Super Zombies #1

March 14, 2009

Super Zombies #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)
By Marc Guggenheim, Vince Gonzales & Mel Rubi

I picked up this book because I usually enjoy Marc Guggenheim’s work, but if there’s any more evidence we need that the zombie craze has reached its apex, this is it. Super Zombies #1 comes across as a typical zombie story that happens to take place in a typical superhero universe, with only the fact that the two phenomena share a mutual origin to give the book any originality at all. Unfortunately, this issue doesn’t really use that much. In all fairness, the way it’s structured I do expect it to play more heavily into the rest of the miniseries, but we don’t see enough here to really compel us to keep reading. The characters are bland, generic heroes with bland, generic names, not unlike the series itself. Mel Rubi’s artwork is pretty good, and tells the story, but there isn’t enough of that story to keep me wanting to come back.

Rating: 5/10