MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 No. 1

Okay, Zombies and Super Heroes! Perfect combo. Spiderman going all undead and chewing off some poor saps face? Comedy gold. And as Marvel is the master of proving you can never have too much of a good thing, they're back with Marvel Zombies 4, a four book mini-series.

Along with my firmly held belief that white chocolate cannot be classified as chocolate, I also believe you can never go wrong by adding Zombies to just about any literary form, and that includes comics. And having read the first three Marvel Zombies installments, I was pretty happy to find Marvel Zombies 4 on the shelf.

And then I read it.

And it's okay, but it's not what I was expecting. For one thing, Marvel Zombie 4 sort of tries to but not really, take it's self seriously. The main character is Morbius and the problem with Morbius is that he's always been A) a vampire and B) morbid. There's also werewolves and witches and you'd think: cool! But not so much.

First we get an angst ridden last will and testament from Morbius and the other characters where they talk about their feelings and concern for the other people and snacks in their lives. And it interrupts the action. When I pick-up a Zombie comic story, I want slashing and dashing. Less hashing and more clashing.

And one other thing, I want my Zombies created by a Zombie virus, not from some 'other dimension'. Lame. What worked well in Marvel Zombies 1 and 2 is that it was tongue in cheek, like Sean of the Dead, and it was fun to watch Wolverine complain about being hungry all the time.

That said, there are some fun parts in issue #1. Deadpool's talking head is hilarious and hearkens back to the original stories. But unless you're a big fan of Morbius, me thinks you're going to be disappointed.

Problem One: A Zombie story should just be a lot more fun.

Problem Two: See Problem One.