Storyline: The Walking Dead #50
Date: June 25, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Rus Wooton

Synopsis: The five-oh. It’s been a long time coming, but Kirkman has made it to issue 50 with the little zombie book that could. In this issue we follow Carl, left slightly alone since last issue. Read catch up, because I’m not spoiling it for anyone who waits for the trades.

Anyway this issue sees Carl dealing with the ramifications of last issue, as well as coming into his own as a character. It’s been a long time coming. In all honesty, I’ve never cared for Carl until this issue. He’s always seemed like a pain in the ass background character with a cowboy hat. Not anymore. Not at all.

Opinion: I want to let it be known that I love zombies. Anything to do with zombies I tend to read, absorb and spit back out in a morphed form in a story. The Walking Dead is perhaps the only good zombie story currently being printed and it deserves all the praise it’s fan base gives it.

Kirkman has a way of portraying the zombies as a background character and bring humans to the surface. You don’t see this too often in stories following the ambulatory deceased. Normally it’s the same old crap over and over again. Dead rise, eat the living and all we get to see is some action story without any heart.

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Storyline: Unspecified
Date: May 14, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Charlie Adlard

Synopsis: Everything is different now. Any information given here will spoil the story for you. Believe me when I tell you that this issue changes everything.

Opinion: The Walking Dead still packs the biggest punch in comics.  I am still reeling after this issue, and I have no idea where Robert Kirkman is going to go from here. The art, as always, delivers and Charlie Adlard continues to put together a coherent and high quality flow in the book.

As with most Kirkman comics, I can’t go into this story without spoiling the story a bit.  Please click through the jump to read my full review.

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Storyline: Made to Suffer, Part 6 (of 6)
Date: April 2, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Charlie Adlard

Synopsis: With their backs against the wall, Rick and company are left with little choice but to fight their way out of their prison-come-shelter. With The Governor leading a violent raid set to murder them all, they have no choice but to flee into the throngs of hungry zombies encircling the prison. Unlike other comic book characters, Rick is limited to being simply human, and it is those limitations that sting the most in this issue. Dead and Buried.

Opinion: This is a comic that will be talked about in shops across the country. Kirkman pulls absolutely zero punches and sends this story in an all new direction. We genuinely do not have any clue what is going to happen next, but I know we are all reeling from this one. There is no way to discuss this issue without spoilers, so read more after the jump if you don’t mind being spoiled.

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Storyline: Made to Suffer, Part 5 (of 6)
Date: March 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Charlie Adlard

Synopsis: The action revs up in this issue, and everything that has been happening to Rick and company has all led up to this confrontation. Loyalties are renewed and tested, and even after all of the sacrifices, in this issue there are more to be made, and possibly one that is the biggest one of all. Mother and Child. No one is safe.

Opinion: The Walking Dead is one of those comics that never fails to surprise you. Even after 47 issues the hits just keep on coming. Robert Kirkman pulls no punches in portraying the gravity of a world gone awry. This arc has been terribly violent, with events shaping our characters (at least the ones still alive) well beyond what you would expect in comics today.

Every time an issue has come out the pacing and style has been near flawless. If you’re not reading this book you are seriously missing out on a unique character study as Kirkman provides glimpse after glimpse of insights into mankind’s soul.

That being said, this comic is suggested for mature readers. The scenario is dead serious and the subject matter could be very overwhelming to some. If you can handle it, I recommend this story.

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Storyline: No specific story arc
Date: September 12, 2007
Price: $2.99 US / $3.25 CAN
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn

Synopsis: Survival in a world ravaged by a plague of zombies is difficult, however Rick and his band seem to have found what little goodness is left in the world as life finally begins to stabilize within their prison fences. Food is growing and even with the oncoming shadow of the nearby town of Woodbury, the group finally has a chance to stretch their legs and just enjoy some of the smaller things in life. As is Kirkman’s style, however, nothing in this world is to ever end with a happy ending, and this issue doesn’t change that mold, ending in one of his greatest cliffhangers to date…

Opinion: Nothing good can ever come to Rick or his tribe. That said, this issue is one of Kirkman’s finest, the pacing meshes well with the flow of time, showing the reader several weeks at a time between the pages, finally ending the issue with the … oops, I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but take it from me, nothing good can possibly happen after the final pages of the issue. The issue literally gave me shivers as I hit the final page and made me wish time could pass just so I could get to the next issue. This is what comics should all strive to be, in my opinion. I heavily recommend this book, as well as the whole Walking Dead series!

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