Following Ash's death in the previous 'Army of Darkness' storyline "The Death of Ash", and is now in (what appears to be) Heaven. The superpowered entity known as The Sentry shows up in the afterlife (having been sent there by the Watcher in "Marvel Zombies Return") and begins consuming everyone in sight. Ash and the Sentry end up shunted into another reality (again by the Watcher according to "Marvel Zombies Return"). Along the way, Ash receives a prophecy warning him that "an army of the dead will rise" and that this world will fall.