DCeased #2
Tom Taylor (w), Trevor Hairsine (a)
DC Comics

Liz says: DCeased can be described as DC Comics’ equivalent to ‘Marvel Zombies’, but that would be selling it short, big-time. Tom Taylor (the writer who turned what might have been a throw-away video-game tie-in into gold with ‘Injustice’) is at his finest when main-universe continuity isn’t a concern, and DCeased is a prime example of what he can do with even the silliest premise. As much DCeased revels in killing off your favourite characters in the bloodiest possible fashion, it also keeps you firmly rooted in the emotional core of the story. What may have been, in the hands of a different creative team, solely an excuse for super-powered zombies and gore is instead a high-stakes Justice League story with genuinely scary, surprising and heart-breaking moments. Two issues in, I can’t recommend it highly enough.