Essential Tales of the Zombie #1
"Zombie!" kicks off a chilling tale in Essential Tales of the Zombie #1, a 2006 Marvel release where a desperate criminal named Blackie learns too late that playing with the dead is a dangerous game. With artwork by Tony DiPreta and a cover by Pablo Marcos, the story unfolds in a Haitian village where fear and dark magic collide as Blackie’s attempt to summon a zombie backfires in the most horrifying way.
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In a Haitian village, a criminal named Blackie becomes afraid for his life when a man named Larson he framed for a crime has learned how to raise the dead and control the reanimated corpses as zombies. Also learning how to raise the dead he tricks Larson into meeting him in the grave yard and tries to raise a zombie to kill Larson. But to Blackie's horror, he has risen the zombie that Larson previously raised himself. Instead of following Blackie's orders, the zombie turns on his would be master, with Larson watching in glee at his enemies fate.
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