Part of The Walking Dead
First published 2004
Rick Grimes was a small town police officer who had never fired his weapon in the line of duty. He had seen only one corpse in his entire career. Then an epidemic swept across the planet, turning the dead into flesh-eating creatures that hunt the living. Society collapsed within months. No government exists anymore. Grocery stores stand empty. Mail trucks no longer run their routes. Cable television went dark. Rick awakens to find himself among the few people still breathing in this new world. His wife and son are missing, lost somewhere in the chaos that consumed civilization. He must navigate through hordes of walking corpses and the wreckage of the old world to locate his family. The survivors who remain face a harsh reality where every decision means life or death. They cannot rely on the conveniences that once defined daily existence. Instead of watching TV for hours, they fight to see another sunrise. The dead now rule, forcing the living to discover what truly matters when everything familiar disappears.
Genres: fiction, drama, adventure, horror, thriller, apocalyptic
Vibes: bleak, dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, quest-narrative, survival-against-odds
144 pages · Paperback · Image Comics
Content warnings: death, gore, graphic-violence