Plague of the Living Dead 3

Issue #3
Written by John Russo

We begin by seeing a dream sequence with Private Terry Ellis and his wife Kelly making love. He is summarily awoken by Corporal Todd Clark, since he had been resting in a drain pipe with him and Private Steve Green after they "escaped" the MP's transferring them to Fort Sill. The guys then notice someone coming up the pipe and see a zombie at the other end. At the same time in Stone Mountain, Jessica and Darlene are still fending off the zombies in the Price basement when Jessica suggests they try to get out through the storm cellar door. Jessica tries to open it, but hears someone outside trying to open it as well. Her and Darlene decide to open it anyway and Jessica is shown unlatching the door as the scene switches back to the Army men fighting the two zombies. They are able to incapacitate both and make their way out of the pipe. As they walk along the road towards town, Terry talks about how he is worried about Kelly possibly being unfaithful. They are unawares that the MP's are not far away from them and have decided to use lethal force instead of reporting to their superiors that the men escaped. The final panel shows the Stone Mountain men in a cross hair.

I am surprised at how pleased I am with this series. While I am sure some people would find the diversion to the men as taking away from time spent more on the zombies, it gives the story a very human nature. I like where the script for them is going. As for the two surviving women, I pretty sure that is Patrick on the outside of the storm door. It should be interesting to see what his reaction towards the women is and if he will leave them in the cellar to die. Very good issue.

Score: 4 / 5