2017 Comic Challenge 307 The Walking Dead #163

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FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know Alexandria was prepared for a zombie herd attack,but no way were they prepared for a herd this large.

Andrea,Eugene,Jesus,Michonne and others are out on horses. To try to lead off large amounts of the herd away from the town. Back at the community Rick has everyone ready with knives to stab all the zombies pressing up against the front gate. But there is so many zombies the ones on the gate start to get crushed and become liquefied.
While our leads might have survived the war with the Whisperers fairly well it doesn’t look like they have a chance of surviving this herd. I am guessing that before issue 175 what is left of our leads will be back living on the run.

The Walking Dead #163 gets a buy!

2016 Comic Challenge 245 The Walking Dead #158

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Part 2 of the Whisperers war is out.Gabriel is on lookout when he falls,loses his rifle and breaks his ankle. So he is left hanging there as a herd of walkers and Whisperers go by. One of the more gruesome deaths in this comic in a long ass time.

Out on the frontlines Dwight has a line of troops ready. Negan is with them but unarmed. Then the herd gets to them. Thanks to some flanking manuevers and Negan's quick thinking most of them manage to escape.

But it looks like this war has just begun. Like pretty much every month Kirkman and Adlard have me gladly forking over right at 4 bucks for my fix.

The Walking Dead #158 gets a buy.

2016 Comic Challenge 204 The Walking Dead #155

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Like the tide the pace of TWD ebbs and flows. This is obviously the start of a big story arch. Michonne is trying to rush back with a wounded man. Dwight is leading a group of troopers in a hunt for Negan. And Negan well.. Negan is in love with Alpha of the Whisperers.

Even the slow issues like this one are engaging enough I don't mind getting this monthly then later on grabbing a physical copy in the Compendium format. The letter page confirms my thoughts on this being the start of a big story arch. Our monthly cast of people will be going to war with the Whisperers. And it is promised to be different and top the All Out War plotline from a bit over 2 years ago.

The Walking Dead #155 gets a buy.

2016 Comic Challenge 119 The Walking Dead #152

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More slow building in this issue. You got the preacher learning how to shoot a rifle. And he is damn good. Rick getting his ass kicked by the kid of one of the people that tried to stage a coup. And finally a group of people getting ready to head back to Hilltop .While Rick tries to convince Michonne to take control of the Kingdom.

Now I love TWD,but some times the pacing makes reading it in trades a much better experience.Thankfully I am splitting the cost of each issue with another person.

The Walking Dead #152 gets a buy.

2016 Comic Challenge 063 The Walking Dead #151

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After the attack on Rick last issue,he has realized the new community needs an army. So he has Dwight,Negan's old soldier,training a big group.

After  a couple of issues of full on action we are back to building issues. IE building up to the next big action piece.

Recently I see more and more people talking about how they have stopped reading TWD. And how they do not like the direction it has went over the last 30 issues.

At first I was worried when the comic took a big jump forward in time. But I have come to really enjoy seeing Rick and the others trying to rebuild the world.

The Walking Dead #151 gets a buy.