"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, [in which a] strange mist brings the unburied dead back to life, hungry for the flesh of the living. This ... prequel to the blockbuster classic 1968 ... film 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, for the first time, the Cemetery Zombie, Sheriff McClellan, the zombie girl Karen, and NOTLD hero Ben"--

John Russo is the original co-creator of the 1968 cult classic film, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, which he wrote alongside George A. Romero. His writing partner on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is Mike Wolfer, whose prolific work in the horror comics field over the past 20 years includes such titles as Godzilla and Friday the 13th, as well as Avatar's LADY DEATH, STREETS OF GLORY, and GRAVEL.