It won’t be the last time in the series such thanks are due. Tony Moore’s first scene of the zombie infestation is chillingly gruesome, and we should be thankful the pages are black and white. Both versions open with Officer Rick Grimes awakening alone in hospital unaware of how much the world has changed while he was comatose, recovering from injury sustained in the line of duty. With many never aware that the TV show was adapted from a series of graphic novels, it’s astonishing to see how much of Days Gone Bye transferred directly to the TV screen – most of it, in fact. These were as a black and white comic of which there were no great expectations other than the hope the creators that it might break even. The Walking Dead has become such a phenomenal success that’s it’s quite the sobering experience to revisit the origins.
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