- "Get a mop bitch! Dig a hole! You now have one less mouth to feed"
- ―Janey Belle
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| Zombie Tramp | |
| Title: | "Breaking Bath" |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Cover price: | $14.99 |
| Cover date: | July, 2015 |
| Publisher: | Action Lab Comics Danger Zone |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Shawn Gabborin |
| Writers: | Dan Mendoza; Jason Martin |
| Pencilers: | Victoria Harris; TMChu |
| Inkers: | Victoria Harris; TMChu |
| Cover artists: | TMChu; Dan Mendoza |
| Cover inker: | TMChu; Dan Mendoza |
| Cover colorist: | Jason Martin |
| Colorists: | Jason Martin |
| Letterers: | Adam Wollet |
| Associates: | Colleen Boyd |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Zombie Tramp: Sleazy Rider |
| Next: | Zombie Tramp: Unholy Tales of the Dirty South |
"Breaking Bath" is the fifth volume of trade paperback issues reprinting stories originally published by Action Lab Comics under their Danger Zone imprint. This volume reprints issues #9-12 from Zombie Tramp, Volume 3. Stories were written by Jason Martin and Dan Mendoza with artwork by TMChu and Victoria Harris. Coloring was by Jason Martin and lettering was by Adam Wollet. Colleen Boyd served as associate editor on the series. This volume shipped in July, 2015 and carries a cover price of $14.99 per copy (US).
Issues[]
- Zombie Tramp, Volume 3 #9
- Zombie Tramp, Volume 3 #10
- Zombie Tramp, Volume 3 #11
- Zombie Tramp, Volume 3 #12
Issue #9[]
Janey Belle goes to sleep in someone's grave in a cemetery and has dreams of the time when she was a high-school student, before becoming a zombie.
The following day, she awakens and decides that she needs a long bath. She breaks into the home of a drug dealer named Walt and takes a bath. Walt comes home and Janey makes a quick exit. The bathtub is what Walt uses to cook his drugs, but it is now filled with Janey's zombie detritus. Walt's partner, Dizz Johnson, comes over, and not knowing any better, takes a sample of the tub water particles and smokes it. Walt tries to warn him, but it is too late. Dizz is elated, and tells Walt that whatever he cooked up produced an instant high. They decide to sell this designer zombie drug to their employer, Ortega. Walt tells him that he calls it Bath Salts 2.0.
Twenty-eight days later, Dizz Johnson's continued use of Bath Salts 2.0 takes its toll. He becomes a crazed flesh-eating monster who attacks a man on the Tamahawk Bridge. News crews film this bizarre spectacle and it is broadcast live across all networks.
Janey Belle meanwhile, continues to make her way across the city. She breaks into the house of some other unsuspecting resident and beheads the homeowner. She then notices a baby lying in a crib, which she takes a liking to. She picks up the child and then takes note of the television, which is broadcasting the Tamahawk Bridge incident.
Walt on the other hand, finds himself running dry on B.S.2, but he finds a small volume of Janey's sloughed remains at the bottom of the tub. He whips up a new batch and samples the product, but immediately has a violent reaction. He transforms into a hulking creature who then uses up the remainder of the drugs. This allows Walt to catch Janey's scent, and he now decides that he must find her.
Meanwhile at the Comic Planet comic book store - somebody else takes an interest of the episode being displayed on the news. This is Katie Carva, also known as Vampblade.
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- George Sumero (In a dream sequence)
- Vampblade, Katie Carva
- Dick Hardly
Organizations
Races
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
Explicit content
Issue #10[]
In Detroit, Michigan, a woman returns home to a dark house. She finds her adulterous husband's head on the floor, separated from his body. In a crib lies a child sucking on a severed finger coated in milk. Attached to his onesie is a note that reads "Daddy liked to bring home strange women for SEX. It didn't go well". All of these are clear signs that Zombie Tramp has been here.
Meanwhile, Janey Belle is driving down the highway en route to the Tamahawk Bridge after viewing a television reporter about a zombie attacking motorists on the bridge. A SWAT team from the Detroit Police Department surround the undead Dizz Johnson. The men attack Dizz, but then a larger more monstrous zombie named Walt leaps down from a street sign and barrels into the officers. He tries to protect Dizz, but one of the officers gets in a lucky cranial shot that kills him.
Walt catches sight of Janey's Hummer in traffic and leaps over the SWAT members onto the hood of the vehicle. The impact causes the vehicle to crash.
Janey prepares to transform into zombie mode, but suddenly a new player arrives on the scene - Vampblade. Using her patented vampblade weapons, she slices off Walt's right arm. Walt shrieks and shouts that "This isn't over!" before super-leaping away to safety. Janey thanks Vampblade for the timely assist and then goes off to track down Walt on her own.
That evening, Zombie Tramp is in a cemetery where she finds Walt pulling the arm off an unsuspecting man and affixing it to his own stump.
Janey bides her time and readies up some magic using the Necronomicon. Walt sniffs her out and approaches her. He blames Janey for leaving her zombie salt in his bathtub, which was then used in the preparation of his Bath Salts 2.0, which ultimately resulted in his current condition. Walt believes that more undead bath water might hold the key to curing him.
Janey snaps her fingers and summons an army of the undead from underground. The undead grapple with Walt to keep him in place while Janey prepares a ritual to exorcise his soul from his current body, which would ultimately kill him. The spell begins to work, and Walt temporarily reverts back to his human self, but he is strong-willed, and transforms back into a hulking monstrosity. He lunges at Zombie Tramp as she swears at him, calling him a "strong-willed fucktard".
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
Organizations
Races
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
- Cemetery
- Exorcism
- Full moon
- Gunshot victims
- Magic spell
- Severed fingers
- Severed head
- Severed limbs
- Shot in the head
- Summoning
- Super-leaping
- Superhuman strength
Issue #11[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Dizz Johnson (In flashback only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- Florida (Referenced only)
- Miami (Referenced only)
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- Comic Planet (In flashback only)
- Fuff Muckers Tacos
- Hutt M.D.
Items
- Bath Salts 2.0
- Handgun (In flashback only)
- Necronomicon
- Vampblades
Vehicles
Powers
Explicit content
Miscellaneous
Issue #12[]
In an effort to make it to Miami faster, Zombie Tramp takes to the air this time on a one-way ticket to chaos. Can Janey control her temper and her human form on a six-hour flight full of annoyances? Maybe. But add one more unexpected element to the mix and you've got yourself one angry zombie on a plane.
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Fancy
- Holly
Minor characters
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- Archie's
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- Janey Belle, aka Zombie Tramp, was created by writer/artist Dan Mendoza. She first appeared in the first Zombie Tramp self-published graphic novel in 2009. Copyright © Dan Mendoza and Action Lab Entertainment, Inc., 2015.
- This series is rated M for Mature. It contains scenes of graphic violence, strong language and nudity.
- UPC barcode: 9781632291080 51499.
- Total page count: 128 pages.
- The title to this volume is a reference to the popular AMC drama series Breaking Bad starring Bryan Cranston. It ran for five seasons from 2008 to 2013.