Warning! Spoilers ahead for Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3
In the latest issue of Marvel Zombies: Resurrection, Spider-Man and his small group of survivors make their way to the Galactus Hive, as the children of Reed and Sue Richards have refused to give up hope that there may yet be a cure to the zombie infection that has taken over the world (including their parents). As such, Spider-Man has made it his mission to help get them to the Hive, which could hold the key to a cure, not because he thinks they’ll succeed, but because he just wants to have a purpose again. Blade’s fighting alongside them too, though he confesses he’s just along for the ride for fun, wanting to kill as many zombies as he possibly can. Near the end of the series’ third issue, they also find Wolverine, though he’s not in very good shape at all.
At the beginning of Phillip K. Johnson’s new take on Marvel Zombies, several heroes such as the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and members of the X-Men ventured into space to answer the distress call of Captain Marvel, which was coming from inside the decaying corpse of Galactus, the World Devourer himself. As the heroes realized all too late, the call was a trap, meant to lure and assimilate them into the zombie horde hive mind lurking within. Wolverine was a part of that group, and was believed to have been infected along with the rest of the heroes that eventually made their way to Earth to spread the infection all over the planet.
However, Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3 from Johnson with art by Leonard Kirk sees Wolverine found by Spider-Man’s survivors alive (though certainly not well). Apparently, the super-powered undead were smart, determining to keep Logan living and uninfected, taking pieces off of him in order to feed. Thanks to his rapid mutant healing factor, those pieces would ultimately grow back, thereby making Wolverine an endless buffet for the horde to feed off of.
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As Logan tries to warn Spider-Man, Wolverine’s other use for the zombies was to serve as a trap, as the hive knew that Spider-Man and his allies were coming. The undead Magik takes them by surprise and takes them to Blackspring, the mysterious place that other members of the Hive like the undead Beast had mentioned in prior issues. In reality, Blackspring is actually Limbo, where the majority of the Galactus Hive has been residing. They also reveal that the infection was the result of the ravenous alien Brood laying their eggs inside of Galactus. The combination that resulted became known as the Hunger Cosmic, infecting any and all it comes into contact with.
While Logan is probably at least a little glad to be among the living, that might not be the case for long. With Spider-Man, Blade, the Richards’ kids, and Wolverine all in trouble at the end of the third issue, fans are no doubt wondering how they’ll escape the massive horde that has them in their clutches, ready to infect them all. Thanks to Magik, the Hive is also prepared to consume not just this world and galaxy, but every world and galaxy in the entire Multiverse if no one is able to stop them. Fans will just have to wait until the next issue of Marvel Zombies: Resurrection to see if that’s even possible.