Z Nation: Black Summer - Part Two! Specialist Israel Johnson and Private Edie Cutter find themselves trapped aboard the floating zombie fortress The Empress of the Seas as the world around them descends into starvation and chaos. Their mission is to retrieve the food substitute Soylent Z and bring it back to the survivors led by Charles Garnett in Fort Benning, but first they'll have to steal it back from the sadistic Captain and his Crew. From acclaimed writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies, G.I. Joe) and Craig Engler (Co-Creator of Z Nation), based on the long running series Z Nation created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, and produced bmore
The art by Edu Menna manages to shift some since this issue takes place entirely on board the Empresses of the Seas. It still feels consistent from the first issue and delivers a great visual of the world of Z Nation. Read Full Review
Just when you thought you had thing figured out, in a Z Nation kind of way things became complicated. Well even more complicated. Z Nation #2 doesn't bring us that much closer to Johnson and Cutter retrieving the Soylent-Z, but we sure as heck understand now what obstacles will stand between them and completing what seems like an almost impossible mission. Read Full Review
If you've seen the show you'll know that it doesn't take itself too seriously, the Walking Dead it ain't. Where the Walking Dead builds characters and focuses on the trials and punishments of being a survivor in a world not worth surviving in and letting you grow to care about the team before shockingly killing them off, Z Nation focuses on over the top gore while killing off members of the team before you actually care about them removing all shock value. Read Full Review
More character development will turn this six part mini series into a really interesting story. With great art and good writing twists and turns, this issue will keep you engaged. It neatly pays more attention to the bad guys (which are great) rather than the zombies, so that the zombie theme isnt overdone. Read Full Review
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