The DC universe meets the Zombie Apocalypse in DCeased, created by writer Tom Taylor, penciler Trevor Hairsine and inker Stefano Guadiano.
The story takes place in an alternate Earth, where a mysterious techno-virus has been released, infecting 600 million people and turning them instantly into violent, monstrous engines of destruction aka zombies.
And, like DC tell us: that’s just the beginning. Cities. Nations. Undersea kingdoms and paradise islands. One by one, they fall to the monstrous hordes. Now only Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League stand between Earth and utter annihilation… But for how long?
Nothing they’re ever faced has prepared them for an onslaught of this magnitude. Nothing they’ve ever seen can match the scale of the tragedy and terror that have been unleased. As heroes and villains, gods and monsters are wiped out, only one question remains: What happens to the World’s Greatest Heroes if the world ends?
What to read before DCeased?
Nothing. As said, DCeased happens on another Earth, outside the main continuity. So there is no background necessary as this is a stand-alone series.
DCeased Reading Order: Collected Editions
A Zombie trilogy, DCeased is comprised of three main series, and two companion pieces/tie-in series. The Zombie Apocalypse takes place in DCeased: A Good Day to Die (one-off); The Unkillables and Hope at World’s End are spin-offs, depicting events taking place during or after DCeased; and, both Dead Planet and War of the Undead Gods are sequels.
In a way, the spin-offs can be considered optional reading, as they don’t add vital information but serve to flesh out this particular zombie world. The one-shot A Good Day to Die is centered on a different group of heroes trying to save the world from the zombie apocalypse. The Unkillables series reveals what some supervillains were up to during the events of the first main series. Hope at Worlds End explores events that took place during DCeased through the eyes of different heroes. You can read both of them after reading the main series and before the sequel.
- DCeased
Collects DCeased #1-6 and DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1. - DCeased: The Unkillables
Collects DCeased: The Unkillables #1-3 - DCeased: Hope at Worlds End
Collects DCeased: Hope At World’s End chapters 1-15. - DCeased: Dead Planet
Collects DCeased: Dead Planet #1-7 - DCeased: War of the Undead Gods
Collects DCeased: Dead Planet #1-8
DCeased Reading Order: Issue by issue
You can choose to read DCeased by storyline/arc:
- DCeased #1-4
- DCeased: A Good Day to Die
- DCeased #5-6
- DCeased: Unkillables #1-3
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #1-15
- DCeased: Dead Planet #1-7
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1-8
You can also read DCeased in chronological order:
- DCeased #1
- DCeased #2
- DCeased #3
- DCeased: The Unkillables #1
- DCeased #4
- DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1
- DCeased #5
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #1
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #2
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #3
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #4
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #5
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #6
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #7
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #8
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #9
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #10
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #11
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #12
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #13
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #14
- DCeased: Hope at World’s End #15
- DCeased #6
- DCeased: Unkillables #2
- DCeased: Unkillables #3
- DCeased: Dead Planet #1-7
- DCeased: Dead Planet #2
- DCeased: Dead Planet #3
- DCeased: Dead Planet #4
- DCeased: Dead Planet #5
- DCeased: Dead Planet #6
- DCeased: Dead Planet #7
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #2
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #3
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #4
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #5
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #6
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #7
- DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #8
What to read after DCeased?
For more zombie stories, check out:
You can also explore other DC universes:
- Arkhamverse, based on the video game series.
- Injustice, an alternate universe where Superman is bad.
- DC Comics Bombshells, a reality where superheroines guard the homefront during World War II
- DC Vs. Vampires Reading Order, a DC Vampire Apocalypse