott272025-10-04 14:31

This isn’t the original Marvel Zombies, though.
This is a separate manga called “Zombies Assemble”.

OP’s point isn’t that this was the first Marvel Zombies thing ever, but that there was already media trying to spin the MCU into an alternate Zombie timeline before the recent animated series or What If?.

rabbitofrevelry2025-10-04 14:38

Ahh the post title completely threw me off his point. I see what he meant now.

Dralley872025-10-04 14:33

I honestly dislike so many of the new entries because they’ve abandoned the premise that the disease actively targets super humans so it can spread more efficiently.

The threat of hoards of the undead really only work when people can’t blast rays from their hands or conjure a storm that will suck them into space. MZ vs. Army of Darkness perfectly said it “of course, against those special beings, the army of the dead never stood a chance.”

Sentient zombies who know they have to spread the disease but retain enough of their former selves to understand that they’re annihilating the very people they were dedicated to save is sincerely horrifying, and unique in zombie lore, and I feel like something they should lean into rather than abandon.

Solid-Move-14112025-10-05 16:15

Not to mention, a lot of character having flight makes it even more unrealistic

They are untouchable in air unless they purposefully act stupid for plot and let themselves be swarmed

Cosmic_Sabbath2025-10-06 18:37

At least in the show it shows that eating zombie turns you into one. Carol could've just gotten some blood in her mouth while ramming through a horde

Can't remember for the life of me if eating zombie parts turns you in the comics or not

ShadesOfTheDead2025-10-11 02:49

That isn’t unique though. Return of the Living Dead did something similar.

AndarianDequer2025-10-04 15:33

I think what marvel should have done this had a traditional zombie outbreak in humanity and the avengers and X-Men and all that were unaffected initially. And then slowly but surely, it even takes over our heroes. All we got was a wham bam almost every single person and hero is already infected and that's kind of anticlimactic and not very cinematic.

Nonadventures2025-10-04 21:25

Once upon a time, “Marvel Zombies” meant someone who’d read Marvel comics regardless how dumb the comic storylines were. It was actually an insult!

DireWyrm2025-10-04 23:57

5 was memorable for me, but then I actually like the Marvel Westerns. A shame Quick Draw won't ever appear again. I would legit kill for a zombie story set in Marvel's old West though.

Slayer1331022025-10-05 03:00

The groot one was so ass.

Grayx_28872025-10-05 03:59

It looks more than Zeb Wells' horse shit.

blackbutterfree2025-10-05 04:39

I love this one and I love the Groot one.

This one copied its premise of a Chitauri virus transmitted through touch from an Agents of SHIELD episode, though. And an early Season 1 episode, at that.

Solid-Move-14112025-10-05 16:16

A lot of character having flight and enhanced durability makes it even more unrealistic

They are untouchable in air and too hard for zombies to bite unless they purposefully act stupid for plot and let themselves be swarmed

CardTrickOTK2025-10-07 15:28

It at the very least treated the Avengers as intelligent enough to gather information before blindly rushing into danger.
Only later opting to do it to check on Rhodey.

I really liked it.

Here is Mc80's Entertainment covering it
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS6OWWTjYvI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS6OWWTjYvI)

B_Wayne_88332025-10-09 05:57

Divergence point is AOU, yet not a single person is in their age of Ultron outfit lmfao