Marvel Zombies is a five-issue
limited series published from December 2005 to April 2006 by
Marvel Comics. The series was written by
Robert Kirkman with art by
Sean Phillips and covers by
Arthur Suydam. It was the first series in the
Marvel Zombies series of related stories. The story is set in an alternate universe where the world's superhero population has been infected with a virus which turned them into zombies. The series was spun out of events of the "
Crossover" story-arc of
Ultimate Fantastic Four, where the zombie Reed Richards tricked his Ultimate counterpart into opening a portal to the zombie universe.