DEAD DAYS (2007)

The Marvel Zombies were a surprise hit when they made their debut, initially invading the Ultimate Universe, then getting their teeth into a mini-series of their own as written by Robert Kirkman of 'The Walking Dead' fame. Earth-2149 was an Earth infected by a zombie virus that turned its inhabitants (seemingly concentrating on the super-human population) into undead flesh-eaters who retained their intelligence but lost all of their morality.

We already knew the virus was brought to Earth-2149 by the Sentry of Earth-91126, but how did it all play out in the beginning? And what part did Ashley "Ash" Williams of Earth-818793 have to do with it? How did the 'Chosen One' assigned by God himself to fight the Necronomicon's Deadite 'Army of Darkness' play a part in the end of humanity in the world of the Marvel Zombies..?

MCG Note:
Don't have access to the 'Army of Darkness' comics but want to find out how it all began? Don't worry, the 'Dead Days' one-shot is all you need.

[MARVEL ZOMBIES - it came out first, but it takes place after!]

• Army of Darkness #12-13
• Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #1-4
• Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1
• Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #5

Army of Darkness #12
Ashley J Williams has defeated his evil other self (Evil Ash), travelled to the future and fought Dracula. Ash is now back in his own time where his partner, Sugarbaby, relays his origin and explains how a cult who worshipped the Necronomicon placed a curse on baby Ash which would make him a magnet for evil forces. 'Evil' even attacks the duo at the hotdog fast-food chain, Weenieville, where he faces the Cult of Death once again and discovers a secret chamber below it...

Army of Darkness #13
Ash is confronted by a Deadite version of his ex-girlfriend, Sheila, and is captured the evil bosses of Weenieville who turn people to Deadites via their hotdog recipe. The Cult of Death cast a spell that appears to disintegrate Ash and Evil Ash rises to take his place and claim Sugarbaby for himself. But Ash is alive and he's been transported to another Earth...

Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #1
Ash is warned by a Deadite that the world he's found himself on will die and an army of the dead will rise. Despite by confused by this Earth's costumed adventurers, he seeks out the Avengers for help in locating the Necronomicon. The Avengers ask Spider-Man to web Ash up and depart in favour of confronting the zombified Sentry who just landed in New York and the team are quickly turned into zombies by him. Spidey is bitten by Colonel America and Ash is dropped in front of some hungry Avengers...

Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #2
Spidey rescues Ash and leaves him on a rooftop so he can check in on his wife, Mary Jane Watson. Ash teams up with the Punisher who murders the Kingpin, Owl and Hammerhead in front of him, instead of joining them to fight the zombies. Ash takes the Punisher's guns when he's consumed by the hordes and kills the zombie Winter Soldier to save Dazzler's life. Together they head to Doctor Strange's house, but a zombie Howard the Duck eat's Ash's brains before they enter... 

Marvel Zombies: Dark Days #1
Spider-Man finds Mary Jane and Aunt May just as the virus kicks in and he consumes them both. On Asteroid M, Magneto regrets not stopping them zombie Sentry when he approached the planet and decides to return to the Xavier Institute where he killed the zombie Alpha Flight to save the X-Men. The bitten Giant-Man kidnaps Black Panther in preparation for when he turns. 

Thor, Nova and the Fantastic Four head to the SHIELD Helicarrier to join the Resistance where Mister Fantastic begins work on a cure. Instead, he becomes fascinated by the virus and infects the FF with it and allows them to turn him. Thor destroys Tony Stark's dimension-hopping machine before the zombie FF can use it. The FF turn the Resistance and, with hardly any more foes to devour, turn their attention to fixing Tony's machine and spreading the virus to another universe...

Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #3
TUrns out it was Ashley G Williams of Earth-2149 who Howard the Duck consumed. Ash kills Howard and, with Dazzler and the Scarlet Witch, enters Doctor Strange's house to escape zombie Thor. The Necronomicon isn't there, but another talking book directs the group to Latveria. One Quinjet flight later, the trio arrive at Doctor Doom's castle in time to witness a super-zombie attack...

Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #4
While Quicksilver spreads the virus across the globe, Ash insults Doctor Doom who sends him to the dungeons of his castle. Doom has killed the super-zombies, making Doomstadt a safe haven, so he puts on dinner for Dazzler and the Scarlet Witch. The Witch sneaks out and frees Ash who locates the Necromincon while disguised as Doom. The book reveals to Ash that he's not the cause of the virus and can't stop it. The distraught Ash frees another of Doom's prisoners, the Enchantress, only for her looks to be revealed as an illusion...

Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #5
Dazzler saves Ash from the zombie Enchantress, but she's bitten. Doctor Doom obliterates both the female zombies and reveals that the hordes of super-human zombies are now at his door. Punisher eats the Scarlet Witch and Mister Fantastic attacks Doom. Ash tricks the Necronomicon into raising an 'Army of Darkness' to fight the 'Marvel Zombies'. 

While the magic zombies fight the science zombies, Ash and Doom help the uninfected Latverians get to safety through a portal to other Earths. Ash escapes to another New York, only to realise it's a world of 'Marvel Werewolves' (Earth-7085). Doom's machine is destroyed on Earth-2149 before he turns after being bitten by Mister Fantastic. The abandoned Necronomicon is used by the Hulk as toilet paper.

Army of Darkness #1-4 (2007)
Ash somehow returns to Earth-818793, rescues Sugarbaby and kills Evil Ash.

Ultimate Fantastic Four #21-23 (2005)
Zombie Mister Fantastic makes contact with Mister Fantastic of Earth-1610; the zombie Fantastic Four make it over to Earth-1610, but are captured and imprisoned by that world's Fantastic Four; the Sentry's role in bringing the virus from Earth-91126 to Earth-2149 is first revealed during MARVEL ZOMBIES.

Marvel Zombies #1-5 (2006)
Zombie Giant-Man consumes Black Panther bit by bit, while preventing him from turning; Zombie Iron Man, Wolverine, Power Man, Giant-Man, Hulk and Spider-Man and Wolverine struggle with their hunger until they consume Galactus and gain the Power Cosmic, allowing them to travel to other worlds; Black Panther gains a cyborg body; Colonel America is 'killed' by the Red Skull during MARVEL ZOMBIES.

Exiles #85-86 (2006)
A zombie Wolverine from another infected Earth (Earth-6195) joins a team of reality-hopping Exiles made up of Wolverines from various realities.

Ultimate Fantastic Four #30-32 (2006)
The zombie Fantastic Four escape incarceration on Earth-1610; the team are defeated by Doctor Doom of Earth-1610 who returns them to their own reality.

Black Panther #27-30 (2007)
The cosmic zombies meet the Fantastic Four of Earth-616 when both groups end up on the Skrull homeworld of the Marvel Zombies reality during RECONSTRUCTION / THE INITIATIVE.

Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Man #1 (2007)
A zombie Spider-Ham from another infected reality (Earth-7044) is introduced.

Marvel Apes: Speedball #1 (2009)
The Marvel Zombies of another reality (Earth-21050) are first revealed before they clash with the Marvel Apes of Earth-8101 during EVIL EVOLUTION.

Marvel Zombies Destroy! #1-5 (2012)
ARMOR agents from Earth-616 discover another zombie-infected reality (Earth-12591).

Amazing Spider-Man #9 (2015)
Werewolf Spider-Man of Earth-7085 is consumed by the Inheritors during SPIDER-VERSE.

Secret Wars #2 (2015)

Zombies from numerous realities make up the zombie-infected Deadlands of Doctor Doom's Battleworld (Earth-13264) during SECRET WARS.

Marvel Zombies 2 #1-5 (2007-2008)
The cosmic-powered zombies of Earth-2149 return to Earth 40 years later; zombie Wasp saves the Back Panther from an assassination attempt by turning him into a zombie; Colonel America's brain is transferred into the body of T'Channa (son of the Black Panther); war breaks out between the 'good' zombies who no longer eat flesh and the 'evil' zombies who do; zombie Hawkeye gains a robot body which is destroyed by the zombie Hulk; zombie Hulk transforms back into Bruce Banner and allows himself to be killed; Malcolm Cortez (son of Fabian Cortez) sends the cosmic zombies to Earth-91126 using the machine designed by Mister Fantastic.

Marvel Zombies Return #1-5 (2009)The Marvel Zombies of Earth-2149 learn how the zombie virus spread across Earth-91126 before coming to their world; zombie Wolverine is killed, but his abilities are used to make the antidote that frees Earth-91126 of the zombie plague.

Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness (Marvel/Dynamite)
Collects Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #1-5

Marvel Zomnibus
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days
Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection vol.1
Include Marvel Zombies: Dead Days #1

Army of Darkness: Ash vs the Classic Monsters (Dynamite)
Army of Darkness Omnibus vol.2 (Dynamite)
Include Army of Darkness #12-13