The zombie series fans have demanded comes to comics in this fully-authorized series from the original creators, director George A. Romero and co-writer John Russo, and the story everyone was dying to see: a prequel to the original film! Written by Russo and fully-approved by Romero, this is the horror series of the decade from the men who defined the genre! While news reports of random acts of violence and murder begin to fill the airwaves, the unsuspecting occupants of Beekman's Diner are about to find themselves under siege by an army of flesh-eating zombies! As confusion, fear and paranoia begin to take hold, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD's Ben finds himself at odds with the other diner patrons, as he begins to realize that self-preservation may be his only hope of survival against the bloodthirsty ghouls. But as the sun begins to set and frantic innocents begin to fall prey to the zombies, an even darker fear begins to take hold... The fear that all of mankind may be doomed by the apocalyptic phenomenon. This incredible prequel to the blockbuster classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD gives new insight into many of the film's characters and locations, including horrific encounters at the farm house and Beekman's diner and introduces us for the first time to The Cemetery Zombie, Sheriff McClellan, and NOTLD hero, Ben!