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Marvel Zombies season 1 release date: Finally, the r-rated Avengers movie we wanted - as a cartoon!

Craving the undead? Marvel Zombies is serving up a four episode meal

Marvel Zombies still — Image credit: Marvel Animation

Guides by Jules Chin Greene, Staff Writer

Published on Mon Nov 04 2024

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Zombie superhero alternate universes aren’t new to comics, but Marvel Animation is taking its next leap into this neat subgenre with Marvel Zombies on Disney+. The show will follow up on the What If…? Zombies?! episode from season 1 of What If…?, which depicted the Earth in the MCU overrun by a zombie outbreak. As if Earth’s heroes don’t have enough to stress about already.

The four-episode Marvel Zombies miniseries will release on Disney+ beginning September 24, 2025. The original What If…? episode ended with a handful of heroes escaping to what they assume to be safety in Wakanda, only to discover that a zombified Thanos is there with the Infinity Gauntlet. To make matters worse, a lot of the Wakandan warriors are also zombies. How will the heroes fight their way out of this one? Brutally, I would presume.

Let’s also not forget that Marvel Zombies pulls from the comic book series of the same title. The comics had some gruesome takes on fan favorite characters’ superpowers, with the brilliant X-Man Forge fashioning a gun out of zombie Cyclops’s skull (from Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #1). Imagine that as an outtake from X-Men ‘97. Maybe I shouldn’t speak that into existence. I like Cyclops alive and well.

Marvel Zombies will release on September 24 on Disney+.

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Jules Chin Greene: Jules Chin Greene is a journalist and Jack Kirby enthusiast. He has written about comics, video games, movies, and television for sites such as Nerdist, AIPT, and Multiverse of Color.