In this third volume of the adaptation of video game series, Plants vs Zombies, there’s the main story along with numerous, shorter tales.

The main story sees Dr. Zomboss, and Neighborville itself, having to deal with the Anti-Bully Squad. The Anti-Bully Squad themselves are a group of disgruntled ex-students who didn’t exactly have positive experiences with Dr. Zomboss at college, and have returned to wreak their revenge. Of course, Neighborville youngsters Patrice and Nate, along with Crazy Dave, are there to lend a hand in defending the town from the group of zombies that’s even weirder than we’re used to seeing…

Though, as is characteristic of the series so far, it’s light, harmless fun, it is the case that the main story here seems stretched a bit thin over the course of its three issue length.

It’s full of the usual inexplicable, sudden appearances of plants from the games, and of course the now-expected lack of real threat from the zombies.

Much more successful are the shorter stories which follow the main feature, particularly the ones which (thanks to using different artists) experiment really nicely with the visual look of the series. The shorter form of these tales means they don’t outstay their welcome, and they tend to be cute little vignettes that just work really well.

It does feel as if the formula of the series isn’t particularly engaging for older readers, so perhaps I’m just not the target audience. I’ll continue to persevere though, and will of course review more volumes as I read them!

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