Walking Dead's Ending Proves Michonne (Not Rick) Was Its Real Hero

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In the wide world of Image Comics' The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes is a hero that fans of the comic know and love, but after Rick dies, it’s clear that his right-hand gal, Michonne, is the true hero of the series. Rick may have received more of the spotlight and acclaim over the years, but Michonne’s story, character arc, and ultimate fate prove that she’s the character that deserves the real heroic recognition.

Set years after the untimely death of Rick Grimes, the final issue of The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, sees Rick’s son, Carl Grimes, his trusted friend and confidant, Michonne, and the handful of surviving members of his zombie-hunting crew finally living life in a society free from the fear of death and zombification lurking around every corner. Part of a world where zombies are now more of an afterthought than a real threat, Michonne is shown to have become the person she always strived to be as the series concludes, giving fans an unsuspecting coda to her years-long zombie fighting journey.

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Working as a lawyer before the zombie apocalypse threw a wrench into those plans, Michonne is revealed to now be a well-respected judge within this new society, no longer protecting people in a physical sense but doing so in a way that defends their livelihoods and rights instead. Helping an estranged Carl get out of a predicament that would have seen him heavily reprimanded due to his violent actions against a zombie that rightfully belonged to Maggie Greene’s son, Hershel, Michonne shows that she’s no stranger to doing what’s right in a world that’s still finding out exactly what «right» means.

Not only that, but compared to the doomed