I've been wanting to read The Walking Dead for the last week but haven't had the time before now. Luckily I found some time today and read the first volume, Days Gone Bye. This is the story of Rick, a cop who was shot on the job. He wakes up from a coma to find the world a changed place. The hospital is abandoned, except for monsters that attack him. His house is a wreck and there are squatters in the neighbour's house. And he can't find his wife and son. So he sets off to Atlanta, where his wife has family, in the hopes that she went there when the zombies first appeared on the news.
I'm going to give my spoiler warning now. I get the impression that The Walking Dead is the continuing story of Rick, so much like Everworld, if I keep posting about the series I won't be able to avoid giving spoilers.
Rick arrives in Atlanta, but instead of the safe haven it was supposed to be, the city is overrun with zombies. He is saved from certain death by Glenn, one of the survivors. Glenn leads him to their camp, which is just outside of town, where Rick is miraculously reunited with his family. The little camp then tries to survive until the army comes, but the weather is getting colder and the zombies keep finding them in greater and greater numbers...
Days Gone Bye was an excellent introduction to the series. I can't wait to read more (and luckily don't have to - I'm going to start volume 2 right now!)
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