Infestation is a comic book crossover published by IDW Publishing, and connecting various of its licensed and original series together. It was published from January to April 2011.[1] It consisted of two book-end one-shots, Infestation #1–2, set in the Zombies vs. Robots and CVO universes, and two-issue limited series from the G.I. Joe, Transformers, Ghostbusters, and Star Trek universes.[2] Also, IDW published a digital-only Pocket God tie-in issue in May 2011 which was included in the hardcover book.
Infestation | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | IDW Publishing |
Publication date | January – September 2011 |
No. of issues | 14 |
Main character(s) | CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations Zombies vs. Robots Star Trek Transformers G.I. Joe Ghostbusters Pocket God |
IDW then released a four-issue epilogue series titled Infestation: Outbreak from June 2011 – September 2011. It picked up on the CVO after the events of Infestation and also introduced the events of the Groom Lake limited series into the same continuity of the CVO. IDW also published a four-issue follow-up series set in the Zombies vs. Robots universe after the events of Infestation, entitled Zombies vs. Robots: UnderCity.
Premise
editBritt (from CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations) comes in contact with the Undermind (from Zombies vs. Robots) to bring armies of zombies across the universes of Star Trek, The Transformers, Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, and pocket god.[citation needed]
Titles
editInfestation #1
editPublished in January 2011.[3] Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with art by David Messina.
Star Trek: Infestation #1-2
editPublished biweekly in February 2011. Written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton with art by Casey Maloney.
The Transformers: Infestation #1-2
editPublished biweekly in February 2011. Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with art by Nick Roche.
Ghostbusters: Infestation #1-2
editPublished biweekly in March 2011. Written by Erik Burnham with art by Kyle Hotz.
G.I. Joe: Infestation #1-2
editPublished biweekly in March 2011. Written by Mike Raicht with art by Giovanni Timpano.
Infestation #2
editPublished in April 2011. Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with art by David Messina.
Infestation: CVO 100-Page Spectacular
editPublished in April 2011. A repackaging of older CVO comics.
Pocket God: Infestation #1
editPublished in digital format only in May 2011. First in print in the Infestation hardcover.
Zombies vs. Robots: UnderCity #1-4
editPublished monthly from April 2011 - July 2011. Written by Chris Ryall with art by Mark Torres.
Infestation: Outbreak #1-4
editPublished monthly from June 2011 - September 2011. Written by Chris Ryall and Tom Waltz with art by David Messina.
Collected editions
editThe series has been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:
Preludes
editTitle | Material collected | Release date | ISBN |
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CVO: Covert Vampirirc Operations |
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October 2004 | 978-1-932382-40-2 |
CVO: Rogue State |
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April 2008 | 978-1-932382-93-8 |
CVO: African Blood |
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April 2008 | 978-1-60010-210-3 |
Complete Zombies vs. Robots |
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August 2008 | 978-1-60010-328-5 |
Groom Lake |
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October 2009 | 978-1-60010-536-4 |
Zombies vs. Robots: Aventure |
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September 2010 | 978-1600107177 |
Original series
editTitle | Material collected | Release date | ISBN |
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Infestation, Vol. 1 |
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August 2011 | 978-1-60010-977-5 |
Infestation, Vol. 2 |
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August 2011 | 978-1-61377-003-0 |
Infestation |
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December 2011 | 978-1-61377-106-8 |
Epilogue series
editTitle | Material collected | Release date | ISBN |
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Zombies vs. Robots: UnderCity |
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October 2011 | 978-1-61377-073-3 |
Infestation: Outbreak |
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December 2011 | 978-1-61377-107-5 |
References
edit- ^ Lamar, Cyriaque (9 October 2010). "IDW's Infestation: Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, and Transformers vs. Zombies". io9. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "IDW Panel: 30 Days of Night, Godzilla, TMNT, Popeye, Code Word: Geronimo & More [Comic-Con]". Comics Alliance. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ Esposito, Joey (2011-01-26). "Infestation #1 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2017-01-02.