Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness by John Layman
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Book Reviews of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness
Book Review: Who needs Heroes anyways? Enter Ash
Summary: 4 Stars
What else can be said about the number one zero colliding with the marvel Zombie universe! Ash is entertaining even til this day! A good one for the Zombie fanatics, A little bit of a brain twister if you're not familiar with Marvel alternate reality storylines. But good nonetheless! I wish they made a Marvel Zombie Omnibus when the series finally concludes.Book Review: awesome
Summary: 4 Stars
Le crossover entre l'armée des ténèbres et le monde de Marvel nous offre un très bon comics et la rencontre des deux univers nous donne une histoire délirante !!
This crossover between the army of darkness and the marvel world are really good. Hilarious History !!
Book Review: Not so sure I liked this one very much...
Summary: 3 Stars
***Warning, A little bit of spoiler info in the review
I liked Marvel Zombies, I thought it was a really cool idea that deserved my attention. And I love Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 2) a lot. I thought the cross would be double fun. However, I found myself being a little disappointed in the end. The art was fantastic, but the whole story felt a little cheesy (which I do understand is what makes AoD good) and unfinished with very little explanation as to how the virus even found its way to earth. There were even parts of the story where you can really tell the authors ran out of ideas and just started taking short cuts and making crap up. For instance: the part where Ash needed a diversion to get to the ship to make it to Doom's castle and the zombie children were in the way. The authors just made up a team of somebodies as a diversion then said they were brutal taken out off page. I laughed pretty hard, but realized this was just part of the easy way out mentality of the authors. If I had started reading this story with no expectations I probably would have liked it a lot more. But I read Marvel Zombies first, then this one, so I expected a better back story and a little more serious storyline with Ash's off humor as an added bonus. If I could do it over again I would have read this one first then Marvel Zombies, I think I would have found the 2 graphic novels much better in that order.
Book Review: This was okay, but not great.
Summary: 3 Stars
This ha-ha, nudge-nudge, wink-wink crossover between the newly minted "Marvel Zombies" franchise and the older, darker "Evil Dead" series has its moments, but overall I found it only so-so. I loved "Evil Dead 2" and even, to a lesser extent, the other movies in the series. Seeing it adapted for the comicbook medium is less satisfying -- if you're not actually looking at Bruce Campbell the actor playing the character of Ash, it just ain't the same. The real payoff comes on the Marvel side of the fence -- this book shows us (from Ash's perspective) what happened when the zombie virus hit Earth, and how Earth's Mightiest all got infected. There is much splattering and chomping and Dr. Doom makes a last stand for humanity. Overall, this book is okay, and it compliments the other books in the series, but the series-crossover comedic schtick does get in the way most of the time. I'd rather have seen a straight-up story about Marvel Zombies: Ground Zero, or whatever.Book Review: A cheap (expensive?) marketing crossover
Summary: 3 Stars
The original Marvel Zombies miniseries was clever, and built on the storyline begun in Ultimate Fantastic Four. This mini-series just continues the gorefest without adding anything new to the Marvel aspect. The inclusion of Ash was somewhat intriguing at first, but everyone reading this story knows nothing will happen to him. We also know every Marvel character will end up dead. I bought this book because my son enjoys the Zombie storyline, and is a big fan of "Army of Darkness". I suppose the best thing to say about this story is that it is better to have read it than to wonder if it is any good. Sadly, the ending takes that away, as well.