Note: This article contains potential spoilers for Marvel Zombies.
Marvel Animation‘s Marvel Zombies series is dropping next week, and we got leaked details about what happens to each character in Marvel Zombies, revealed by X user The Beyond Reporter.
The series is set in the alternate timeline from What If…? (2021), where a virus has turned much of the world — including the Avengers — into zombies. It follows a group of survivors who risk their lives across a dystopian landscape, battling superpowered zombies in search of a way to end the plague.
Here are the full details of what happens to each character in Marvel Zombies:
Kate Bishop: Dies, killed by the zombie Carol Danvers.
Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel): Already a zombie and kills Kate Bishop.
Ikaris: Fights Kate Bishop but does not become a zombie because he is a robot.
Ironheart (Riri Williams): Dies, sacrificing herself for Kamala Khan.
Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel): Initially survives, but in the end, she succumbs to Wanda’s magic, dies, and becomes a zombie trapped in an illusion.
Blade: Initially survives with Kamala’s group. His final fate is not detailed, but he is presumed to have been defeated and turned into a zombie with the others.
Yelena Belova: Alive in a refuge with other Black Widows. Her final fate is not mentioned.
Yelena’s Mother (Melina Vostokoff): Alive in a refuge with the Black Widows. Her final fate is not mentioned.
Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov): Alive in a refuge with the Black Widows. His final fate is not mentioned.
Okoye: A talking zombie, possessed by the Scarlet Witch.
Hawkeye (Clint Barton): A talking zombie, possessed by the Scarlet Witch.
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff): The main zombie villain. In the end, she wins, kills all the survivors, and turns them into her zombie army, trapping them in an illusion.
Shang-Chi: Bitten at the beginning, but his father uses the Ten Rings to stop the transformation. He leads a group of survivors, but his final fate is to be defeated by Wanda and turned into a zombie.
Katy: Survives the beginning of the apocalypse with Shang-Chi. Her final fate is not detailed, but she is presumed to have been defeated and turned into a zombie with the others.
Wenwu: Sacrifices himself to save Shang-Chi by placing the Ten Rings on him.
Zemo: Becomes the leader (baron) of the survivor colony on the Raft prison. He is likely killed during the Atlantean attack.
Namor: Leads an attack by Atlanteans on the Raft, killing almost everyone.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker): Survives the explosion in Wakanda and narrates the events. His final fate is not detailed, but he is presumed to have been defeated and turned into a zombie with the others.
T’Challa (Black Panther): Sacrifices himself by throwing himself and the zombie Thanos into a vibranium turbine.
Thanos: Already a zombie and destroyed in the vibranium explosion along with T’Challa.
Scott Lang (Ant-Man): Survives the explosion in Wakanda with Spider-Man. His final fate is not detailed, but he is presumed to have been defeated and turned into a zombie.
Rintrah: Saves Spider-Man and Scott Lang by opening a portal to Kamar-Taj. He leads a group that sends the Hulk to the explosion. He is presumed to have been defeated by Wanda in the end.
Rocket: Killed by Thanos with the Power Stone.
Groot: Killed by Thanos with the Power Stone.
Thor: Gravely injured by Thanos and remains motionless for years. He fights the zombie Wanda in New Asgard and is presumably defeated and turned into a zombie.
Valkyrie: Allows the survivors to enter New Asgard. She is presumably defeated and turned into a zombie during Wanda’s attack.
Khonshu: Helps the survivors enter New Asgard.
Hulk: Sent into the Infinity Stones’ explosion, absorbs their power, and becomes a supreme “Infinity Hulk.” Wanda defeats him to steal his power.
The cast of Marvel Zombies includes Awkwafina as Katy, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, Simu Liu as Xu Shang-Chi, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Randall Park as Jimmy Woo, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent, Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams / Ironheart, Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, Todd Williams, and Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, along with survivors Death Dealer, Blade Knight, and Xu Wenwu, as well as zombie versions of Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Emil Blonsky / Abomination, Ava Starr / Ghost, Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, Ikaris, and Okoye.
Andrews directs from a screenplay by Zeb Wells. Executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, Zeb Wells, and Andrews, with Danielle Costa and Carrie Wassenaar producing.
The four-episode animated series Marvel Zombies, rated TV-MA, will premiere on Disney+ on September 24, 2025.
