Graphic Novel Review: MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME

The well for the popular Marvel Zombies series has finally dried up with the latest series Marvel Zombies Supreme (now in graphic novel form). The last few series were stretching the concept thin and this series just breaks the rubber band in two.

Written by Frank Marraffino with art by Fernando Blanco Marvel Zombies Supreme is actually the story of a cloned version of the Squadron Supreme who because they are infected with the zombie virus has been kept under wraps in an underground government facility. Something goes horribly wrong and the cloned Squadron Supreme is let loose in the facility. They kill everything in their paths to satisfy their hunger for flesh. Jill Harper and her Guardsman Alpha Team are sent in to help take care of a problem they are not completely aware of. Now it is only Harper & her team that stand in the way of the cloned Squadron Supreme and their search for freedom from the compound to the free world above for more flesh to cure their hunger.

If the story sounds familiar it's probably because it follows closely to the events in the Resident Evil (2002) film. There is a lot of blood and guts on display (as befitting a Marvel Zombies series) but the story lacks the depth of previous series and none of the characters are at all that interesting. Add to the fact that the Squadron Supreme lacks the pathos of the original Marvel zombies from previous series and you have a very lackluster series.

The Marvel Zombies series are what got me re-reading Marvel comics but over the course of the last few series I've come to the realization that the only reason the company continues making these series is because of the money. It is my opinion that the series should take an extended break in order to allow for new and more unique ideas to be developed.

For those of you that love the Marvel Zombies series there is plenty of action and violence as befitting the series. The series also ends with another zombie character to extend the series yet further. This series also lacks the cover gallery usually found at the back of the graphic novel. I usually find it entertaining to see all the variant covers crafted for each issue of the series but this graphic novel only has one variant cover from the first issue.