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The Walking Dead

For the 2010 television adaptation, see The Walking Dead (TV series).

The Walking Dead ... (literally The walking dead, and the Spanish edition Undead) is a series of monthly U.S. comic written by Robert Kirkman and drawn by Tony Moore, replaced by Charlie Adlard from number 7. The Walking Dead tells the adventures and misadventures of a group of people trying to survive after a zombie apocalypse.

Made of white, black and gray, except the covers, is originally published by Image Comics U.S. since 2003 and in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini Comics since June 2005 and published in Argentina by UFO Press since December 2010. In 2010 he was the subject of a TV series adaptation, which already had a premiere

Argument

The Walking Dead tells how Rick Grimes, a police officer originally from Kentucky U.S. awakens from a coma after an accident while on duty, to meet a world ravaged by bodies of fresh and eager, not knowing what happened to around, goes in search of his family. Over publications seen how a more seasoned Rick joins is finding survivors in search of a place to settle and be safe or at least able to cope with the zombie threat that stalks them.

Although in reality the cause of the appearance of the zombies is not revealed, they pass in later issues have a secondary role, leading to human and personal development of the characters and the different ways of dealing with this situation of persecution, death and destruction they have caused the death walkers

Main Characters

• Rick Grimes: The protagonist of the story attractive serving thread to all the stories that take place throughout the journey in search of a new home. He was sheriff of a town of Cynthiana, Kentucky, but is seriously wounded in the line of duty. When he wakes from coma is alone and helpless in a hospital full of zombies. Upon return to his family in Atlanta becomes the leader of a group of survivors.

• Shane: Rick's former colleague in the police. It's who takes care of the wife and son of Rick during his absence. Leader of the survivors until the arrival of Rick, begin to be displaced by this which will cause his death at the hands of Carl in later chapters.

• Lori Grimes: Rick's wife. He fled with his son Carl and Shane at the beginning of the disaster and took refuge with other survivors outside Atlanta. Chapters then discovered that he had an affair with Shane, which ended with the reappearance of Rick at the beginning of the story, and she is pregnant with this.

• Carl Grimes: The only son of Rick and Lori, was seven at the beginning of the story. Despite his young age teaches Rick handle a gun that takes no skill in killing zombies show. His character is hardened by circumstances: Shane killed when he tries to kill Rick, and Ben, because he was a threat to the group. Sophia also called crazy because dads called Glenn and Maggie, and considers stupid attitude to the inhabitants of Alexandria for trying to live a somewhat normal life despite the disaster around them.

• Morgan Jones and his son Duane: The first life of truth found Rick after waking from a coma. They hide in a neighbor's house in the neighborhood where Rick lived before everything. They explain what they know about the issue and how they survive there shovels hidden and killing the zombies that are coming. Rick brings their old police station and gives them guns and a radio to communicate with them.