Marvel Zombies 5 (2010)

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Status

Ongoing

Author

Fred Van Lente

Artist

Kano

Publisher

Marvel Comics

Genres

Sci-Fi Superhero Superhero Horror

Summary

Marvel Zombies 5 (2010) is the fifth installment in the main franchise run, written by Fred Van Lente and illustrated by Kano (with inks by Javier Saltares and Tom Palmer). Shifting from dark survival grit to an episodic, dimension-hopping sci-fi tour, this volume explores how different zombie contagions manifest across Marvel's vast multiverse.

After the containment efforts of Marvel Zombies 3 and 4, A.R.M.O.R. scientist Morbius discovers that the zombie virus is not uniform across all realities—multiple strains exist, each with unique biological properties. To synthesize an ultimate, multiversal vaccine capable of stopping any outbreak before it spreads, Morbius needs tissue samples from every distinct class of undead.

To execute this hazardous cross-dimensional assignment, A.R.M.O.R. partners the indestructible, cynical android Machine Man (Aaron Stack) with the foul-tempered, cigar-chomping private eye Howard the Duck. Equipped with multiversal portal keys, the mismatched duo jumps across reality after reality:

An Old West reality infected with a fast-acting runner virus.

A retro-futuristic, post-war world plagued by slow-moving George A. Romero-style ghouls.

A dark Arthurian fantasy dimension overrun by cursed, mystical revenants.

A high-tech cyberpunk world where techno-organic viruses turn cyborgs into feral cannibals.

Along the way, they pick up Western gunfighter Jacqueline Falsworth (Swift Cloud), battling through hordes of bizarre undead variants to complete their diagnostic samples before the multiverse collapses into a singular undead feast.