The Marvel Universe is full of thousands of separate universes. We read a lot of stories happening in the mainstream Marvel continuity, or Earth 616 aka Prime Earth. But sometimes, we discover other versions of our heroes, like in Ultimate Marvel. It’s also with the Fantastic Four of this particular earth that we have been introduced to Marvel Zombies.
Created by Mark Millar, Greg Land and Robert Kirkman (of the Walking Dead fame), Marvel Zombies, sometimes called the Zombieverse, features zombie versions of Marvel Universe superheroes and supervillains. It’s actually not the only Marvel world with zombies, but it’s the most important one.
Marvel Zombies Reading Order
If Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-23 marks the beginning of the Zombieverse, the crossover with Army of Darkness serves as a prequel and an origin story of the Marvel Zombies. The last two part story The Dead of Ash leads up to this event (and find more about Ash Williams in our Army of Darkness Reading Order).
- Marvel Zombies Vs. The Army of Darkness
Collects Marvel Zombies/Army of Darkness #1-5. This story takes place during the events the Marvel Zombies: Dead Days series. 
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1
Collected in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days. This story takes place during the events of the second issue of Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness.- Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-#23
Collected in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days - Marvel Zombies
Collects Marvel Zombies (2015 series) #1-5 - Ultimate Fantastic 4 #30-32
Collected in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days - Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham #1
Collected in Spider-Man: Animal Magnetism. An optional one-shot issue and parody of the events of Civil War and more, where a few Marvel Zombies make an appearance. - Black Panther (2005) #27-30
Collected in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days. This is the first crossover between Marvel Zombies and Marvel’s main universe.
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1
- Marvel Zombies 2
Collects Marvel Zombies 2 #1-5 - Marvel Zombies Return
Collects Marvel Zombies Return #1-5. A follow-up to Marvel Zombies 2 consisting of one-shots linked by two bookend issues, set 40 years after the original Marvel Zombies series. - Marvel Zombies 3
Collects Marvel Zombies 3 #1-4 - Marvel Zombies 4
Collects Marvel Zombies 4 #1-4 - Deadpool Classic Volume 11: Merc With A Mouth
Collects Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth #1-13, Lady Deadpool #1. A follow-up to Marvel Zombies 4 where Deadpool obtains the head of his zombie self and return it back to the Zombie Universe.
Not really part of the Zombieverse and optional, the devious-but-lovable Headpool (a.k.a. the Zombie Deadpool Head) became a member of the Deadpool Corps and you can read those stories here (and you can also consult our Deadpool reading order):
- Prelude to Deadpool Corps (direct follow-up to Merc With A Mouth)
Collects Prelude to Deadpool Corps #1-5 - Deadpool Corps, vol.1: Pool-Pocalypse Now
Collects Deadpool Corps #1-6 - Deadpool Corps, vol.2: You Say You Want a Revolution
Collects Deadpool Corps #7-12 - Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1
Collected in Deadpool Kills Deadpool
Marvel Zombies meets Marvel Apes (aka Earth-8101), in a sequel to the first four-limited series in the Monkeyverse!
First, the following one-shots end with a glimpse or a scene with a zombie, all collected in Marvel Apes: The Evolution Starts Here.
- Marvel Apes: Speedball Special
- Marvel Apes: The Amazing Spider Monkey
- Marvel Apes: Grunt Line
It leads to the crossover that really takes place in two issues:
- Marvel Apes: Prime Eight Special #1 (also collected in Marvel Apes: The Evolution Starts Here)
- Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution
You can find both of those issues in The Marvel Zomnibus.
- Marvel Zombies 5
Collects Marvel Zombies 5 #1-5 - Marvel Zombies Supreme
Collects Marvel Zombies Destroy #1-5 - Marvel Zombies Destroy
Collects Marvel Zombies Destroy #1-5
During the Secret Wars multiverse crossover from 2015 (see Reading Order), Marvel delivered some Zombie stories. The first one follows Elsa Bloodstone who must keep the zombie hordes from rampaging through Battleworld. The second one is a confrontation between zombies and Ultron’s robots.
- Marvel Zombies (2015 series) (Battleworld)
Collects Marvel Zombies (2015 series) #1-4 - Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies
Collects Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #1-4
We enter a new phase of Marvel Zombies, as the universe is rebooted! The first one happened in 2018, but the series gets another reboot soon after that, in October 2019.
- Marvel Zombie (2018 one-shot)
Not collected. - Marvel Zombies: Resurrection
Collects Marvel Zombies: Resurrection one-shot and Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1-4
Other Collected Editions
Omnibus
This volume contains almost all Marvel Zombies stories but is listed here as it is the only place that Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution is reprinted.
- The Marvel Zomnibus (2023 edition)
Collects Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1; Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-23 & 30-32; Black Panther #28-30; Marvel Zombies #1-5; Marvel Apes: Prime Eight #1; Marvel Zombies 2 #1-5; Marvel Zombies 3 #1-4; Marvel Zombies 4 #1-4; Marvel Zombies Return #1-5; Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution #1; Marvel Zombies 5 #1-5; & Marvel Zombies Supreme #1–5.
Complete Collections
Complete Collections are large, full-color trade paperback collections of previously published Marvel comics, typically containing 300–500 pages.
- Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 1
Collects Ultimate Fantastic Four #21–23, 30–32; Marvel Zombies #1–5; Marvel Zombies: Dead Days; Black Panther (vol. 4) #28–30 - Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 2
Collects Marvel Zombies 2 #1-5; Marvel Zombies 3 #1–4; Marvel Zombies 4 #1–4; Marvel Zombies Return #1–5 - Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 3
Collects Marvel Apes: Prime Eight #1; Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution; Marvel Zombies 5 #1–5; Marvel Zombies Supreme #1–5; Marvel Zombies Destroy #1–5; Marvel Zombies Halloween #1
What to read after Marvel Zombies?
There are more zombies in Marvel, as some of them are not from the Zombieverse. If you want more Marvel/Zombies stories, you can read:
- Exiles #85-86 — This two-issues story arc is filled with many Wolvies, including a zombie one, but not one from Earth-2149. It’s actually a Wolvie from an alternate version of the Zombieverse.
- Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol — Marvel revisits this Charles Dickens classic with zombies, and this tale doesn’t take place in the Zombieverse.
- Marvel Zombies Halloween — A One-shot Halloween taking place in a zombie-devastated world. It is not really specified on which zombie earth the events take place, so I put it here even if Marvel puts it in the Zombieverse!
- Night of the Living Deadpool and Return of the Living Deadpool — Deadpool meets other Zombies in those alternate tales written by Cullen Bunn also collected in Deadpool Classic Vol. 17: Headcanon.
- Zombie Assemble Vol.1and Vol. 2 — a Zombie manga by Yusaku Komiyama.
And finally, let’s plug the DC version of the Zombie Apocalypse, DCeased!