The Walking Dead: Comics (Compendium)

Series · 4 books · 2009-2019

By Robert Kirkman

Books in series

The Walking Dead

Compendium One

2009

Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan\-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. With The Walking Dead \#1\-48, this compendium features more than one thousand pages chronicling the start of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award\-winning story of zombie horror, from Rick Grimes waking up alone in a hospital, his band of survivors seeking refuge on an isolated farm and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot, The Governor.

The Walking Dead

Compendium Two

2012

Returning with the second eight volumes of the fan\-favorite, New York Times bestseller series, The Walking Dead, collected into one massive paperback collection! This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy Award\-winning television series on AMC: over one\-thousand pages chronicling the next chapter of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award\-winning continuing story of survival horror \- beginning with Rick Grimes' struggle to survive after the prison raid, to the group's finding short solace in The Community, and the devastation that follows. In a world ruled by the dead, we are finally forced to finally start living. Collects The Walking Dead \#49\-96\.

The Walking Dead

Compendium Three

2015

How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television? When is the last time any of us REALLY worked to get something that we wanted? How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted? The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled \- no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. Collects issues \#97\-144 of the acclaimed zombie hit!

The Walking Dead

Compendium Four

2019

Just in time for the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC, the fan\-favorite, New York Times bestseller series returns with its FOURTH massive paperback collection! With over 1,000 pages, this volume contains the next chapter of ROBERT KIRKMAN and CHARLIE ADLARD's Eisner Award\-winning continuing story of survival horror. From the Whisperers to the Commonwealth, Rick Grimes meets new allies and enemies to the way to reclaiming the world from the dead. Wars are started, and dear friends fall... Collects THE WALKING DEAD \#145\-193\.

Author

Robert Kirkman

Author · 311 books

Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher. Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take. In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.