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The Walking Dead #1 cover
Cover: Tony Moore

The Walking Dead #1

May 2004 · Image · 9.95 USD
📊 ~7,266 copies sold its debut month
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“Days Gone Bye”
★ 1st appearance — Lori Grimes★ 1st appearance — Duane Jones★ 1st appearance — Carl Grimes★ 1st appearance — Rick Grimes
About this Collection

This volume collects the first six issues of Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's landmark zombie survival series. It introduces protagonist Rick Grimes, a sheriff's deputy who awakens from a coma to find the world overrun by the undead, and follows his desperate search for his family in a shattered Georgia landscape. The story establishes the series' focus on human conflict and moral dilemmas in a post-apocalyptic setting, rather than the zombies themselves.

"Days Gone Bye" launches Robert Kirkman’s groundbreaking series with Rick Grimes waking in a deserted hospital to a world overrun by the undead. As he journeys toward Atlanta, Rick reunites with his family and a small band of survivors, setting the stage for a harrowing journey in a shattered world. Tony Moore’s stark, expressive art and Cliff Rathburn’s haunting colors bring the first moments of the apocalypse to life, all captured in a cover by Moore that sets the tone with quiet dread.

writer, letterer Robert Kirkman · artist, inker, colorist Tony Moore · colorist Cliff Rathburn · cover Tony Moore

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Full credits

writer, letterer Robert Kirkman
artist, inker, colorist Tony Moore
cover pencils, inks Tony Moore

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Walking Dead #1 (2003), The Walking Dead #2 (2003), The Walking Dead #3 (2003), The Walking Dead #4 (2004), The Walking Dead #5 (2004), The Walking Dead #6 (2004)

Reprinted in The Walking Dead #1 (2006), The Walking Dead #1 (2006), The Walking Dead #1 (2009), The Walking Dead #1 (2010), The Walking Dead #1 (2013), The Walking Dead en Español #1 (2013), The Walking Dead Deluxe #64 (2023), The Walking Dead #1

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