Marvel Zombies 3 (2008)

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Status

Ongoing

Author

Fred Van Lente

Artist

Kev Walker

Publisher

Marvel Comics

Genres

Action Dark Dark Comedy Horror Sci-Fi Superhero Superhero Horror

Characters

Deadpool (Wade Wilson) Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) Scarlet Witch

Summary

Marvel Zombies 3 (2008) is the third installment in Marvel Comics' zombie franchise, shifting the creative reins to writer Fred Van Lente and artist Kev Walker. While the previous runs dealt with the aftermath in the zombie cosmos, this miniseries directly ties the flesh-eating contagion into the mainstream Marvel Universe (Earth-616), delivering a fast-paced blend of sci-fi horror, black humor, and pulp action.

The zombie infection breaches containment when an infected hero makes it through a dimensional portal into Earth-616, attacking a Florida swamp outpost overseen by A.R.M.O.R. (Alternate Reality Monitoring and Operational Response Agency). Recognizing the existential threat of a biological pathogen that preys on flesh, A.R.M.O.R. director Charles Little Sky decides human heroes cannot be risked.

Instead, the agency dispatches two uninfectable cybernetic agents—the swaggering android Machine Man (Aaron Stack) and the synthezoid Jocasta—on a covert black-ops infiltration directly into Earth-2149 (the infected zombie universe). Their objective: extract a pure human blood sample from an uninfected survivor to engineer an airborne antidote. Once inside, they discover that the undead have formed a horrifying organized crime syndicate led by Zombie Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), who is farming clone survivors and scheming to cross over into the prime reality to devour Earth-616 whole.