Marvel Zombies Vol. 3 #1

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• 7.5
  

  Rhinoeat

  Sep 16, 2021

  Already better than the first two series

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  Ultimate Goblin - Sep 23, 2021

  It's so cool, that people have so diametrically opposed opinions... You didn't like the original titles and like this one, and I hate this, but I did like previous. Could you please tell what you liked here? It very interesting for me to read a detailed opinion.

  

  Rhinoeat - Sep 28, 2021

  I love differing opinions! I wish I had the books handy atm to give a detailed review, but my issue was that the original 2 series by Kirkman, while certainly a cool premise w/different protagonists (i.e, zombies are our POV), I just did not like the details. Whether it was really clunky dialogue/exposition, or weak endings. I love the TWD (at least the first 160; I need to go back and finish) & Invincible & a lot of other Kirkman stuff, but his writing here wasn't as sharp.

  

  Rhinoeat - Sep 28, 2021

  Apparently there's a character limit on these things. But anyway, I'll try and flip back to the original two and let you know what I saw/irked me. Overall I still liked it, but I'm a snob and hold Kirkman to a really high bar (which is probably unfair, but he can handle it). It's also interesting because I have 0 interest in the low-tier characters in these latter series, but the writing was sharp/clever enough that I was able to enjoy it more. I remember being geeked to read a Morbius comic...

  

  Rhinoeat - Sep 28, 2021

  ... years ago, and was so disappointed with the first issue I just gave up right then and there. I've been spoiled with some of my recent reads being Immortal Hulk & a lot of Alan Moore Swamp Thing & Grant Morrison Batman & Doom Patrol, so I'm really setting the bar high for other comics. Plus the fairly recent What If got me all jazzed for this. Oh & one thing that leaps out that I really dug was how Kingpin was used in one of these as well. I expected more of that from the first 2 series

  

  Ultimate Goblin - Sep 29, 2021

  You know, at the end of 3rd volume I understood, that I kind of liked this story and these low-tier characters. But 4th volume for me still was veeeeery bad and chaotic. Well, maybe it's all really just about tastes in writing. Thanks for this big answer!

• 3.5
  

  Ultimate Goblin

  Sep 23, 2021

  Well, you know, that I love all Marvel Zombies titles before this. But this series is... Not exactly what I want from Marvel Zombies. The bad sides: - Earth-616. The advantage of previous series was in the fact, that it was an alternative reality. They could do whatever they want, kill whoever they want, but it did not matter much. Yeah, there was a crossover with the Ultimate universe from the very beginning, I understand, but it was in the Ultimate Fantastic Four series and not in the Marvel Zombies 1-2. Also it was kinda lame, that there were no superhero casualties from ultimate universe. And that's exactly the same situation here. Stakes should get higher, but you understand, that author will be much more careful with his decisio ns. No one will kill popular characters. - The other flaw is character roster. There are only nonames. And the reason why: they can be eaten by zombies without any regrets and hesitation from the writer and readers. Also Machine Man and Jocasta aren't my favourite characters too, but they are still a reasonable choice, because they are robots and can't be infected. However, here's the next problem: it's hard to feel bad for characters, that you barely know. So, earth-616 doesn't make this story more interesting. It just ties writer's hands and makes it obviously worse. - Van Lente's hard-to-read writing style. I really think, that his writing is mostly boring. I hate his Noir X-Men for that exact reason, not only for the stupid and weird decisions. For me he is hard to read, I always want to skip a few pages. That's not a feature of a good comic book. - It doesn't feels like a continuation of the story. I mean, okay, zombies somehow got to the earth-616 from the nexus portal, but so what? Volume 2 was a direct continuation of a first one. So, what was with those zombies, disappeared at the end of volume 2? I remember their story continued in Marvel Zombies Return (I hope I right), but I hate, that 3rd volume almost have no connection with the second. And that is just about tastes, but I liked the previous art more. This one is nice too, but I just prefer Sean Phillips' zombies. The good sides: - There was more scientific logic put to that virus, it was nice to see. That explains much things, that weren't explained previously. - Final cliffhanger was nice, but it's still feels stupid for me that zombie Morbius is so reasonable and doesn't eat everyone he sees. What about hunger? How could he restrain it if he feels it? And that's pretty much all... Can't say much more about it, need to read further. more

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  Adsun22

  Dec 01, 2024
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  UxasIs

  May 03, 2021
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