Who dies in Marvel Zombies? Details revealed in depth

Marvel Zombies is unlike most Marvel shows because it doesn’t play by the usual rules. Instead of heroes finding a way to win, the series shows how quickly even the most powerful characters can fall once the undead take over. Across its four episodes, nearly every corner of the MCU is represented, and the list of deaths is long, brutal, and final. The show carries Marvel Animation’s first TV-MA rating, and it wastes no time proving why.

From Tony Stark being decapitated before the story begins, to Kamala Khan watching her friends ripped apart, the deaths come fast and rarely with warning. Familiar names like Steve Rogers, Okoye, and Captain Marvel are taken down early, while others such as Yelena Belova and Shang-Chi meet their ends trying to hold the line. Even cosmic figures like Thanos, Rocket, and Groot are not spared, showing that no hero or villain is safe in this timeline.

What makes Marvel Zombies so different is the creativity behind each death. Characters are vaporized, torn apart, impaled, or even crushed by allies turned enemies. Below, we break down every major hero’s death in order, with the full details of how it happens.

Every hero death in Marvel Zombies season 1 explored in order

The biggest takeaway from Marvel Zombies season 1 is the sheer scale and brutality of the deaths that unfold across its four episodes. Unlike the main MCU timeline, where major heroes are often protected by the long game of franchise building, this series is designed to show how fragile even the strongest Avengers can be when faced with the undead plague.

Each episode adds to the body count, and no corner of Marvel’s universe is safe. The structure of the show makes these deaths even more striking, because they don’t happen with big speeches or final victories, most of them are sudden, vicious, and irreversible.

In episode 1, the show wastes no time confirming Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Okoye, and Captain Marvel are already gone, while Kate Bishop and Melina Vostokoff fall soon after. Riri Williams’ apparent death sets up one of the finale’s biggest twists, but at the time it felt like the team was finished before they even started. By episode 2, Xu Wenwu, Namor, John Walker, and Yelena Belova are added to the list. Their deaths show the variety of threats, from hordes of zombies to sacrifices made to buy others time.

Episode 3 raises the stakes further, with Thanos, Rocket, and Groot wiped out in devastating fashion. Baron Zemo, Jimmy Woo, and Red Guardian meet their ends in New Asgard, highlighting how unsafe even fortified bases have become.

By episode 4, the scale of destruction peaks: Thor, Janet Van Dyne, Hank Pym, Valkyrie, Shang-Chi, and Blade Knight are among those eliminated, mostly in battles tied directly to Wanda and her expanding control. These final moments underline how little hope remains.

Every death matters here not because of who falls, but how quickly entire rosters of heroes are erased. It builds the sense that Kamala Khan and Riri Williams surviving is less a triumph and more a miracle.

The series uses these shocking ends not as one-off shocks, but as a way to strip the world of defenders until only fragments remain. That setup ensures that if Marvel Zombies returns, it must answer how anyone can realistically push back against Scarlet Witch’s undead empire when almost every name has already been crossed off.

Deaths in Marvel Zombies season 1 (in order):

• Tony Stark
• Steve Rogers
• Okoye
• Captain Marvel
• Kate Bishop
• Melina Vostokoff
• Xu Wenwu
• Namor
• John Walker
• Yelena Belova
• Thanos
• Rocket
• Groot
• Baron Zemo
• Jimmy Woo
• Red Guardian
• Thor
• Janet Van Dyne
• Hank Pym
• Valkyrie
• Shang-Chi
• Blade Knight

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