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House ad for Marvel black & white mags, 1975
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House ad for Marvel black & white mags, 1975
1974's Zombie Vol.1 #5 cover by cover artist Earl Norem.
Tales of the Zombie 8 pg1 by Pablo Marcos
Marvel Horror was really something. DC has some horror stuff, but Marvel has the distinction of having almost hundreds of monsters and sorcerers and stuff. Their horror line up in the 70s includes: Dracula and his daughter Lilith, Daimon Hellstrom and his sister Satana, The Golem (I think it's implied to be the golem of prague), Man-Wolf (John Jameson), Morbius, Frankenstein's Monster, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, Gabriel the Devil Hunter, The Scarecrow, The Living Mummy, Brother Voodoo and Zombie (Simon Garth). Zombies and Voodoo and Werewolves and Vampires and Demons and Monsters of all sorts. Nevermind how we also have Modred the Mystic and a lot of other mages. Doctor Strange, Doctor Druid, the list goes on.
Marvel has a whole line up of classical monsters in the old tradition. They're only missing an Invisible Man, something they could've really done. But Marvel didn't need to have to much horror ongoing at any one time, but they clearly just tapped into that niche. And they tap into it well, because I don't even like horror and I like all of their horror characters. The supernatural stories of the monsters and mages. There's something really neat about that to me.
The Monster Metropolis is under attack by the Zombiotes! Deadpool, Andi Benton, Princess the Symbiote Hyena/Dog and the monsters are fighting off the Zombiote invaders when they see Jimmy Hudson has turned into Poison the creature which assimilates the symbiotes and mind-controls them. Andi Benton tries to cure Man-Thing by using her Anti-Venom to purge the Zombiote influence from the monster but she gets herself burnt. Fortunately, Andi's Anti-Venom cure did work as Man-Thing is finally turned back to normal. After fighting off those Zombiotes, Deadpool gives a speech as he assembles the monsters to fight and defeat the Zombiotes in New York. The Frankenstein's Monster protests against the idea as he blames Deadpool for bringing the Zombiotes to Monster Metropolis (even though it wasn't really his fault) and he wants the monsters to be left alone. Deadpool replies that even if he did not bring the Zombiotes with him, both the Surface World and the Underground would be destroyed if the Zombiotes are not stopped.
After a rallying speech, Deadpool brings the monster allies with him to fight the Zombiotes in the streets of New York. Deadpool, Andi Benton, Princess the Symbiote Hyena/Dog and the monsters battle the Zombiotes and save the civilians at the same time. Unfortunately for them, Jimmy Hudson in his Poison mode, starts to go berserk from both the berserker rage and the Poison influence that he attacks anyone in his way whether they are enemies or friends. Simon Garth (a.k.a Zombie) is stabbed by Poison-Jimmy Hudson but since he is undead, he doesn't die again. The other monsters try to restrain Poison-Jimmy but it doesn't work.
Venom War: Deadpool #2, 2024
Simon Garth, The Living Zombie, created by Stan Lee & Bill Everett, first appeared in Atlas Comic's Menace (1953). The Zombie entered the Marvel Universe in Tales of The Zombie (1973) by Steve Gerber, John Buscema, Tom Palmer, and Pablo Marcos.
From Venom War: Deadpool #002
Art by Rob Di Salvo and Dono Sánchez-Almara
Written by Cullen Bunn
The Marvel(ous) Covers Of Boris Vallejo