Issue 75 is the seventy-fifth issue of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and the third part of Volume 13: Too Far Gone. It was originally published on July 21, 2010.
Plot Synopsis
After Gabriel has approached Douglas about evicting Rick's group from Alexandria for doing horrible things before reaching the safety of the Alexandria Safe-Zone, Douglas turns him away. He insists that everyone did what they had to survive, including Alexandria itself in the past, and that Gabriel should mind his own business and leave.
Heath and Glenn continue to wait for the zombies to clear out of the roadway, spending the night on top of a building in hopes that they will clear out by morning, with Heath expressing concern for his friend Scott.
One night while on patrol, Rick finds Peter Anderson sleeping on the porch of his house and Pete tells Rick about having arguments with his wife. Rick tells him to sleep inside, appearing friendly, but appears suspicious that all is not well in their household.
Heath and Glenn wake up in the morning, and unfortunately the road is still overrun. They look on in horror as a group of men emerge from a building and sacrifice one of their own to the zombie crowd in order to escape.
After speaking with Michonne on his lunch break, Rick approaches Peter's wife, Jessie, to find out if domestic abuse is happening. She confirms that Pete has been changing and has become increasingly violent. When Rick brings this information to Douglas, he is reluctant to act on it, because Peter is a doctor. Rick and Douglas argue and Rick storms off.
That night, Rick confronts Pete at his home and it descends into violence, with Rick and Pete crashing through his house window. The commotion causes several people to come running over. Douglas tries to intervene, but Rick pulls a gun on him, exclaiming he'd do anything to keep Alexandria safe, making the hard decisions no one else can make. Before anything comes of it, Michonne hits Rick over the head and asks him to look at what he's doing. Rick realizes that he is out of control.
Credits
- Rick Grimes
- Carl Grimes
- Morgan Jones
- Glenn
- Andrea
- Michonne
- Gabriel Stokes
- Heath
- Douglas Monroe
- Regina Monroe
- Peter Anderson
- Jessie Anderson
- Spencer Monroe
- Derek
- The Scavengers
- Alexandria Safe-Zone citizens
Non-Canon Credits
- Rick Grimes
- Lori Grimes
- Michonne
- Tyreese
- Glenn
- Axel
- Brian Blake
- Caesar Ramon Martinez
- Douglas Monroe
Deaths
Non-Canon Deaths
- Douglas Monroe
- Glenn
- Michonne
Bonus Ending
This issue came with a bonus ending that is not canon to the official story. In the ending, Rick had recently been hit over the head by Michonne. For reasons unknown, Rick explodes and wakes up in a scientific infirmary. Rick notices his missing hand has been replaced with a robotic one. Putting on armor he finds, he falls out of a sky ship. He sees Glenn and Douglas being torn apart by zombies and then finds himself before Tyreese, Axel, and Martinez.
Michonne appears and explains how three weeks ago, Rick had suddenly disappeared. Days after, aliens came to invade, and she explains how they planned everything; reanimating the dead and destroying civilization. Their plans were to use the remaining humans to harvest water, which they apparently use for currency on their planet. The remaining humans, however, decided to fight back.
Soon, Michonne is killed by The Governor (who is a cyborg) who crushes her head with a mechanical arm. Lori can be seen crying, holding onto The Governor's leg. He explains to Rick how he is either to join him or die.
It was explained in the letters section how many readers actually believed this to be actual canon to the story, to which it was dismissed to just be for a bit of fun.
Trivia
- First appearance of Derek and his group, The Scavengers.
- The non-canon ending is similar to Plan 9 From Outer Space, with aliens reanimating the dead.
- This is also the first and only issue to have a non-canon ending.
- This issue has three variant covers.
- Glenn was originally planned to die in this issue, but his death was postponed to #100.
- With the exception of Rick, every character who died in the backup story was still alive at that point in the series, and every character who lived in the backup story was dead in the series.[1]
References
- ↑ Nerdist Writer's Panel: Robert Kirkman Nerdist (2012)