Thus, in the end, the Zombie Superman was recolored by Greg Land and changed with the Zombie Sentry, who served his originally intended role in the story perfectly as the Sentry was created as a Superman expy by Marvel. However, at the last minute, Millar's editor shot down the idea of having a Zombie Superman as the responsible of the zombie outbreak in the crossover story arc due concerns about potential legal issues that Marvel could have with DC. In order to avoid any copyright infringement with DC, Marvel intended to not specifically identify Superman by name in the story nor include his S-shield chest logo (having that part of Superman's iconic costume ripped off), so in this way only fans and readers would be able to realize who the zombie superhero actually was. Superman's inclusion would have been an easter egg to the friendly rivalry between Marvel and DC throughout the years. In Mark Millar's original script, such zombie superhero would have been none other than Superman, one of the most famous superheroes from Marvel's rival company DC Comics and from all fiction overall. Fantastic, the zombie outbreak started when an ungodly strong zombified superhero from another dimension, who had targeted many other dimensions previously, punched his way through reality until he landed on Earth-2149, and then proceeded to infect the Avengers, who in turn infected all other superheroes until they devoured almost all inhabitants of the Earth. Though Marvel had originally promised a crossover between Earth-1610 and Earth-616, the latter being the Prime Marvel Universe for the issue, it was decided instead to have Ultimate Reed Richards travel to Earth-2149, an alternate Earth which had a similar story to that of Earth-616 before a zombie contagion known as the Hunger Virus infected all its super-powered inhabitants, including the Avengers. Being a renowned DC Comics character, this version of Superman wasn't going to be identified by name to avoid any copyright issues, but it was ultimately decided to change him with the Sentry to avoid potential legal problems with DC.Ī zombie version of Superman was intended to be the flashback antagonist of Ultimate Fantastic Four #22, the twenty-two issue of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book series, which was set on Earth-1610, best known as the Ultimate Universe. Murderous Fallen Hero Kal-El, also known as Clark Joseph Kent and best known as Superman, was originally intended to be the flashback antagonist of Ultimate Fantastic Four #22, which takes place in Earth-2149, an alternate version of the Marvel Universe.
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