
Amputation Stops Spread: It's possible to survive being bitten by a walker, but only if the infected limb is removed immediately and the victim receives proper medical treatment. This leaves the Zombie Apocalypse survivors Genre Blind at first. The difference is that Night of the Living Dead (1968) was not released and thus, zombies never became a part of pop culture. Alternate History: Downplayed, the world of The Walking Dead is similar to Real Life pre-zombie apocalypse. Alas, Poor Villain: The Hunters were definitely not nice people but its hard not to feel at least a little sad when Rick's group brutally kills them all to prevent them from following and attacking his people. If only he didn't kill Rick's friends without any hint of hesitation. However, he is very straightforward and fair, and quickly shows that his larger-than-life persona hides a deeply intelligent, tactical and insightful mind. His surface-level personality is extremely abrasive, rude and domineering. There's really nothing personal about cutting off your leg. Following that, she leads Tyreese on a two-person counterattack that results in his beheading. Instead of straight-up killing the Governor, she tortures him and leaves him alive, allowing him to mount an attack on the prison and kill the vast majority of the folks there. The Zombie Apocalypse has honed her into a stone-cold badass, but at the cost of most of her sanity and compassion. Action Girl: Deconstructed in the case of Michonne. It plays more like standard adultery than most examples of this trope, since it had only been a few days or weeks and they have no evidence for Rick's death beyond, "yo, zombies." When Rick returns, Lori considers it a mistake and wants to forget it ever happened, but Shane has other ideas. Accidental Adultery: Rick's wife Lori sleeps with best friend Shane when Rick is presumed dead. Presumably, she keeps her sword in top condition. She knows to take blade sharpeners when they raid weapons shops.
Rick's hatchet, on the other hand, is as sharp as the plot needs it to be at any given time.
Starts as an Aversion - it gets stuck in a skull once, when we first meet her - but later it cuts through everything like a hot knife through butter. Abandoned Hospital Awakening: The first issue starts with Rick getting shot, then awakening weeks later to find that things have changed.Subsequent releases have been Descent and Invasion, with others likely on the way. The second, The Road to Woodbury, was released in October 2012 and the final novel of the Governor trilogy, The Fall of the Governor in 2013. Kirkman has also co-written a planned trilogy of prequel novels to the series, the first one being Rise of the Governor.
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There is also an episodic adventure game series by Telltale Games set in the same universe as the comic. There is also a live action television series that is based on, but also deviates a bit from the comic it has its own page. However, Kirkman noted that this was a stylistic decision and his intended ending, and he even commissioned a few covers for fake issues past #193 in order to preserve the big plot twist in the final three issues. In June 2019, it was revealed that the series would come to its conclusion with July 2019's Issue #193 - a giant-sized issue - ending a 16-year run in as an abrupt fashion as the deaths of many of the comic's lead characters. The series began in October 2003 to great fanfare.