Image Comics
Robert Kirkman, writer
Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn, artists
Things looked very bleak for our band of survivors after they ran afoul of a street gang named the Saviors in the last collected volume of The Walking Dead. Some truly brutal things had happened courtesy of the Saviors' leader, Negan, and Rick truly seemed defeated. He agreed to turn over half of everything his group had to the Saviors in exchange for their "protection," thus falling in line as several other nearby communities of survivors had previously done.
It truly seemed like Rick had no other choice, that Negan had the upper hand. Even a number of Rick's own followers believed the former lawman was broken. Which is exactly what Rick needed to ensure that Negan and the Saviors would also fall for the ruse. Rick's real intent, this volume reveals, was to bide time and learn all he could about the Saviors, where their base was, how many men and weapons they truly had at their disposal. Once that was made clear, it all made perfect sense, so that I felt bad for believing less of Rick.
And this volume does reveal a lot of details about how the Saviors live and how Negan maintains control of his crew. The man is easily as insane as the Governor, although Negan's insanity manifests itself in vastly different ways. Unfortunately, things do not proceed exactly as Rick hoped when he started his plan to buy time and gain information. Rick does indeed gain some information and some much-needed allies, but as often happens in real life and with this ragtag band of survivors of the zombie apocalypse, some unforeseen curves are thrown into the mix. Just one of those curves is when 12-year-old Carl, disgusted by his father's apparent capitulation to the Saviors, decides to take on Negan's crew single-handed.
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