COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Walking Dead 124 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0305401023
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Owner:
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StephenWA
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
All Out War - Chapter 10 of 12.
First (and last) appearance of Donnie [a Saviour; Eugene's first human kill]. Last appearance of Amber (Alive).
First mention of Richard and Arnold.
This issue marks Andrea's 100th appearance.
CGC census 3/2019: 145. 132 @9.8, (just) one higher @9.9.
Story summary: Eugene, Carson and the others are en-route back to the Hilltop in a van stolen from Sanctuary. Carson notes that it's getting too dark to see, and Eugene has him turn the lights on. To their horror, the road is full of roamers. Carson panics and starts backing up while Eugene yells at him to turn off the lights, as he had also spotted a Savior guard on top of a nearby building. They start taking fire and the van's engine block is shot out, but there are no fatalities. Eugene tells the others he has a plan.
At the Hilltop, Nicholas helps Rick up and they begin their retreat towards the house. A Savior attacks, but Jesus drop-kicks him in the face. As Rick and Nicholas climb the stairs to the house, two more Saviors run up from behind them; Nicholas is slashed across the back. As the other is about to stab Rick, Carl emerges from the house and shoots both Saviors down. Gregory and Carl get Rick and Nicholas inside as the Saviors charge the front door.
Negan shouts that a door won't stop them. He doesn't notice Michonne and Ezekiel sneaking to the cars behind the Saviors to turn on their lights. When the lights come on, Andrea and the sharp-shooters upstairs open up on the Saviors below, killing seven or eight of them. Negan orders a retreat and his forces fall back.
The Savior guard who shot at Eugene and his crew is still watching the van. The van's horn is jammed in the on position to draw roamers towards it. Eugene comes up behind the Savior and notes, "Carson here tells me your name is Donnie," before shoving him off the ledge to his death. Eugene starts to feel bad as this was his first human kill, but Carson assures him that Donnie was an animal that would have killed them all, explaining that Negan stationed the more violent Saviors at the outposts. Eugene then tells the others that they'll rest up and return to the Hilltop at sunrise.
After the battle, Michonne and Jesus clean up the roamers that have made it through the hole in the Hilltop's fence. They find a knife coated with dried blood and take it to Dr. Carson, who realizes that the Saviors' melee weapons are contaminated with residue from roamers and that whoever has been injured by them (Nicholas, Richard and Arnold) are going to die, much to Rick, Andrea and Carl's horror.
Back at their camp in the woods near the Hilltop, Dwight talks about moving their camp but Negan rebuffs him and proceeds to gloat about their approaching victory. He tells Dwight that, once Rick dies from the wound he sustained, the survivors will beg him to go back to the way things were, which Negan will be happy to do, as long as he gets to urinate on Rick's corpse.
Trivia:
1. Kal appears on the cover, despite having died in the previous issue.
2. This is the second issue with a cover shows a character, Maggie, who doesn't appear in the issue itself, nor is mentioned in it.
Cover price: $2.99
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - cover
Charlie Adlard and Stefano Gaudiano - interior art
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