{"id":336746,"date":"2021-09-08T22:23:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T22:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:23:13","slug":"what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;What If&#8230;?&#8217; Episode 5 Is A Marvelous Spin on &#8216;The Walking Dead&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a43219a80964\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a43219a80964\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_If%E2%80%A6_Zombies%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cWhat If\u2026 Zombies?\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead\/#Marvel_Meets_The_Walking_Dead\" >Marvel Meets The Walking Dead<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead\/#Peter_Parker_Hates_How_Good_Mary_Janes_Tastes\" >Peter Parker Hates How Good Mary Janes Tastes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-if-episode-5-is-a-marvelous-spin-on-the-walking-dead\/#To_Be_Continued%E2%80%A6\" >To Be Continued\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;What If&#8230;?&#8217; Episode 5 Is A Marvelous Spin on &#8216;The Walking Dead&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;When Marvel wanted to take advantage of the early aughts\u2019 zombie pop-culture takeover, they turned to the demented mind of Robert Kirkman.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;&lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;&lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/What-If-Episode-5-Zombies-.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"What If Episode Zombies\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/What-If-Episode-5-Zombies-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/What-If-Episode-5-Zombies--768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Marvel Studios&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;&lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on September 8th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Marvel Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Marvel shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry explores What If\u2026? Episode 5 and the comic book origins behind this week\u2019s gluttonous zombies&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>So much of <strong><em>What If\u2026?<\/em><\/strong> involves finding ways to defeat the Avengers. Things didn\u2019t seem like they could get any bleaker after last week\u2019s cataclysmic showdown between the two Doctor Stranges, but then Bruce Banner drops from the sky and lands on an Earth that\u2019s already lost to George A. Romero\u2019s zombie plague. The sometimes-Hulk hopes to warn our planet of Thanos\u2019 impending doom, but it\u2019s the Mad Titan who should be worried. Earth\u2019s mightiest heroes are already infected, and their ravenous gut-munching hunger matches their superpowers.<\/p>\n<p>The episode is humorous for a moment. Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian arrive in New York City to deliver their oh-so-menacing \u201cChildren of Thanos\u201d speech and quickly fall beneath Tony Stark\u2019s teeth. Banner watches in comical horror as his friends make meals from Thanos\u2019 best. And before Wong does the same to Banner, Wasp, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange\u2019s magical cloak swoop to the rescue.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_If%E2%80%A6_Zombies%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cWhat If\u2026 Zombies?\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We learn how Hope\u2019s family is to blame for these Marvel zombies. In Hank Pym\u2019s desperate desire to retrieve his wife from the Quantum Realm (as originally experienced in <em>Ant<\/em>\u2013<em>Man<\/em> <em>and the Wasp<\/em>), he also brings a deadly virus back to our plane of reality. Scott Lang goes down first, and soon after, so do the other Avengers. The world didn\u2019t stand a chance with Nick Fury\u2019s super-secret boy band craving flesh and brains.<\/p>\n<p><em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 5 teases the viewer\u2019s optimism. If Wasp, Spidey, and Buckey Barnes can survive Armageddon, then maybe there\u2019s still some hope for our planet. The remaining heroes race to Camp Lehigh, Captain America\u2019s birthplace, and discover Vision. The Synthezoid has created a defense using his Mind Stone\u2019s strange properties as a zombie-deterrent. Only one problem, he loves Wanda too much, and despite her undead form, he\u2019s maintaining her h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>iness by feeding her pieces of T\u2019Challa.<\/p>\n<p>Spidey, T\u2019Challa, and Scott Lang\u2019s severed head barely escape. They plan to make their last stand in Wakanda, but sadly for him, Thanos has beaten them to their destination. <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 5 concludes with an Infinity Gauntlet-empowered zombie Titan snarling at the screen. The remaining Avenger-scraps have little hope.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Marvel_Meets_The_Walking_Dead\"><\/span>Marvel Meets The Walking Dead<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you think this week\u2019s episode is grim, you should read the comics that serve as inspiration. Originally conceived in the pages of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ultimate_Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_21\"><em>Ultimate Fantastic Four<\/em> #21<\/a> by writer <strong>Mark Millar<\/strong> and artist <strong>Greg Land<\/strong>, the Marvel zombie universe was accidentally contacted by a young Reed Richards who was actually seeking his prime-616 double. 61-what now?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <em>What If\u2026?<\/em>, <em>Loki<\/em>, and <em>Spider-Man<\/em>: <em>No Way Home<\/em>, Marvel Cinematic Universe audiences are finally becoming familiar with the Multiverse concept. The 616 universe is the one where Marvel Comics originated. So your favorite versions of Spider-Man and the Avengers live there. The Ultimate Universe, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultimate_Marvel\">a.k.a. Earth 1610<\/a>, is a younger reality born from Marvel\u2019s desire in the early aughts to contemporize their concepts.<\/p>\n<p>The Ultimate Reed Richards eventually loses his mind and turns villainous, but he cracks into the Marvel zombie reality before he does that. Millar\u2019s storyline proved extremely popular, and in 2005, Marvel hired <strong>Robert Kirkman<\/strong> to script a five-issue mini-series dedicated to this ghoulish dimension.<\/p>\n<p>Two years earlier, Kirkman launched <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> over at Image Comics. The series proved the viability of George A. Romero\u2019s <em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em> concept, and along with Zack Snyder\u2019s <em>Dawn of the Dead<\/em> remake, helped usher in a new wave of zombie pop culture. Wanting to ride this wave, Marvel allowed their characters to be portrayed at their very worst.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Peter_Parker_Hates_How_Good_Mary_Janes_Tastes\"><\/span>Peter Parker Hates How Good Mary Janes Tastes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Robert Kirkman\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Marvel Zombies<\/em><\/strong> is a grotesque and utterly demented deconstruction. Kirkman tears right into what we love about these characters and how we never want to see them fail by infecting goody-two-shoes like Peter Parker and Steve Rogers with the zombie virus. Where <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 5\u2019s zombies merely lurch, snarl, and eat; Robert Kirkman\u2019s Marvel zombies never cease with their patter as they do so.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing funnier or more tragic than a Peter Parker who must eat Mary Jane but feels awful while doing it. He loves her deeply, but the ravenous call inside his rotting belly trumps his infatuation. Reading <em>Marvel Zombies<\/em> is uncomfortable in a way that <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 5 never is.<\/p>\n<p>As you know from watching or reading\u00a0<em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, Robert Kirkman is a monster when it comes to torturing his protagonists. He gets a thrill in claiming your favorites and shoving them through the meat-grinder. Given the opportunity to turn his dark magic upon the Marvel universe, Kirkman leans heavily into gratuitous revulsion, refusing to remove our heroes\u2019 morality as they stuff their guts with more innocent guts.<\/p>\n<p>You either laugh your way through <em>Marvel Zombies<\/em> or you throw it against the wall when Giant-Man bites off Wasp\u2019s head. The series concludes with Galactus\u2019 arrival, an event we still await in the MCU. The cosmic planet-eater is always a threat to Earth, but one should not eat a planet that can eat back. Kirkman would return to this heinous realm for one more mini-series, but afterward, many other writers and artists take over the concept. A zombified Marvel universe contains an undying attraction. Hence its prominent place in <em>What If\u2026?<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_Be_Continued%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>To Be Continued\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Episode 5 ends abruptly. Thanos for the win, but we\u2019re also starting to get the sense that there might be more to these mirror realities than previously conceived. There appears to be more sorrow in Uatu, the Watcher\u2019s narration. He sounds fed up and a little disappointed. The peeper is tired of peeping, observing only misery in these splinter realities.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re more than halfway through <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> with only four episodes remaining. Captain Carter is destined to return. And based on trailers, so is T\u2019Challa\u2019s Star-Lord and Peter Parker\u2019s Spider-Sorcerer. Place your bets on The Watcher, whether he\u2019s going to interact finally or not. Wagering against his involvement will prove foolish. In the comics, our beloved bald snoop always bends his job description. The Watcher inevitable does more than watch.<\/p>\n<p><em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 5\u2019s sudden end feels more like a \u201cTo Be Continued\u2026\u201d than any other climax from the series. There\u2019s more to say here, and the show desperately needs a hopeful injection. We\u2019ve gotten some rah rah rah heroism throughout the show, but too often, these episodes leave us downtrodden. Uatu, we\u2019re begging you, lend these struggling heroes a hand.<\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Marvel Explained, What If\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. Hunt him down on Twitter: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MouthDork\">@MouthDork<\/a>. 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