The zombies have over run the Earth! A small outpost, remnants of a twisted scientist's scheme to defeat the plague holds out against the army of King Zombie. Their secret weapon are the Lepers---victims of a bizarre experiment that left them with dead skin in breathing husks with flesh that even zombies won't touch. It is a war of intelligence versus primal instinct---the will to survive against the craving for flesh. THIS ISSUE: The small outpost...

Dan arrives at Safe Haven and discovers Donna is there. He is torn between his love for her and how she is now part zombie. King Zombie shows off his breeding farm to encourage humans to populate and provide more food for his zombies. The outpost prepares for a massive assault, one that Rand is worried that they may not be able to survive.

In a last ditch effort to save the town, the lepers confront the zombies now led by Donna. All Donna wants his her daughter returned and she's angry when she discovers that she's gone. Bowker finds Dan and both of them seek an answer that neither really wants to know. The exciting conclusion to the War of the Dead story arc that leads into the next story - Deadworld: Restoration.

Donna and Percy are captured by a roving motorcycle gang of humans. Donna is raped but Percy, being an imbecile, is left alone. Dan and Joey are shocked when they are discovered by zombies while hiding out. To their surprise, they find out that the zombies aren't attacking, just walking right past them and they decide to follow the mindless horde. In the conquered city, King Zombie discovers that all of his zombie troops are abruptly leaving...as...

Moloch's mistress, Reyna, forces Wolverine to release Dan and she takes him to her quarters. King Zombie receives a report of Moloch's military city from other intelligent zombies. Dan overhears the talk of the mission and realizes that Mike is dead. Moloch realizes that zombies are making a coordinated attack against his city and mobilizes his forces, unaware of what Reyna is up to. Moloch has ordered all of the prisoners in the warehouse to be set...

Dan, on his own, finds a reclusive sanctuary that answers many questions but brings forth more new ones. The constant wireless signal for a refuge called Safe Haven temps all the survivors in this new world, but will it truly be a place of safety? The boat people, with our remaining group of teens, also find out a new and disturbing trick about the zombies...they can swim.

Dead Killer, now with a stiletto blade replacing his missing hand, finds out that King Zombie and the Vamp, accompanied by Bowker, are utilizing a small carnival as an undead rendezvous point. When he arrives to track down King Zombie, he finds some of the people involved in the "freak show" are actually being held prisoner. In a rescue attempt, Dead Killer, finally does what no one has done before…he kills King Zombie! Also included in this issue...

Forced to abandon their school bus, the teens stumble across an abandoned riverboat. But unknown to them, the new plans of King Zombie have trapped and cornered them into a fateful decision and not all of the teens are going to survive.

The human traitor Bowker finds out about Project Lazarus as Moloch sets a new plan into motion. Donna must choose between her undead and human side in the midst of the zombie attack on New Washington. While Dan is torn between his love for the woman who controls the zombies. Dead Killer leads the remaining lepers in a last ditch effort to stop the grakken demon creatures before they breed even more. The events set up the epic conclusion of the Restoration...

Dan faces the terror of gazing into the eyes of King Zombie before he is seemingly left for dead. The surviving teens manage to find security on another boat, but the boat people have their own designs on making it in this new world. The intelligent zombies make a startling find...they can inhabit and possess new bodies if they are 'killed'. Now, how do you kill a zombie that can switch bodies?