Zombie (comics)

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Zombie

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Meance #5
Created by

Characteristics
Alter ego	Simon William Garth
Abilities	virtually mindless and is forced to obey anyone who held the duplicate of the Amulet of Damballah which he wore around his neck

Zombie (Simon William Garth) is a fictional character from the Marvel Universe who first appeared in Menace #5.

1 History
2 Powers
3 Notes
4 Bibliography

[edit] History

Simon William Garth was a businessman and the father of Donna Garth, who was killed by his gardener known as Gyps. He was resurrected as zombie by his secretary, Layla using amulets of Damballah.

[edit] Powers

As Zombie, Garth is virtually mindless and is forced to obey anyone who held the duplicate of the Amulet of Damballah which he wore around his neck.

[edit] Notes

There are a few other characters in the Marvel Universe known as Zombie. These include:

In Tales of the Zombie #4, Zombie of Ancient Egypt appeared. The person died violently under unknown circumstances and was reanimated as a zombie by an unidentified man by calling upon Anubis & Ereshkigal. The man had him force a woman to marry him, but the woman eventually learned how to control the zombie and she had it slay the man.
The current Zombie is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Howling Commandos Monster Force who first appeared in Nick Fury’s Howling Commandos #1.
A giant of unknown origin was known as the Zombie Master, he used a machine to transform others into a zombie-like state. His machine instead empowered Dr. Jack Castle, who defeated him and became the Fiery Mask. He was also known as the Master and appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1. He also had giant buzzards that guarded his prison.
In Black Panther vol. 4 #5, there were Zombie soldiers who were sent to invade Wakanda which forced the nation to be evacuated by Black Panther.
Under Marvels MAX comics lineZOMBIE#1-4,Simon Garth is a bank teller who's bank is held up by a pair of men,one of their names is Gyp.Also Garth's co-workers name is Layla.Both are kidnapped, because Simon planted paint bombs in the money bags,and only he can diffuse them.Then they make their way in to a zombie filled quarantine zone,thinking the barriers were to stop them from escaping.