Summary

• In Marvel Zombies: Black, White, and Blood #4, the Avengers continue to work as a team even after becoming zombies.
• The strong bond of friendship among the Avengers is evident even in this post-apocalyptic alternate future.
• The Avengers maintain their hip status even after death and becoming undead, showcasing their impressive longevity as a team.

Warning: Spoilers for Marvel Zombies: Black, White, and Blood #4!Even as undead zombies, the Avengers remain one of the better teams the Marvel Universe has to offer, if not the best. One would assume that when someone s the Avengers, they are an Avenger for life. Incidentally, when the idea of death (or, rather, a zombified undeath) enters the equation, it becomes safe to assume that an Avengers hip extends even beyond death.

The post-death longevity of Avengers status has never been more apparent than in Marvel Zombies: Black, White, and Blood #4 during the story "Strange-Ass Bedfellows" by Steve Skroce, Brian Reber, and VC's Clayton Cowles. It focuses on Blade roaming the world in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and his Avengers cohorts are the zombies he's confronted by.

Interestingly enough, the Avengers - despite being turned into mindless creatures of the night - still have the wherewithal to come together as a team, right down to a zombified Captain America seemingly screaming, "Avengers, assemble!" in zombie-speak.

The Zombie Avengers Assemble

Back in the earliest days of the Avengers, there was a time when the heroes on the team treated the job of being an Avenger as just that: a job. would be suspended for a week on grounds of insubordination, and everyone was advised not to learn or get involved in each other's personal lives. they're friends.

That friendly bond shines throughout the newest iteration of the Avengers led by Captain Marvel, and perhaps even more so now in this post-apocalyptic alternate future where they have become zombies. Perhaps just on instinct, even with brains defiled from their transformation, they still who to stand side by side with in the face of danger. Even when the only mission at hand is eating people, they depend on each other to achieve the mission at hand. Maybe it speaks to just how close their tight-knit bond really is, or the unexpected savviness of zombiehood.

The Avengers are Avengers for Life

There may not be a more impressive super-team hip card than that of the Avengers, following this new revelation. With most teams, one's hip ends when they find themselves in a coffin and naturally can't fulfill their duties when they are dead. But the Avengers (who, in fairness, have all died and come back dozens of times over) are willing to maintain their hip status not only after they are dead, but once they become new of the undead. Few teams have such longevity (in more ways than one), but the Avengers certainly do.

Marvel Zombies: Black, White, and Blood #4 is available now from Marvel Comics.