MARVEL ZOMBIES: RESURRECTION by Phillip Kennedy Johnson

MARVEL ZOMBIES: RESURRECTION Reviews

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  Gianfranco Mancini

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Quella dei Marvel Zombies è probabilmente una delle più popolari versioni alternative dell’universo supereroistico della Casa delle Idee, introdotta per la prima volta sulle pagine di Ultimate Fantastic Four quasi sedici anni fa, continuata poi dal creatore di The Walking Dead Robert Kirkman con una spassosa miniserie che diede poi origine ad una lunga serie di seguiti e spin-off, per ritornare dopo una pausa decennale durante il megacrossover del 2015 Secret Wars, scomparire un’altra volta dalla scena, e ritornare infine tra fine 2019 ed inizio 2021, dopo una lunga gestazione a causa di una ben più reale pandemia, seguendo la scia del recente successo del Dceased pubblicato dalla Distinta Concorrenza.
  
  
  
  Ed è proprio con l’apocalisse zombie della DC che questo reboot condivide una storia più seria e matura rispetto a quella pazzeggiante scanzonata ed ironica dei Marvel Zombies originali di Kirkman e compagnia bella, che alterna morti brutali a momenti epici o strappalacrime, pur non rinunciando a qualche truculenta parentesi di humour nero come il fucile-teschio di Ciclope usato da Forge, o lo splendido team formato da Blade ed il micio-alieno flerken che mi hanno fatto ridere non poco.
  
  
  
  Alcune scelte dell’autore possono essere discutibili, io per esempio trovo difficile credere che uno street-level character come Blade possa sopravvivere a lungo in uno scenario simile, o che Frank Castle prenda la decisione vista in queste pagine, e probabilmente la miniserie avrebbe avuto bisogno di un altro paio di numeri per svilupparsi come si deve.
  
  
  
  Ma i disegni sono davvero niente male e la trama è talmente piena di twist che si finisce lo stesso per affezionarsi al piccolo gruppo di sopravvissuti guidati da un Rick Grimes Peter Parker azzeccato come non mai, che pur passandone di tutti i colori riesce a non perdere mai di vista l’eroe che era, è e sempre sarà.
  
  
  
  Ed il finale lascia aperta più di una speranza per un eventuale seguito di questo bel What If, una lettura più che discreta se siete dell’umore giusto per un pastiche tra supereroi ed apocalissi zombie.
  
  
  
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  Chad

  I'll just start off by saying this is not the Marvel Zombies of old. This is a new universe where everything is fine until the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Avengers investigate why Galactus is floating aimlessly in space. That's the one-shot. It's really good. The miniseries focuses on Spider-Man trying to keep Val and Franklin Summers alive after more of humanity has turned. Johnson doesn't know the characters of the Marvel Universe or their powers the best. Some act out of character or in the case of Magik, he just doesn't understand how her powers work.
  
  This is a different kind of zombie. It's really a hive mind organism animating people. It was actually kind of a neat twist extrapolating out of the Marvel Universe. Kirk's art is solid but overly busy at times.
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  James DeSantis

  Marvel obviously wanted their own DCeased after it was a mega success (If didn't know the comic sold like hot cakes and the trade sold even better, being on top 100 books of the year for a long time for best seller) so we get Marvel Zombies.
  
  And it's not half bad. Get a solid new writer (Phillip Kennedy Johnson is a solid writer after I read this I'm hyped for his Superman Run) and give solid art with a more mature story than I expected and you got something working here.
  
  Not let me be clear. Marvel Zombies the original is one of the WORST comics I've EVER read so for me to come here and give it a try is saying a lot. But here I am and I'm glad I tried.
  
  The first issue is really the one shot released in 2019 and it takes all the major players heading into space to find out if Galactus is really dead. When they get there, in Alien like fashion, they are attacked from every direction. This is probably the most brutal start I've seen in awhile as even the gods are having trouble here. Just when think something might turn around it only gets worse and ends right into the main series as Galactus body falls to earth.
  
  The main story is actually focused on Peter, Val, and Franklin. Through this post apocalypses type story we are thrown into the future after the zombie infection has taken over a lot of people. We get glimpses of the night the creatures invaded, and it's pretty brutal.
  
  And that's the thing. The dialogue is solid, the pacing is fine, the art is there but...it just isn't new. It doesn't feel as "OMG NO" shocking as Dceased and some of the characters feel a bit odd. I did like the more mature take and not just having everyone die in brutal ways but it felt oddly disjointed on the main storyline and the ending didn't do much for me.
  
  But overall, if like zombies, like Marvel, you'll probably enjoy this. A 3.5 out of 5.
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  Paul

  While I'm not really one for alternate universe-type stories in general, I am happy to make an exception if the quality is there and, I'm happy to say, in this case the quality is there.
  
  Phillip Kennedy Johnson has written what is, in my opinion, the most engaging Marvel Zombies story to date and the artwork by Leonard Kirk & co. was gorgeous.
  
  I had a couple of minor plot quibbles, most notably that the writer clearly doesn't understand how Magik's soul-sword works. It's a physical manifestation of her soul and, as such, somebody else cannot pick it up and use it if and when she dies. I'd argue her zombified self wouldn't be able to use it either, but we're getting dangerously close to a metaphysical discussion about the nature of the soul, so I'll shut up now.
  
  Be warned, if you're a fan of the previous Marvel Zombies books, this is a reboot, not a continuation of the Marvel Zombies tales of (not very) old. In my opinion, it's all the better for it.
  
  My next book:
  In the Seven Woods
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  Neyebur

  Una interesante vuelta de tuerca a los Marvel Zombies, a diferencia de las historias originales esta nueva versión tiene un plan, una trama pensada desde el principio, y eso se nota. Es genial ver como establecen misterios y como son resueltos al final, o ver a Peter hacer de padrazo (un papel que le dan cada vez más).
  Sin embargo, los cómics originales tienen algo que hecho en falta aquí, y que ya mencioné en mis reseñas de DCeased, y es que ahora los zombies son más un ejército con una mente colmena, salvo los poderes todos los zombies son iguales. En los cómics originales me gustaba que, después de canibalizar a sus compañeros se sentían mal, trataban de razonar su comportamiento, hacían bromas...
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  Ryan Laferney

  This has gotten mixed reviews and I can understand why. However, as a fan of Zombies, Spider-Man and the Marvel Universe in general, I genuinely enjoyed this comic series.
  
  After the success of DCeased, Marvel relaunched their Zombies series in order to cash in some bucks. While I hear that the other Zombie series are terrible, I actually really, really enjoyed this entry (or resurrection). It's a weird blend of science-fiction terror/horror and super-hero drama but it works. The corpse of Galactus, the world-eater, appears as a vessel of an interstellar virus - that destroys the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four and causes them and the most of the inhabitants of the earth to become ravenous undead zombies. Only a few survive. And one of the survivors is Peter Parker.
  
  Interstellar threats. Viruses. Zombies. That's fun and all but the heart of the story is focused on Peter Parker, one of the last survivors, as he tries to protect the children of Reed and Sue (of the Fantastic Four) from the super-powered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family. It turns out to be quite an epic and emotional roller coaster for Peter and his crew. Peter goes through a lot in this series, but he never loses his grip on who he is, no matter how much what he’s gone through has scarred him. Building the series around him was a shrewd move but I think a smart one. In the Marvel universe, he's the everyman character we can all relate to.
  
  Fan faves Wolverine, Blade, Chewie, and Groot all show up. Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #4 leaves the door wide open for a sequel which could be neat. However, this is a perfect standalone story.
  
  The art by Kirk isn't always clear, and it's a bit much and yes, Zombies have been way overdone. But I felt that this was a somewhat fresh spin on Zombies with a good story at its core. Check it out.
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  Louis Skye

  I haven’t read many of the old Marvel Zombies books but this one seemed interesting. Decent story, good buildup, but a bit of a rushed ending.
  
  I was really hoping for more characters though. We actually only follow 4 main characters, and one of them is a sentinel nanny (why does she exist, I still don’t understand). A huge universe of amazing characters, and all we really spend time with is Peter Parker, Val and Franklin Richards, plus a little bit of Forge and later Blade.
  
  Peter works as the protagonist but it would have been great to have literally any other character in the lead. It’s always either Peter or Logan. Half the time, that’s why I don’t want to read Marvel off-shoots/ AU books. I’d rather follow other characters.
  
  I like a couple of the twists thrown in but I don’t know what the series can do after this, despite the cliffhanger ending. This group of characters is too small. Well, let’s see.
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  Kevin Carey

  2.5 Dtars- It was good. Was hoping there would be more connections to that moment in Donny Cates Thor but nothing here on that possibility. It’s a zombie story that isn’t really like the other Marvel Zombie stories so in a way it’s misleading. Good, not great. I was entertained but I wasn’t left excited for the future of the franchise. If there even is one. For me the art was meh. Just an average book I suppose. I don’t know...
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  Ryan Fohl

  Non stop action and great story telling. The first issue is like the best parts of Alien. It helps if you know a lot about Marvel. It was a more interesting world than the last marvel zombies; with the robot civilization, and the zombie brood hive mind, and the lovely “nana” character.
  
  What I learned: It’s “goose” in the movies “chewie” in the book; either way you want that non-cat on your side. Teleporting zombies are a whole new level of nightmare.
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  Bekka

  Really loved this one - I loved the exploration of Peter and how he copes in this post-zombie world, and how he looks after the kids because he made a promise.
  It was nice to see the 'human' side to a story like this, while it still being about superheroes!
  TW for death, death of a child, blood, gore, loss of parents
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  Timothy Pitkin

  A modern take on the original Marvel Zombies and it is ok, we get some clear origins of this zombie virus and it was kind of cool but it does lack the humor of the original Marvel Zombies story. It was kind of nice seeing Spider Man in a leader position but still it does take itself a little to seriously.
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  Ron Turner

  More goofy than anything else. A lot of jumping around to get in cameos. I wish they'd just turn Marvel Zombies into a regular series. There's so much to work with. Let's see individual superheroes deal with the zombie apocalypse at their own personal level.
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  Jacob Snider

  I liked this comic. It was pretty quick and the zombie craze is dying out. One last run before it's dead completely. Pun intended.
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  Danielle

  This had some fun cameos, but was way too messy to be anything good. There were also a few different time jumps that I found really confusing.
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  Brian

  Here we go again....
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  Kylee-Mae

  A page turner the whole comic, I really enjoyed it
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  Rachel

  Quality Chewie content in here.
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  Lorna

  Eh. The 2019 one was better. I said what I said and yall can fight me on it.
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  Z

  DNF. Got too bored. Art felt subpar along with the story.
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  Ahadi

  pretty good storytelling and amazing graphics -_- so yeah that is my review of the book
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  Doctor Doom

  This is NOT based on the original Marvel Zombies and that's okay in a marvel multiverse! These are not even the same kind of zombies. But... that being said, this is a really great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Plenty of action, loads of laughs and a scintilla of suspense. Not as much gore as one would expect in a zombie book but again, perfectly acceptable. There was plenty of pathos, a smattering of sentimentality and a crateful of cameos. Glad I read it and I'm ready to read it again already to see what I missed in my excitement.
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  sela ufi

  Its great you took time and focus :)
  
  I recommend all people to read bcs it is so good and it is so well written and drawled this book made me interested