Back to rain and Comics, yay!

Rain again today, which made it easier to spend time with my new aquisitions.

A couple of nights ago, the Library was donated a great deal of graphic novels, along with some very neat books. I purchased them (except for the Hellboys, which I already own) and settled myself down for some good reading.

They ran the gamut, from Alien vs. Predator vs. Terminator, to Marvel Zombies, which was a really bizarre sort of "Fuck you" to the non-Ultimates Universe. The story for "Marvel Zombies" starts off in Ultimate Fantastic Four, where teenage Reed Richards is contacted by his older self from the normal Marvel Universe. Teen Reed builds a dimensional transporter to take him to the other universe, but when he gets there, Almost all of the humans are dead, and most of the heroes have become flesh-eating zombies that hunger for human flesh. The older Reed is also a Zombie, as is the rest of the Fantastic Four. Why did they contact teen Reed? Because they have run out of humans to eat, and they want more.

One of the few metahumans left unzombified is Magneto, and he rescues Teen Reed and takes him to where the last of the humans left uneaten are hiding. Magneto has been protecting them and keeping them safe from the Metazombies. Usually, he would love to see the humans die, but with so few left, he has become their protector. He and Reed decide to bring the humans to the world of the Ultimates, but they are discovered by the Zombie (former) heroes and must flee. Meanwhile, Zombie FF cross over to the world of the Ultimates, but Reed's teammates discover them before they can do much damage and imprison them in the Baxter Building. Eventually, the rest of the Ultimates FF cross over into Zombieworld and help rescue the last of the humans, but Magneto remains behind to cover their escape.

Ultimates FF eventually are able to deal with the Zombie FF, despite being only a fraction of their age.

The story picks up again in Marvel Zombies, and deals with Magneto's final stand among the Zombies and what transpires after. There are no humans left, and the zombies can't feed on each other (they taste horrible to themselves and it doesn't sate their hunger). Zombie Giant Man has been keeping a secret; one last human, T'challa of Wakanda (also known as Black Panther) who he has been feeding on a bit at a time. His wife, Jan, finds out, and Ant-Man cuts (or actually bites) her head off. But due to the distraction, T'challa is able to escape, now lacking half of one arm and a foot. He is rescued by Magneto's students aboard Asteroid M, and they take him back to the Asteroid wherein is also sheltering Forge, who can make powered prosthetic limbs...

Meanwhile, Galactus's herald, the Silver Surfer, arrives to tell the heroes that their world is due to be devoured. However, the heroes devour the Silver Surfer, instead, after a protracted battle, also imbibing the Power Cosmic with parts of his body. When Galactus shows up, he is taken aback when they use this power against him, but he whips them handily enough. While he prepares the planet to be consumed, the heroes hastily whip together a machine in secret, hoping to best Galactus. Another fight ensues, and this time, Galactus falls, and the hero-zombies devour his body.

The book ends showing another planet preparing for the arrival of the Devourer, Galactus, but make it clear they have no hope. But this Devourer is quite different... it is the zombie heroes, who apparently have made a different kind of Devourer...

I took this book as nothing less than a "Fuck you!" to the old Marvel Universe. What could be more appropriate to this than to turn the former heroes into endless devourers, eating their way through the flesh of the universe? I know that a lot of people consider the Ultimates Universe way better than the original (not me, particularly), but I just was kind of shocked at the whole comic and glad I only paid $.50 for it, Instead of the $20+ pricetag it normally came with. In fact, $.50 is much more than it's worth, to me. I am only glad the other comics were so much better. I will pass this on as soon as possible. I thought it was a sad end for an entire Universe of Marvel Heroes.