I’m not typically a zombie fan, but I got caught in the web of Marvel Zombies by accident and found I was surprisingly entertained. Marvel Zombies is an adult animated TV miniseries created by Bryan Andrews and Zeb Wells based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.

Marvel Zombies is set in the alternate timeline introduced in the “What If… Zombies?!” (2021). Marvel Zombies basically follows a group of survivors as they fight superpowered zombies to survive and save the world. There are four episodes to this series and the promise of more if the ratings are right.

For those of you who enjoy the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’ll surprised–as I was–by the number of Marvel characters who show up in Marvel Zombies. Check out the list below. GRADE: Incomplete, but trending towards a B

Cast and characters

• Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel:
  A teenage mutant from Jersey City who wears a magical bangle that unlocks her ability to harness cosmic energy and create hard light constructs. Vellani said Kamala was central to the series, with the creators describing her role as “the Frodo of the story” in reference to the character Frodo Baggins from J. R. R. Tolkien‘s novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).^[3]
• Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams / Ironheart: A former MIT student and genius inventor from Chicago who created a suit of armor that rivals the one built by Tony Stark / Iron Man^[4]
• Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop: A young woman who trained to become a master archer after being saved by Clint Barton as a child^[4]
• Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.: An artificial intelligence (AI) created by Stark^[5]
• Kenna Ramsey as Okoye: A zombie and the former general of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda‘s all-female special forces^[6]
• Todd Williams as Eric Brooks / Blade Knight: A half-vampire “daywalker” who hunts vampires and has become the avatar of Khonshu, Moon Knight^[7][8]
• Kari Wahlgren as Melina Vostokoff: A seasoned spy and scientist trained in the Red Room as a Black Widow who is a mother figure to Yelena Belova^[5]
• Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova: A highly skilled spy and assassin who was trained in the Red Room as a Black Widow^[4]
• David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian: The Soviet super soldier counterpart to Captain America and a father figure to Belova^[4]
• Simu Liu as Xu Shang-Chi:
  A highly skilled martial artist who was trained at a young age to be an assassin by his father Xu Wenwu.^[4] In the series, Shang-Chi was bitten by a zombie on his right arm, and so he uses the mystical Ten Rings to prevent the infection from spreading to the rest of his body.^[9]
• Awkwafina as Katy Chen:^[10] Shang-Chi’s best friend and former co-worker as a hotel valet^[4] who wields the Ten Rings alongside him^[11]
• Randall Park as Jimmy Woo: A former FBI agent^[4]
• Feodor Chin as Xu Wenwu: Shang-Chi’s father who is the leader of the Ten Rings organization and the original wielder of the mystical Ten Rings^[12]
• Wyatt Russell as John Walker: A former captain of the U.S. Army Rangers^[2]
• Rama Vallury as Helmut Zemo: A Sokovian baron and terrorist^[5]
• Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Red Queen / Queen of the Dead: A former Avenger turned zombie who can harness chaos magic, engage in telepathy and telekinesis, and alter reality^[4][10]
• Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man: A young man who received spider-like abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider^[13]
• Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man:
  A former petty criminal and superhero. The character’s still-living head was preserved in a jar after he lost his body in the same process that cured him of the infection, as depicted in the What If…? episode “What If… Zombies?!” (2021).^[2]
• Greg Furman as Thor: The Asgardian god of thunder and a founding Avenger, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name^[5]
• Adam Hugill as Rintrah: A minotaur-like being from R’Vaal who is a former student at Kamar-Taj^[5]
• Daniel Swain as London Master: A Master of the Mystic Arts^[5]
• Sheila Atim as Sara: A Master of the Mystic Arts^[5]
• Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie: The last survivor of an all-female group of Asgardian warriors^[2]
• F. Murray Abraham as Khonshu: The Egyptian god of the moon^[5]
• Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan: Kamala’s mother^[5]