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King Zombie

ComicsUndead1968 to 1999

King Zombie is the talking, thinking leader of the dead in Deadworld, an independent American comic launched in 1987. The series follows survivors in the world his zombies have wrecked. It has continued under a series of publishers.1

Battle it
First appeared
1987
Released 1987
Source work
Deadworld (1987)
Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith; later Vince Locke and Gary Reed
Made in
USA
What causes it
Never explained
Intelligence
Clever

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1987

Released 1987

field notes

What the sources say

1

An intelligent zombie who talks and leads the zombie attacks that ended civilisation1

2

The comic has been published since 1987 by Arrow, Caliber, Image and IDW among others1

3

A cult favourite of American independent comics1

4

The IDW miniseries War of the Dead won a Ghastly Award1

Sources

  1. Deadworld - Wikipedia

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