Rick Grimes

A small-town Kentucky sheriff's deputy, Rick Grimes woke from a coma to find the world overrun by the undead. Struggling to reunite with his wife and son, he was forced to adapt everything he knew about law and order to survive a civilization-ending zombie apocalypse.

Few characters in Modern Age comics have left a mark quite like Rick Grimes — a figure whose 132 catalogued appearances across titles like The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Deluxe, and Guarding the Globe speak to a genuinely enduring presence in Image Comics history. Debuting in 2003 under the hands of Dan Jolley, Mike Norton, and Clint Hilinski, Rick has spent over two decades sharing harrowing pages with some of comics' most compelling figures — Carl Grimes, Michonne, Andrea, Glenn, and Abraham Ford among them. With four key issues to his name, collectors have long recognized that certain Rick Grimes appearances carry real weight on the shelf. If you're exploring the backbone of Image's modern legacy, this is a character whose run demands your attention.