Tom Sawyer: The Zombie Slayer

THIS IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL IN COMIC FORM.

THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND YEAR 2026, AND THE WORLD HAS BEEN RUN OVER BY ZOMBIES. THE GOVERNMENT FORCES ALL OVER THE WORLD BATTLE THE INFESTATION AND ARE IN A DANGER OF QUICKLY GETTING RUN OVER. BECKY THATCHER, A YOUNG ZOMBIE RESEARCHER IN THE US CENTRAL ZOMBIE RESEARCH STATION IN MISSOURI FINDS OUT THAT THE FIRST INFESTATION OF THE ZOMBIES HAPPENED WHEN RESEARCHERS DUG UP GRAVES IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES IN MISSOURI. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE WORKING ON A TTT (TIME TRANSPORTER TUBE). THEY ALREADY SENT RATS, CATS AND MONKEYS BACK IN TIME. SHE IS OF THE FIRM BELIEF THAT INJUN JOE IN MARK TWAIN'S WRITINGS WAS THE FIRST CARRIER OF THE ZOMBIE VIRUS.

HER FELLOW SCIENTISTS MOCK HER. HOWEVER, SHE IS CONVINCED THAT SHE IS RIGHT. TO PROVE TO HERSELF AND THEM, THAT SHE IS RIGHT, ONE EVENING SHE DECIDES TO USE THE TTT TO GO BACK IN TIME AND STOP THE INFESTATION FROM HAPPENING. SHE GETS IN THE TTT AND FLIPS THE SWITCH. THOUGH SHE GETS TO THE 18TH CENTURY IN ONE PIECE, SHE DOES NOT KNOW THAT SHE IS ALREADY LATE. SHE MEETS UP WITH TOM SAWYER AND THEY SOON FALL IN LOVE. SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL AND TOM, A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN WITH A RUSTIC APPEAL. IT IS HERE, DEAR READER, THAT THE STORY STARTS. THAT MORNING, TOM SAWYER AND BECKY THATCHER ARE HEADING FOR THE DOCKS TO BOARD A BOAT GOING UP THE RIVER.