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how to read Marvel Zombies comics books in order

How to Read the Marvel Zombies Books in Order

Marvel Zombies is one of the wildest and bloodiest comics that Marvel has ever produced. Initially penned by Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead, it sees your favorite Marvel superheroes turned into flesh-eating monsters. Itā€™s as gruesome as it sounds, but in order to really sink your teeth in youā€™ll need to know where to start. So if you were wondering how to read the Marvel Zombies books in order, hereā€™s your answer.

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The Best Order to Read the Marvel Zombies Comic Books

Be warned, Iā€™m not kidding about things getting bloody. Published before Disney purchased Marvel, Kirkman was astonished by just what he got away with. You could tackle them in chronological order, but itā€™s easier if you group them together. The best place to start is Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 5: Crossover, where writer Mark Millar and artist Greg Land brought the Marvel Zombies to unlife:

  1. Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 5: CrossoverĀ 
  2. Marvel Zombies
  3. Marvel Zombies 2
  4. Marvel Zombies Return

Marvel Zombies 2 was Kirkmanā€™s last book before he handed the reins over to other writers. Marvel Zombies Return is also the last time we see things from the zombiesā€™ perspective.

The below are spinoff stories taking place in the main Marvel Zombieverse including one where the Marvel Zombies take on the Marvel Apes. I absolutely am not making this up, I swear. You can also pick up Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 6: Frightful if you want to see what happened to the Zombie Fantastic Four.

  1. Marvel Zombies: Dead Days
  2. Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness
  3. Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution

The series then (mostly) ditches the Zombieverse, hopping around various dimensions including the regular 616 universe:

  1. Marvel Zombies 3
  2. Marvel Zombies 4
  3. Marvel Zombies 5
  4. Marvel Zombies DestroyĀ 
  5. Marvel Zombies Supreme

Set in the now-erased Secret Wars / Battleworld realm, Marvel Zombies: Battleworld is a great read if youā€™re an Elsa Bloodstone fan.

  1. Marvel Zombies: Battleworld
  2. Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies (Battleworld)

Finally, after a gap of five years, the series returned with Marvel Zombies Resurrection. Itā€™s slightly less bloody than previous entries, but the zombies turn up in Galactusā€™s hollowed-out corpse, which is a hell of an entrance.

  1. Marvel Zombies Resurrection

And thatā€™s how to read the Marvel Zombies books in order, though probably not on a full stomach.


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Chris McMullen is a freelance contributor at The Escapist and has been with the site since 2020. He returned to writing about games following several career changes, with his most recent stint lasting five-plus years. He hopes that, through his writing work, he settles the karmic debt he incurred by persuading his parents to buy a Mega CD. Outside of The Escapist, Chris covers news and more for GameSpew. He's also been published at such sites as VG247, Space, and more. His tastes run to horror, the post-apocalyptic, and beyond, though he'll tackle most things that aren't exclusively sports-based. At Escapist, he's covered such games as Infinite Craft, Lies of P, Starfield, and numerous other major titles.