Night of the Living Dead Back From the Grave

    (Avatar, 2006)
™ and © Avatar Press, Inc.

The point of a promotional item like this is to raise anticipation for the actual story—in this case George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead: The Beginning. In that regard, this item fails. Charging $2.99 for an 8-page story and a collection of preview covers that Avatar hopes collectors will buy multiple copies of in order to acquire the variant cover art… that’s kind of low. And while the story shows a higher level of characterization and care for its cast than a typical horror story (Mike Wolfer adapts a story by the original film’s screenwriter, John Russo), it leaves the salesman’s duties to the able artwork of Sebastian Fumara.

If this is just the first 8 pages of the book, save your money and satisfy yourself with this: three kids go into the woods. Two of them are killed by zombies. The end.

— Brendan McGinley
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#1 Variation A (Regular Cover A by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
1 copy available for $7.98 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation B (Gore Cover B by Tim Vigil)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation C (Rotting Cover C by Sebastián Fiumara)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
1 copy available for $3.00 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation D (Terror Cover D by Juan José Ryp)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation E (Haunting Cover E by Tim Vigil)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation F (Headshot Cover F by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
1 copy available for $4.50 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation G (Splatterstock Cover G by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $6.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation H (Grave Gold Foil Cover H by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $0.00
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation I (Grave Platinum Foil Cover I by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $0.00
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation J (Necro-Foil Cover J by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $11.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation K (Painted Cover K by Matt Busch)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation L (Burrows Sketch Cover L by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $29.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation M (Good Eats Cover M by Juan José Ryp)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
1 copy available for $24.00 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation N (Rubira Painted Cover N by Lucio Rubira)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
2 copies available from $5.00 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation O (Foil Cover O by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer
#1 Variation P (Royal Blue Foil Cover P by Jacen Burrows)

August, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
No copies available 		John Russo, Mike WolferSebastián Fiumara, Tim Vigil, Jacen Burrows, Matt Busch, Mike Wolfer