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- Setupplanted now, pays off later
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- Behind the scenesThe alien trick
To get Image to accept a zombie story it found "too normal," Kirkman added an alien-invasion twist to the pitch. He later said he never meant to use it.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNew artist at #7
Tony Moore drew issues #1–6 and did covers through #24. After missed deadlines, Kirkman brought in Charlie Adlard, who took over at #7 and stayed to the end.
source ↗ - ReferenceShane goes early in the comic
In the comic, Shane dies in issue #6, shot by Carl. On TV he lasts until the end of season 2, and Kirkman said he prefers the show's fuller take.
source ↗ - ReferenceMaggie arrives in #10
Maggie Greene first appears in issue #10, on her father's farm. On TV she shows up in season 2, in "Bloodletting."
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA $20,000 page
Page 7 of issue #1, drawn by Tony Moore, was appraised at $20,000 on VH1's For What It's Worth in 2013.
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- ReferenceMichonne debuts in #19
Michonne first appears in issue #19, from June 2005. On TV she shows up hooded in the season 2 finale, before Danai Gurira was even cast.
source ↗ - SetupLook at the katana
Michonne's katana has a triquetra, a three-pointed interlaced symbol, on the inner crossguard.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesLettered by Rus Wooton
From issue #20 on, the lettering is by Rus Wooton, who stayed on the series to the end.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShades of gray
The comic's black-and-white look gets its gray tones from Cliff Rathburn, who shaded Adlard's art. The series only got color in a 2020 reprint.
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- ReferenceThe Governor debuts in #27
Woodbury's villain first appears in issue #27, from April 2006, created by Kirkman, Adlard and Rathburn.
source ↗ - ReferenceOn TV, David Morrissey
On the show, the Governor arrives in season 3, played by David Morrissey. Showrunner Glen Mazzara described him as a narcissist.
source ↗ - ReferenceA novel origin
The novel The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor (2011), by Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga, tells the villain's backstory and reveals his real name.
source ↗ - ReferenceRick's hand
It's in Woodbury that the Governor cuts off Rick's right hand, a mark he carries for the rest of the comic.
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- ReferenceTyreese instead of Hershel
In the comic, the Governor beheads Tyreese in front of the prison. On TV, that fate went to Hershel in season 4.
source ↗ - SetupShane one last time
Issue #37 is Shane's last appearance in the comic, when Rick returns to his old partner's grave.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe end of the prison
The Governor's assault on the prison ends with Lori and her newborn daughter dead and Rick and Carl fleeing the ruins. It was the series' hardest turn up to then.
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- Behind the scenesWeekly reprint
When the TV show premiered, Image launched The Walking Dead Weekly, reprinting the first 52 issues one a week from January 5, 2011.
source ↗ - ReferenceAbraham and Eugene in #53
Abraham Ford and Eugene Porter both debut in the same issue, #53, from 2008, created by Kirkman and Adlard.
source ↗ - ReferenceMichael Cudlitz on TV
On the show, Abraham debuts in the 2014 episode "Inmates," played by Michael Cudlitz.
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- ReferenceThe Hunters
In the Hunters arc, a group of cannibals kidnaps Dale near the church, and Rick's group goes after them. It's one of the comic's most violent stretches.
source ↗ - ReferenceEugene's lie
It's after the Hunters ordeal that Eugene admits he isn't a scientist and there's no cure in Washington.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesEisner in 2010
The Walking Dead won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2010, the year these two volumes came out.
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- ReferenceCarl's eye
In issue #83, Carl is shot in the face during the walker attack and loses his right eye. The bandaged look became his trademark.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRick Grimes 2000
A joke alternate ending in issue #75, where Michonne knocks Rick out, became the non-canon 2021 miniseries Rick Grimes 2000.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSame cut as the hardcover
Issues #73–84 are exactly the contents of Book Seven, Image's U.S. hardcover that combines these two trades.
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- ReferenceJesus debuts in #91
Paul Monroe, aka "Jesus," first appears in issue #91, from 2011. The Weekly Crisis wrote: "Being nicknamed after the Son of God seems like an exaggeration."
source ↗ - ReferencePaul Rovia on TV
On the show, his last name became Rovia. Tom Payne was cast in September 2015 and debuted in 2016's "The Next World."
source ↗ - ReferenceGregory in #95
Gregory, the Hilltop's leader and a former businessman, debuts in issue #95, from 2012. On TV he's played by Xander Berkeley starting in season 6.
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- ReferenceNegan debuts in #100
Negan first appears in issue #100, from 2012. Charlie Adlard confirmed his look was based on musician Henry Rollins.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe scrapped idea
Kirkman came up with Negan after dropping a different idea: Rick killing Glenn to protect Carl.
source ↗ - ReferenceIssue #100 on TV
Glenn's death in issue #100, from July 2012, moved to the season 7 premiere, an episode that lines up directly with #100.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe arrow became a bat
In the comic, Abraham dies from Dwight's arrow to the head. On TV, his death went to Negan's bat in the season 7 premiere.
source ↗ - ReferenceEzekiel and Shiva
King Ezekiel debuts in issue #108 with Shiva, the tiger he freed from the zoo where he worked. On TV, Khary Payton and the tiger were revealed in the season 7 trailer at Comic-Con 2016.
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- Behind the scenesEnter Stefano Gaudiano
From issue #115, Adlard's pencils are inked by Stefano Gaudiano, who stays on through #192.
source ↗ - ReferenceAll Out War at #115
The All Out War arc officially starts in issue #115 and runs through #126.
source ↗ - ReferenceTwo seasons of Negan
On TV, Jeffrey Dean Morgan debuted as Negan in the season 6 finale and was the main villain of seasons 7 and 8, which adapt the war.
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- ReferenceThe truce was a trap
At the end of the war, Rick offers Negan a truce, slashes his throat and takes him prisoner instead of killing him.
source ↗ - ReferenceMaggie takes charge
Maggie pushes the selfish Gregory aside and puts the Hilltop behind Rick. After the war, she has Glenn's son and names him Hershel, after her father.
source ↗ - ReferenceAlpha in #132
The leader of the Whisperers, who wear walker skin to blend into the herd, first appears in issue #132, from 2014.
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- ReferenceCarl and Lydia
At the Hilltop, Carl grows close to Lydia, Alpha's daughter, and the two become a couple.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe pikes
Alpha beheads Ezekiel and 11 others and uses their heads to mark the border, one of the series' most remembered scenes.
source ↗ - ReferenceSamantha Morton on TV
On the show, Alpha is played by Samantha Morton, announced in July 2018. She debuts in "Adaptation," the season 9 midseason premiere.
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- ReferenceAlpha's end
Negan slashes Alpha's throat and beheads her in issue #156.
source ↗ - ReferenceA season and a half of Alpha
On TV, Alpha is the main villain of the back half of season 9 and all of season 10.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSame cut as the hardcover
Issues #145–156 are exactly the contents of Book Thirteen, Image's U.S. hardcover that combines these two trades.
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- ReferenceBeta steps up
After Alpha, it's Beta who leads the Whisperers to war against the communities.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesHere's Negan
Around the same time, Negan's origin ran in four-page chapters in Image+ magazine and was collected in a 72-page hardcover in November 2017.
source ↗ - ReferenceLucille on TV
The show adapted that origin in the season 10 episode "Here's Negan," with Negan as a high school gym teacher and his story with his wife, Lucille.
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- ReferenceThe voice on the radio
Contact with the Commonwealth starts with Eugene building a long-range radio after a satellite crashes.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe Commonwealth came early
Kirkman said the Commonwealth arrived earlier than planned, which made him worry he wouldn't have enough story to reach issue #300.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNegan Lives!
In 2020, the 36-page one-shot Negan Lives! showed what Negan did after issue #174.
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- Behind the scenesSurprise ending
Kirkman kept the ending secret, even putting out fake solicitations through issue #196. Issue #193 was announced as the last on July 3, 2019, with no warning.
source ↗ - ReferenceRick's death
Rick dies in issue #192, murdered by Sebastian Milton, Pamela's son, during the Commonwealth conflict.
source ↗ - ReferenceGrown-up Carl
In issue #193, Carl is an adult married to Sophia, telling his daughter who Rick was. On TV, Carl dies in season 8.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe color version
In 2020, Image began reprinting the whole series in color by Dave McCaig; the first issue came out on October 7 that year.
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