Panel 1: Low-angle comic panel inside a chaotic hospital hallway as ’Zug, a towering half-orc police officer, urgently warns civilians while danger escalates after a zombie cop shooting. Ran, wounded and missing her left hand, faces the growing outbreak inside the emergency ward.

Panel 2: Close-up comic panel of A’isha’s raised hand giving an urgent police signal in a hospital corridor, visually communicating immediate danger and command authority as a zombie outbreak spirals out of control.

Panel 3: Terrified hospital civilians run through a dim emergency hallway toward what appears to be a hospital worker in medical scrubs, unaware the figure is an approaching zombie as panic spreads during the outbreak.

Panel 4: Horror comic panel as a zombie in hospital scrubs suddenly lurches toward fleeing civilians in a crowded medical corridor, transforming confusion into immediate undead violence.

Panel 5: A’isha raises her firearm and takes tactical aim at the advancing hospital zombie while Ran, an injured noir detective missing her left hand, shouts directions with her remaining hand raised to guide terrified civilians to safety.

Panel 1: Low-angle comic panel inside a chaotic hospital hallway as ’Zug, a towering half-orc police officer, urgently warns civilians while danger escalates after a zombie cop shooting. Ran, wounded and missing her left hand, faces the growing outbreak inside the emergency ward. Panel 2: Close-up comic panel of A’isha’s raised hand giving an urgent police signal in a hospital corridor, visually communicating immediate danger and command authority as a zombie outbreak spirals out of control. Panel 3: Terrified hospital civilians run through a dim emergency hallway toward what appears to be a hospital worker in medical scrubs, unaware the figure is an approaching zombie as panic spreads during the outbreak. Panel 4: Horror comic panel as a zombie in hospital scrubs suddenly lurches toward fleeing civilians in a crowded medical corridor, transforming confusion into immediate undead violence. Panel 5: A’isha raises her firearm and takes tactical aim at the advancing hospital zombie while Ran, an injured noir detective missing her left hand, shouts directions with her remaining hand raised to guide terrified civilians to safety.      

Transcript

Panel 1
’ZUG: Heads up! This is turning ugly fast.

Panel 2
No text or dialogue.

Panel 3
No text or dialogue.

Panel 4
CIVILIAN: AAAAAGH!!

Panel 5
RAN: Quick! Everyone get inside a room!
RAN (cont'd):Barricade the door!

Dead shall rise – Chapter 3 page 1
Posted on May 18, 2026 by Maho Noir

So... it turns out shooting one zombie cop didn’t exactly fix Ran’s night.

Chapter three opens right where the chaos left off, with the hospital rapidly shifting from “already terrible” to “actively becoming a nightmare.” I really wanted this page to feel like that immediate aftermath moment-- the split second where nobody has time to process what just happened because things are already getting worse.

Ran’s in rough shape, missing a hand, running on adrenaline, and now stuck watching the consequences of chapter two spiral outward in real time. Meanwhile, A’isha and ’Zug are getting their first real chance to show how they operate under pressure, which felt important. This is less about big heroics and more about people realizing the situation is collapsing and reacting fast.

And because Ran’s life apparently runs on spite and bad luck, her night is still nowhere near over.