Review: Robert Kirkman: Marvel Zombies: New York: Marvel: 2008. I don’t know why I never particularly liked Marvel Comics, apart from the X-Men, particularly the Dark Phoenix storyline. Unfortunately, they brought her back from the dead, which DC Comics have also done in their Crisis saga insofar as the Flash (II) goes. That is, until I discovered a little gem called Marvel Zombies.Why is Marvel Zombies a cut above the rest? One of the reasons is uber-zombie comics author Rob Kirkman, who produces a fabulous series called The Walking Dead for Image comics.  What George Romero is to zombie movies, and ...