''Infestation'' is a

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published by

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, and connecting various of its licensed and original series together. It was published from January to April 2011. It consisted of two book-end one-shots, ''Infestation'' #1–2, set in the ''Zombies vs. Robots'' and ''CVO'' universes, and two-issue

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from the ''G.I. Joe'', ''Transformers'', ''Ghostbusters'', and ''Star Trek'' universes. Also, IDW published a digital-only ''Pocket God'' tie-in issue in May 2011 which was included in the hardcover book. IDW then released a four-issue epilogue series titled ''Infestation: Outbreak'' from June 2011 – September 2011. It picked up on the CVO after the events of ''Infestation'' and also introduced the events of the ''Groom Lake''

into the same continuity of the CVO. IDW also published a four-issue follow-up series set in the ''Zombies vs. Robots'' universe after the events of ''Infestation'', entitled ''Zombies vs. Robots: UnderCity''.

Premise

Britt (from ''CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations'') comes in contact with the Undermind (from ''Zombies vs. Robots'') to bring armies of zombies across the universes of ''

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'', '' The Transformers'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''pocket god''.

Titles

''Infestation'' #1

Published in January 2011. Written by

Dan Abnett Dan Abnett (born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, sinc ...

and

Andy Lanning Andy Lanning is an English comic book writer and inker, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and for his collaboration with Dan Abnett. Career Lanning works primarily at Marvel Comics and DC Comics as an inker. He has also pencill ...

with art by David Messina.

''Star Trek: Infestation'' #1-2

Published biweekly in February 2011. Written by

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and David Tipton with art by Casey Maloney.

''The Transformers: Infestation'' #1-2

Published biweekly in February 2011. Written by

and

with art by Nick Roche.

''Ghostbusters: Infestation'' #1-2

Published biweekly in March 2011. Written by Erik Burnham with art by

Kyle Hotz Kyle Hotz is an American Comics artist, comic book artist and Comics writer, writer. His work has appeared in series published by Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Comics career Hotz graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, bachel ...

''G.I. Joe: Infestation'' #1-2

Published biweekly in March 2011. Written by Mike Raicht with art by Giovanni Timpano.

''Infestation'' #2

Published in April 2011. Written by

and

with art by David Messina.

''Infestation: CVO 100-Page Spectacular''

Published in April 2011. A repackaging of older ''CVO'' comics.

''Pocket God: Infestation'' #1

Published in digital format only in May 2011. First in print in the ''Infestation'' hardcover.

''Zombies vs. Robots: UnderCity'' #1-4

Published monthly from April 2011 - July 2011. Written by

Chris Ryall Christopher Ryall (born April 2) is best known as the former President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of IDW Publishing (June 2004–2019), and as a writer in the comic book industry. In February 2011, his Eisner Award-nominated series, '' ...

with art by Mark Torres.

''Infestation: Outbreak'' #1-4

Published monthly from June 2011 - September 2011. Written by

and Tom Waltz with art by David Messina.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a number of

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Preludes

Original series

Epilogue series

References

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