While having one or two small flaws, overall this first issue is a worthy read and has the potential to continue the fantastic narrative Van Lente and Walker have shown to be fully capable of creating. Read Full Review

This issue isn't a bad first outing for a series, as Fred Van Lente really handles Marvel Universe ephemera in a way that isn't offputting, while feeding the egos of the old dudes who remember what he's name-checking. I like the balance of characters (with the sole exception of Son of Satan, whose presence here undoes the events of the recent "Last Defenders" miniseries in a single line of dialogue) and Zombie Deadpool is pretty awesome. Kev Walker's art is still wonderfully moody and evocative, and overall, it's a good issue. As upset as I was at the end of MZ3 to find that it ended with a cliffhanger, this at least starts to vindicate that decision. They've also found a relatively clever way to offset the "zombies can't win" aspect with the chance that one of our own heroes could turn cannibal and have to get squooshed. Marvel Zombies 4 #1 earns a respectable 3 out of 5 stars, and I can even deal with seeing the $&@$ing Hood in this context, as it makes perfect sense fo Read Full Review

Even so, all things considered, it does feel like Van Lente has once again found a story with promise that can be told using the Marvel Zombies "- and that's just enough to make it worth reading. Read Full Review

I don't know... Some kinda crap. Really hard to enjoy this. It's boring and weird. And they too far gone from what was the original idea of Marvel Zombies. Maybe it's just the first issue is bad, because, you know, it's only the beginning... But it is a very bad beginning. Midnight sons don't seem to be interesting characters and Fred doesn't even try to make them interesting for you. However, it was only the introduction with a couple of lame dialogues. Maybe the good is further.

And I still very pissed about character roster. There is literally no popular characters. Only Deadpool, yeah, but he's annoying, I never was a huge fan of him. And Morbius from the previous volume. But Hellstorm is lame character and that what's-her-name girl too. Jack Russell is too generic for me too. It's nice to see him sometimes, but not as the main character. Where's the Man-Thing? I love him, he was on the cover, but where was he in the comic? And what emotions should make me feel the Hood in the end? WOW!!!! THIS IS THE HOOD!!! WOW!!!?

Guys, it's not the same thing as Marvel Zombies before, so why still call it Marvel Zombies? There is almost no zombies at all. And what was wrong with the virus' idea to infect mostly superhumans? Now there are tons of generic zombie creatures...

If I read it in 2009, I would cry "stop already!"... more