Marvel Zombies in The House of Mystery

One of the best parts of Spider-Man: Far From Home was how Mysterio's illusions were depicted.  With the ever changing scenery and giant versions of the villain, it was just like the comic pages coming to life.  A great Easter Egg was Tony Stark rising from the grave in full armor, which clearly evoked the Marvel Zombies version of Iron Man - too cool!

Iron Man enters The House of Mystery

Comic books have had a lot of horror hosts, and Cain was always my favorite.  I loved his look as well as the dark humor with which he would present his twisted morality tales and monster stories.  It was also fun to see him interact with fellow host Abel.  He never passed up the opportunity to play the older brother role and give the House of Secrets host a hard time.

Marvel Zombies are The Walking Dead

I continue to enjoy AMC's The Walking Dead, even though I tend to watch half of the episodes with my hands covering my eyes - I'm not a big fan of the gore.  Still, I love the tension that is built up over the course of the seasons and the core cast of characters give solid performances.  I've read of plans to spin off the show, and I don't know how wise of an idea that is.  They have good thing going now, and I wouldn't want to see it diluted.

The Thing and The Walking Dead

I had never read any of The Walking Dead, but I had heard great things about it.  So, when the Walking Dead series came on the air, I figured I would give it a look, and I loved it.  I thought it was very well done and was left really wanting more since only six episodes were aired.  They have been making new ones and they will begin again in October, I think.  It looks like the success of the Walking Dead TV series is influencing other programs as well.  I watched a few episodes of Falling Skies, and it seemed very derivative - a ragtag group of people trying to survive in a world dominated by aliens instead of zombies.  And now I see promos for Terra Nova, which appears to be about a ragtag group of people trying to survive in a world dominated by dinosaurs.  I'm not sure if I will be following either of those series, but I definitely will be tuning into The Walking Dead when it returns!

Batman and Marvel Zombies

When I first heard of the Marvel Zombies mini-series, it sounded like a silly concept and I didn't bother to pick up the issues. I then read a bunch of positive reviews as well as some of Robert Kirkman's other comics work and decided to give it a shot. I am glad I did because I really got a kick out of it, as well as the sequel. It has a nice gallows humor to it and Sean Phillips knows how to draw gore without it having too much of a gross out factor. I haven't tried the later series with different creative teams, hopefully Marvel isn't stretching the concept too thin.