Set Description:
Negan Lives was a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan and follows the character after Issue 174. The issue has six regular and foil cover variations, all of which are in my set graded at 9.8 Signature Series.
Negan encounters a young woman named Lucy who bonds with him, but then lures him into a trap for her group. After a walker attack kills Lucy's companions, Negan invites her to join him on a quest to properly lay his wife Lucille to rest.
Notes:
Note 1. This was my 7th COMPLETE CGC Registry set.
Note 2: On 26th July 2024, I won nine CGC Best Set awards, including the first award for this set.
On 28th July 2025, I won ten CGC Best Set awards, including the second award for this set.
On 2rd July 2026, I won seven CGC Best Set awards, including the third award for this set.
Note 3. The set received its 250th viewing on 6th July 2026. Thank you for looking :-)
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Negan Lives! (2020) 1 |
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Negan Lives! 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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1575563003
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Owner Comments
Negan Lives is a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan and follows the character after Issue 174.
Signed in gold by cover and interior artist Charlie Adlard on its issue day, 1 July 2020, and graded into CGC's prestigious Signature Series.
Story summary: The issue opens with Negan threatening someone, but it is revealed that he's just talking to flowers, which he takes to his wife's grave. He apologizes to her and expresses his loneliness and fear of dying.
Negan enters his house and discovers a stranger inside. She apologizes for breaking in and asks him to spare some food, which he agrees to. The stranger introduces herself as Lucy, which surprises Negan due to the similarity of her name and his wife Lucille's.
Negan and Lucy share a meal and discuss how the apocalypse forces them to constantly adjust to new situations. Lucy moves closer to Negan and asks if he lives alone, which he confirms is true. She questions him about nearby communities. He tells her there are some places close by, but he doesn't trade with them because they dislike him. Lucy compliments his appearance, causing Negan to jump up. He asks where the rest of her group is, refusing to believe she's on her own. He suspiciously comments that she looks too well-kept to be a lone survivor in the wilderness, and that a woman half his age wouldn't fall for him so easily. Lucy tells him he's smarter than he looks.
Derick and Barry jump out of the woods, the latter strangling Negan with a rope. Lucy pleads for his life but Derick urges Barry to finish the job. Negan insults them, saying they're too weak to kill him even though he's not fighting back. Derick gives Negan a shovel and makes him dig up Lucille's grave, which they plan to bury Negan in. He begs them not to force him to continue, but he ends up complying after Derick threatens to kill Lucy. Derick asks him who's buried in the grave, saying they must be special if he'd rather die than dig them up. Negan tells him that it's his baseball bat, which is representative of his deceased wife. Derick says his story is the "stupidest shit [he's] ever heard".
Walkers attack, killing Barry. Derick shoots some of them, but gets bitten. Negan uses the shovel to kill the walker biting him, as he wants to kill Derick himself. He stabs and kills him in the chest with the shovel, attempting to cut him in half. A scared Lucy asks if Negan plans to kill her, but he instead invites her to join him on his newfound quest to lay his wife's bones to rest, telling her, "Don't you want to see what happens next?".
Cover price: $4.99
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - hand-signed cover and interior art
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Negan Lives! (2020) 1 Gold Foil Edition |
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Negan Lives! 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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2575595001
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Owner Comments
Gold foil edition, one copy issued free to each local comic shop (LE about 2500).
Signed in gold by cover and interior artist Charlie Adlard on its issue day, 1 July 2020, and graded into CGC's prestigious Signature Series with the rare TWD Lucille label.
Negan Lives is a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan and follows the character after Issue 174.
CGC census 8/2024: 593. 428 @9.8, none higher.
Story summary: The issue opens with Negan threatening someone, but it is revealed that he's just talking to flowers, which he takes to his wife's grave. He apologizes to her and expresses his loneliness and fear of dying.
Negan enters his house and discovers a stranger inside. She apologizes for breaking in and asks him to spare some food, which he agrees to. The stranger introduces herself as Lucy, which surprises Negan due to the similarity of her name and his wife Lucille's.
Negan and Lucy share a meal and discuss how the apocalypse forces them to constantly adjust to new situations. Lucy moves closer to Negan and asks if he lives alone, which he confirms is true. She questions him about nearby communities. He tells her there are some places close by, but he doesn't trade with them because they dislike him. Lucy compliments his appearance, causing Negan to jump up. He asks where the rest of her group is, refusing to believe she's on her own. He suspiciously comments that she looks too well-kept to be a lone survivor in the wilderness, and that a woman half his age wouldn't fall for him so easily. Lucy tells him he's smarter than he looks.
Derick and Barry jump out of the woods, the latter strangling Negan with a rope. Lucy pleads for his life but Derick urges Barry to finish the job. Negan insults them, saying they're too weak to kill him even though he's not fighting back. Derick gives Negan a shovel and makes him dig up Lucille's grave, which they plan to bury Negan in. He begs them not to force him to continue, but he ends up complying after Derick threatens to kill Lucy. Derick asks him who's buried in the grave, saying they must be special if he'd rather die than dig them up. Negan tells him that it's his baseball bat, which is representative of his deceased wife. Derick says his story is the "stupidest shit [he's] ever heard".
Walkers attack, killing Barry. Derick shoots some of them, but gets bitten. Negan uses the shovel to kill the walker biting him, as he wants to kill Derick himself. He stabs and kills him in the chest with the shovel, attempting to cut him in half. A scared Lucy asks if Negan plans to kill her, but he instead invites her to join him on his newfound quest to lay his wife's bones to rest, telling her, "Don't you want to see what happens next?".
Cover price: none
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - hand-signed cover and interior art. (400)
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Negan Lives! (2020) 1 Silver Foil Edition |
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Negan Lives! 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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2575595006
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Owner Comments
Silver foil edition, two copies issued free to each location comic shop (LE about 5000).
Signed in silver by Charlie Adlard on its issue day, 1 July 2020, and graded into CGC's prestigious Signature Series with the TWD Lucille label.
Negan Lives is a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan and follows the character after Issue 174.
CGC census 8/2024: 628. 484 @9.8, none higher.
Story summary: The issue opens with Negan threatening someone, but it is revealed that he's just talking to flowers, which he takes to his wife's grave. He apologizes to her and expresses his loneliness and fear of dying.
Negan enters his house and discovers a stranger inside. She apologizes for breaking in and asks him to spare some food, which he agrees to. The stranger introduces herself as Lucy, which surprises Negan due to the similarity of her name and his wife Lucille's.
Negan and Lucy share a meal and discuss how the apocalypse forces them to constantly adjust to new situations. Lucy moves closer to Negan and asks if he lives alone, which he confirms is true. She questions him about nearby communities. He tells her there are some places close by, but he doesn't trade with them because they dislike him. Lucy compliments his appearance, causing Negan to jump up. He asks where the rest of her group is, refusing to believe she's on her own. He suspiciously comments that she looks too well-kept to be a lone survivor in the wilderness, and that a woman half his age wouldn't fall for him so easily. Lucy tells him he's smarter than he looks.
Derick and Barry jump out of the woods, the latter strangling Negan with a rope. Lucy pleads for his life but Derick urges Barry to finish the job. Negan insults them, saying they're too weak to kill him even though he's not fighting back. Derick gives Negan a shovel and makes him dig up Lucille's grave, which they plan to bury Negan in. He begs them not to force him to continue, but he ends up complying after Derick threatens to kill Lucy. Derick asks him who's buried in the grave, saying they must be special if he'd rather die than dig them up. Negan tells him that it's his baseball bat, which is representative of his deceased wife. Derick says his story is the "stupidest shit [he's] ever heard".
Walkers attack, killing Barry. Derick shoots some of them, but gets bitten. Negan uses the shovel to kill the walker biting him, as he wants to kill Derick himself. He stabs and kills him in the chest with the shovel, attempting to cut him in half. A scared Lucy asks if Negan plans to kill her, but he instead invites her to join him on his newfound quest to lay his wife's bones to rest, telling her, "Don't you want to see what happens next?".
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - hand-signed cover and interior art. (200)
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Negan Lives! (2020) 1 Red Foil Edition |
| Item: |
Negan Lives! 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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1575571022
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Owner Comments
Negan Lives is a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan. It follows the character after Issue 174. This is the super-rare Red Foil Edition. Originally, this edition was given only to Skybound and Image employees. It was limited to just 500 copies (LE500). After this, a small number of the remaining copies were included in some of the Skybound Mystery Boxes.
I purchased my copy as a raw book from Jason Abrahamsen.
This copy was signed with hand-drawn sketch of Negan in red ink by Charlie Adlard on 10 October 2020, and subsequently graded into CGC's prestigious Signature Series.
CGC census 2/2021: 180. 168 @9.8, none higher.
CGC census 8/2022: 219. 198 @9.8, none higher. There are just 13 graded @9.8SS. This may be the only one with a remarque.
CGC census 8/2024: 232. 209 @9.8, none higher.
Story summary: The issue opens with Negan threatening someone, but it is revealed that he's just talking to flowers, which he takes to his wife's grave. He apologizes to her and expresses his loneliness and fear of dying.
Negan enters his house and discovers a stranger inside. She apologizes for breaking in and asks him to spare some food, which he agrees to. The stranger introduces herself as Lucy, which surprises Negan due to the similarity of her name and his wife Lucille's.
Negan and Lucy share a meal and discuss how the apocalypse forces them to constantly adjust to new situations. Lucy moves closer to Negan and asks if he lives alone, which he confirms is true. She questions him about nearby communities. He tells her there are some places close by, but he doesn't trade with them because they dislike him. Lucy compliments his appearance, causing Negan to jump up. He asks where the rest of her group is, refusing to believe she's on her own. He suspiciously comments that she looks too well-kept to be a lone survivor in the wilderness, and that a woman half his age wouldn't fall for him so easily. Lucy tells him he's smarter than he looks.
Derick and Barry jump out of the woods, the latter strangling Negan with a rope. Lucy pleads for his life but Derick urges Barry to finish the job. Negan insults them, saying they're too weak to kill him even though he's not fighting back. Derick gives Negan a shovel and makes him dig up Lucille's grave, which they plan to bury Negan in. He begs them not to force him to continue, but he ends up complying after Derick threatens to kill Lucy. Derick asks him who's buried in the grave, saying they must be special if he'd rather die than dig them up. Negan tells him that it's his baseball bat, which is representative of his deceased wife. Derick says his story is the "stupidest shit [he's] ever heard".
Walkers attack, killing Barry. Derick shoots some of them, but gets bitten; Negan uses the shovel to kill the walker biting him, as he wants to kill Derick himself. He stabs and kills him in the chest with the shovel, attempting to cut him in half. A scared Lucy asks if Negan plans to kill her, but he instead invites her to join him on his newfound quest to lay his wife's bones to rest, telling her, "Don't you want to see what happens next?".
Cover price: none shown
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - hand-signed cover with sketch of Negan; and interior art. (627r+55)
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Negan Lives! (2020) 1 Second Printing |
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Negan Lives! 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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1575567010
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Owner Comments
Second printing, August 2020
Signed in silvery-blue sharpie by Charlie Adlard on 6 August 2020, and graded into CGC's prestigious Signature Series.
Negan Lives is a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan and follows the character after Issue 174.
Story summary: The issue opens with Negan threatening someone, but it is revealed that he's just talking to flowers, which he takes to his wife's grave. He apologizes to her and expresses his loneliness and fear of dying.
Negan enters his house and discovers a stranger inside. She apologizes for breaking in and asks him to spare some food, which he agrees to. The stranger introduces herself as Lucy, which surprises Negan due to the similarity of her name and his wife Lucille's.
Negan and Lucy share a meal and discuss how the apocalypse forces them to constantly adjust to new situations. Lucy moves closer to Negan and asks if he lives alone, which he confirms is true. She questions him about nearby communities. He tells her there are some places close by, but he doesn't trade with them because they dislike him. Lucy compliments his appearance, causing Negan to jump up. He asks where the rest of her group is, refusing to believe she's on her own. He suspiciously comments that she looks too well-kept to be a lone survivor in the wilderness, and that a woman half his age wouldn't fall for him so easily. Lucy tells him he's smarter than he looks.
Derick and Barry jump out of the woods, the latter strangling Negan with a rope. Lucy pleads for his life but Derick urges Barry to finish the job. Negan insults them, saying they're too weak to kill him even though he's not fighting back. Derick gives Negan a shovel and makes him dig up Lucille's grave, which they plan to bury Negan in. He begs them not to force him to continue, but he ends up complying after Derick threatens to kill Lucy. Derick asks him who's buried in the grave, saying they must be special if he'd rather die than dig them up. Negan tells him that it's his baseball bat, which is representative of his deceased wife. Derick says his story is the "stupidest shit [he's] ever heard".
Walkers attack, killing Barry. Derick shoots some of them, but gets bitten. Negan uses the shovel to kill the walker biting him, as he wants to kill Derick himself. He stabs and kills him in the chest with the shovel, attempting to cut him in half. A scared Lucy asks if Negan plans to kill her, but he instead invites her to join him on his newfound quest to lay his wife's bones to rest, telling her, "Don't you want to see what happens next?".
Cover price: $4.99
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - hand-signed cover, cover and interior art. (99)
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Negan Lives! (2020) 1 Second Printing/Bronze Foil Edition |
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Negan Lives! 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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1575571025
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Owner Comments
Bronze foil edition, one copy issued free to each location comic shop (LE about 2500).
Signed with sketch in bronze sharpie by Charlie Adlard on 10 October 2020, and graded into CGC's prestigious Signature Series.
Negan Lives is a one-shot story of Image Comics' The Walking Dead consisting of 36 pages, featuring Negan and follows the character after Issue 174.
CGC census 8/2024: 311. 221 @9.8, none higher.
Story summary: The issue opens with Negan threatening someone, but it is revealed that he's just talking to flowers, which he takes to his wife's grave. He apologizes to her and expresses his loneliness and fear of dying.
Negan enters his house and discovers a stranger inside. She apologizes for breaking in and asks him to spare some food, which he agrees to. The stranger introduces herself as Lucy, which surprises Negan due to the similarity of her name and his wife Lucille's.
Negan and Lucy share a meal and discuss how the apocalypse forces them to constantly adjust to new situations. Lucy moves closer to Negan and asks if he lives alone, which he confirms is true. She questions him about nearby communities. He tells her there are some places close by, but he doesn't trade with them because they dislike him. Lucy compliments his appearance, causing Negan to jump up. He asks where the rest of her group is, refusing to believe she's on her own. He suspiciously comments that she looks too well-kept to be a lone survivor in the wilderness, and that a woman half his age wouldn't fall for him so easily. Lucy tells him he's smarter than he looks.
Derick and Barry jump out of the woods, the latter strangling Negan with a rope. Lucy pleads for his life but Derick urges Barry to finish the job. Negan insults them, saying they're too weak to kill him even though he's not fighting back. Derick gives Negan a shovel and makes him dig up Lucille's grave, which they plan to bury Negan in. He begs them not to force him to continue, but he ends up complying after Derick threatens to kill Lucy. Derick asks him who's buried in the grave, saying they must be special if he'd rather die than dig them up. Negan tells him that it's his baseball bat, which is representative of his deceased wife. Derick says his story is the "stupidest shit [he's] ever heard".
Walkers attack, killing Barry. Derick shoots some of them, but gets bitten. Negan uses the shovel to kill the walker biting him, as he wants to kill Derick himself. He stabs and kills him in the chest with the shovel, attempting to cut him in half. A scared Lucy asks if Negan plans to kill her, but he instead invites her to join him on his newfound quest to lay his wife's bones to rest, telling her, "Don't you want to see what happens next?".
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard - hand-signed cover and interior art. (73r+55)
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