Walking Dead: Rick Should Have Died Before He Even Left the Hospital
The Walking Dead has proven time and time again that death comes for everyone eventually, but Rick Grimes surviving his first zombie encounter in the hospital shows how luck kept the hero alive when he should have been killed. In The Walking Dead #1 by Image Comics, Rick is attacked by a walker after awakening in the hospital from the coma as the hero should have been bitten after being attacked, but thanks to luck, he manages to avoid what should have been a quick and painful death.
The Walking Dead comic book series isn't for the weak of heart or those who like to get attached to characters, as throughout 193 issues of the Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard series, almost every single protagonist is killed in brutal fashion. In the series, Shane, Andrea, Tyrese, Lori, Glenn, and the most prominent characters all die at some point in the zombie apocalypse, whether at the hands of Walkers or other survivors in the wild. However, for Rick Grimes, who makes it to issue 192 before being killed, his journey should have ended at the hospital after he first awoke from his coma.
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In The Walking Dead #1 by Image Comics, Rick Grimes famously awakens from a coma, and before he can even react to his surroundings, he discovers a zombie outbreak has occurred throughout the hospital. He ends up stumbling to the ground after encountering a large group of nurses, patients, and hospital staff as undead monsters, as one manages to grab his shirt. Pushing him to the ground again, the zombie and Grimes fall down the stairs, with the walker getting ample opportunity to bite Rick, but instead, they fall together as the zombie's head perfectly falls off
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