Resident Evil: The Official Comic Magazine

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In 1998 Wildstorm began publication of a monthly comic book series based on the first two games titled Resident Evil: The Official Comic Magazine, which lasted five issues. Each issue was a compilation of short stories that were both adaptations of events from the games (alluded and depicted), as well as related side-stories. Like the S.D. Perry novels, the comics also explored events occurring beyond Resident Evil 2 (the latest game during the series' publication) and thus were contradicted by later games. The following are a few examples:

• That the name of the Kendo Gun Shop owner is "George." His name was later revealed to be Robert.
• That Lickers are the product of the G-virus, rather than being mutated zombies, and thus T-virus creatures.
• That the G-virus and T-virus are mostly interchangeable. Several stories in the comics depict zombies being created as a result of the G-virus, and animals and humans being seemingly impregnated by the mutated William Birkin turning into zombies upon rejecting the G-embryo, instead of the infant mutant bursting from their bodies.
• That Raccoon City's infection was the result of a test tube containing a T-virus sample being flung into a river when the Spencer Estate blew up, and this contaminated its water supply.
• That the release of the T-virus at the Spencer Estate was a deliberate act on the part of Umbrella, to test its effects on humans, when in reality this was caused by James Marcus, and Umbrella had been testing the T-virus on human subjects for some time prior to the outbreak.

This series of issues where followed by the Fire and ice series.

[edit] Issues

• 1. S.T.A.R.S. Files
• 2. Night Stalkers
• 3. Wolf Hunt
• 4. A New Chapter of Evil
• 5. ...And the Last Shall Be First

[edit] Cover Gallery

Issue #1	Issue #2	Issue #3	Issue #4
Issue #5

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