Zombie

Origin

After criticizing his gardener Gyps along with his shears and later verbally and physically harming him after the man caught a peek at his daughter skinny-dipping, Simon Garth was then ambushed by Gyps who drug him off to the swamp to be sacrificed by the Red Sect in a Voodoo ritual.

However, the leader of the ritual was Layla, Simon's secretary who had also fallen in love with him. She was able to free him, but he was later caught by Gyps who killed him with the very shears he had wielded in Simon's employ. He then threatened to kill Layla until she resurrected him as a zombie. Simon promptly went on a killing frenzy until one of the cultists threw the the Amulet of Damballah around his neck which allowed Gyps to control him.

The Zombie differs than his undead kin in that his soul still inhabits his body. As a result, he is fully aware of his actions and surroundings. He is impervious to pain and does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe.

Powers

Zombie is super-humanly powerful, however he can still sustain physical damage as any other person however, he can magically regenerate from these injuries if given time. He, however, does not have any control over what he does. Whoever holds the duplicate Amulet of Damballah can control Zombie without reserve. Being dead, Zombie has no need to eat, sleep or breath.

Freedom for the Zombie

Zombie who had been bound to the command of the owner of the Amulet of Damballah, was released from his undeath by Layla and Papa Doc Kabel. Both of which had continuously helped him throughout his "life". At one time the two had granted him 24 hours in his human form to attend the wedding of his daughter Donna Garth. Together the two used their powers to lay Zombie to his final rest.

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Simon's new Friend

From that point on, Simon Garth and Deadpool have formed a tight friendship.  Garth and Deadpool then arrived on an Island in control of Black Talon.  It turns out that Garth does have the ability to talk only to Black Talon because Talon is a Bokor.  Garth and Deadpool are later locked up in Black Talon's dungeon. Deadpool later breaks him and Simon out of the dungeon and go out in the open town of Taino.  They then walk into the zombie storm cloud and witness the fight between Man-Thing and the super zombie.  During this time he starts feeling sorry for zombie Deadpool's desire for freedom failing.  Later on he enters Black Talon's plantation where the Midnight Sons are carrying a burnt Deadpool mask.  Jennifer Kale then transfers the zombie virus in the body of Simon and now has the virus trapped in his body.  He is now contained back at the HALLOW.