

Series: Walking Dead Tp (Book 24)
Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: Image Comics (September 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1632154021
ISBN-13: 978-1632154026
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.4 x 10.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Holy crap! Now THAT’S how you do a cliffhanger.With nearly 150 issues under his belt, I can’t believe how on top of his game writer Robert Kirkman still is. When you consider the novels, the hit TV series, not to mention the new spin-off, he’s still got the onions to write the story contained in THE WALKING DEAD Vol. 24: Life and Death.We remember from the last volume that Carl has gone off to find Lydia, daughter of Alpha, the leader of the Whisperers, the nomadic tribe of survivors who live among the dead in the wild.Meanwhile, Maggie has survived an attempt on her life by Gregory, the former leader of the Hilltop community.When this volume starts, spanning issues 139-144 of the monthly series, Carl has been captured by the Whisperers, while Rick is away on trade business for the local communities. Back at Alexandria, people are getting ready for a town fair and back at the Hilltop, Maggie is trying to decide what to do with Gregory, even though she knows, in her heart, there’s only one thing TO do. She knows Rick has kept Negan alive all these years, locked up in jail, to prove that there is still some hope for humanity. But Gregory is a different breed and there are still people who can be swayed by him, and that’s something she can’t allow. So he’s going to have to be executed.And speaking of Negan, when one of the people in charge of him doesn’t lock his cell door properly while Rick is away … let’s just say the outcome to that was the LAST thing I expected.But Rick’s got more on his mind when Maggie tells him Carl is missing, and where he’s gone. Rick does what any father would do, he goes after his son, even into enemy territory.But the Whisperers are like no enemy they’ve faced yet.
Another thrilling volume that kept me hooked from beginning to end. And this ending has quite an impact, even for someone who has been reading the series the whole way through. Also I really liked the character interaction here. Plenty of moves from the major characters that were unexpected, but not out of character, Overall and very well written adventure that keeps the reading pining for more.However there was a highly odd thing here: Some side story about Michonne going AWOL that was never depicted in the previous volumes. This apparently had a big impact on Rick's town, as people in it risked their lives looking for her, but this again, this was actually shown in the prior story What heck, Kirkman? You can't just have a major character go missing and have a big hunt for her "off camera". If something like this has to happen, and it has an impact on the current story, then you have to show it.Also some aspects of the storyline are really starting to bug me, namely the situation with the "whisperers". While the organization is certainly unique, it's just another existential threat to the community that may get into a war with them for some heavily contrived reason, It seems like that's all Rick and his crew ever get to do anymore ever since they settled down in town: Battle a never ending stream of existential threats that pop up one after another. Is this really all the future has in store for Rick and company? Just keep fighting for survival?It shouldn't always be this way, like it was the gang was on the road. They now have a secure town with walls, perimeters, well trained guards, and a huge arsenal.
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