The official prequel to the cult-classic 1968 zombie film, Night of the Living Dead! You've heard the eyewitness accounts and were shocked by the television reports, but now for the first time you'll experience the horrifying events which led to that first Night of the Living Dead! John Russo, the co-writer of the 1968 cult classic film, joins horror comics scribe Mike Wolfer in presenting the official prequel to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, featuring the first chronological appearances and origin of the Cemetery Zombie, Sheriff McClellan, the murderous little girl named Karen, and the strong-willed hero of George A. Romero's first LIVING DEAD film, Ben!