Marvel Zombies
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First series
In
Marvel Zombies, Tony Stark has been infected by the zombie virus, infected by a zombie version of the
Fantastic Four during the attempt to set a coordinate to another universe to help the survivors of the zombie-plague to escape. Alongside a horde of starving superhuman zombies, Iron Man attacks the
Silver Surfer. The attack is successful, but one of the Surfer's energy bolts hits Iron Man's lower torso, cutting him in half. The zombie "survives" this wound and later gains cosmic powers (including flight) by eating part of the Surfer's corpse.
Galactus then shows up and after eating him along with five other surviving zombies, Iron Man becomes one of the members of "The Galacti".
Marvel Zombies 2
He also appears in
Marvel Zombies 2, one of the small group of super-powered zombies that have eaten their way across all known space. Here Stark has had his entire lost lower body replaced with cybernetics. He also appears to have forgotten he had some design in the machine which opened a link to the
Ultimate Universe. The Hulk kills Iron Man when The Hulk stomps
through the armor, forcing Tony Stark's flesh
through any openings in the armor.
Marvel Zombies Return
In the final issue of Marvel Zombies 2, the remaining zombies are transported to another universe. At the point where the zombies reach this new reality, the period is nearly identical to the one where Tony Stark was an alcoholic. Zombie Giant Man infects
Happy Hogan,
Pepper Potts and a number of other people at
Stark Industries. A drunken Tony Stark lacks the will power to become Iron Man despite Pepper Potts' requests, so
James Rhodes dons the suit to save him. Crucial to fate of the
multiverse are the
nanites that Stark has accidentally created, which destroy damaged flesh and tissue as a cure for cancer, and prove to be a potent weapon against the zombies. He sacrifices himself to kill several zombies in Stark Tower, with Rhodes permanently succeeding him in the role of Iron Man.
[10]. His nanites are then used by his successor, now a member of the
New Avengers, years later to kill the remaining super-powered zombies and end the inter-dimensional zombie
threat
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