It is 1971, and it's been three years since the blood soaked night that the dead rose from their graves, attacking and devouring the living. Now, the legacy of that horrific and unexplained event is about to be unleashed once again upon an unsuspecting world. But this time, there may be no escape for those in the terrifying clutches of the cannibalistic living dead! Hidden within the concrete walls of a secret medical research lab, someone has been studying the last remaining undead remnants of the marauding zombie army. Unleashed by the untimely intervention of a group of road weary bikers looking for an easy score, the walking dead renew their gut ripping campaign of terror. As each member of a rural community dies in the grotesque feeding frenzy of the zombies, so does the nightmare army grow as half-eaten victims rise up to join the ranks of the undead. Can anything possibly contain the contagion being spread by the escape of the living dead?
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Return to Night of the Living Dead,
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This review is from: Escape Of The Living Dead Volume 1 (Paperback)
It is three years after the events portrayed in Night Of The Living Dead. The plague brought a lot of hardship but people are rebuilding their lives. It is then that it is discovered that a rogue government man has been studying the zombies and still has some active. They pull a raid on his lab in the country and try to put a stop to his work.
But the mad scientist was already transporting some zombies to another facility. When thieves break into this truck the zombies are released and their horror begins again. It is in the outskirts of a small town where things come together as a handfull of people discover the zombies are back. They need to fight them off, survive, and get the word out before things get totally out of hand. There has been a new resurgence of zombie tales in books, movies and comics. This is one of the best I have seen in comics (right up there with The Walking Dead). There was some similarity with Romero's Land of the Dead in that we keep focusing on a specific zombie but otherwise this is fresh and new. The art is pretty good and consistent while the plotting is steady and inevitable. If you are a fan of the original Night of the Living Dead then you will have to check out this sequel from one of its creators.
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THE TRUE SEQUEL TO NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,
This review is from: Escape Of The Living Dead Volume 1 (Paperback)
Zombie comics seem like they are all over the place nowadays but only one of them can boast being written by the co-creator of the original Night of the Living Dead film, John Russo. That book is "Escape of the Living Dead" from Avatar Press and it's a must have for any zombie fan. "Escape" is really a pre-Dawn of the Dead sequel to the original film, set in 1971, just three years after the original zombie outbreak. The story also returns to its roots being set in Pennsylvania.
The Zombie outbreak seems to have been defeated although we learn that at some point the government began to capture and contain the zombies, rather than kill them, much to the frustration of local law enforcement who can only speculate as to the reasons behind the government's interest in the undead. A small outbreak at a medical facility leads local cops to Doctor Melrose who claims to have developed a serum to cure the zombie plague but, just before he dies, says the secret is with his son. Away from this action, a couple of local biker thugs set their sights on a semi-truck they believe to be loaded with electronics. They devise a plan to hijack the truck and steal the goods, only when the truck is opened it's not Hi-Fi systems and TVs they find, but a trailer full of hungry undead. Meanwhile Henry Brinkman runs a local roadhouse that is just opening for the day when the zombies attack. His daughter Sally narrowly escapes the flesh-eaters as she and her father take refuge in the saloon, hoping that help will arrive. Instead, three more outlaw bikers including the leader Bearcat decide to crash the party and take Sally for their own. Now Henry finds himself in desperate straits, trying to keep himself alive and find his kidnapped daughter. What I really enjoyed about "Escape of the Living Dead" was it truly captured the spirit of the original "Dead" film. It maintained a small scale, centering on this small community, just as the first film did. In other words it stayed with a formula that works. This graphic novel is truly GRAPHIC! Characters are torn apart and eaten alive in visceral fashion. It's not a book for the squeamish, that's for sure! Credit penciller Dheeraj Verma and inker Lalit for delivering the goods in exquisitely gory detail! I also have to give praise to Avatar Press for not filling the book with sketch pages, pinups, and other fluff, this is 120 pages of pure story and art. Avatar continues to be one of the leaders in horror comics. Reviewed by Tim Janson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!,
This review is from: Escape Of The Living Dead Volume 1 (Paperback)
Buy the 'return of the living dead: resurrected' version instead, it is the new version and is more complete. This is the best of the best when it comes to zombie comics (except for the night of the living dead series!). John Russo Gives it : 5/5 !
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