(W) George A. Romero (A/CA) Alex Maleev. Zombie godfather George Romero unleashes his next undead epic as an all-new Marvel comic! Welcome to New York City years after the undead plague has erupted but just because Manhattan has been quarantined* don't think that everyone inside is safe! Not only do flesh-eaters roam the city* but another ancient predator has taken a bloody bite out of the Big Apple: Vampires rule! But which strange bedfellows are plotting against Mayor Chandrake? Who is the firecracker known as Dixie Peach? Are New York's zombies evolving* and how does undead former cop Xavier fit in? And in the pit of the bloody Circus Maximus* can anything stop the unchained fury of the zombie gladiator known as Zanzibar? It's zombies vs. vampires with humans caught in the crossfire! Collecting GEORGE ROMERO'S EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT ONE #1-5.