Raise the Dead 2 by Leah Moore


Raise the Dead 2
Title : Raise the Dead 2
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ISBN : 1606902113
ISBN-10 : 9781606902110
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 120
Publication : First published August 9, 2011

The zombie infestation continues unchecked and only a handful of survivors fight for their lives against the rising tide of un-dead mayhem Will these poor souls find hope in the small coastal town of Alfredo Bay, or has that world died along with most everything else in this post apocalyptic nightmare? Dynamite's hit series Raise the Dead returns with an all-new tale of undead debauchery, plotted by Leah Moore & John Reppion, scripted by Mike Raicht, and with art by Guiu Vilanova Collecting the four-issue series in one volume, complete with bonus material and a cover gallery.

Raise the Dead 2 Reviews

  • 47Time

    The arc doesn't really feel completed. It doesn't mention future stories, so this might be the whole thing. Too bad as it was finally starting to get somewhere by adding a bit of complexity to the universe.

    The story of each survivor from the previous arc is recounted in detail. The group loses one member early, but he is replaced by a woman who genuinely wants to help. The infected doctor who retained his faculties was recovered by the army and is working on a cure, even though the army general expects other results - he wants to weaponize the disease.

  • Cale

    Zombie Seagulls? Really?
    A character is shot by another human early in this collection because they were scratched (not bitten) by a zombie seagull, which was apparently going to turn them. It's a unique idea, but not a good one.
    In fact, the only good idea in this collection is borrowed from the first volume, in the cover design reimagining classic images with Zombies. That is creative. Everything else here is a trope (especially the government response), or dull (the new primary character is not interesting at all), or glossed over (the months between the first volume and this, and how the returning characters survived them, is covered in a single spread, but seems like a more interesting story), or absurd even for a zombie book (the seagulls). The ending is nihilistic. The art is decent at landscapes but poor at capturing the action sequences. And again, what little that is new here is so poorly conceived that it doesn't justify the read. There are way better zombie books out there - read them.