The Walking Dead Issue 111 (Comic Book Series) Review

I apologize that this review is late.  I've been sick all of this week and didn't get a chance to read the new issue until last night.  As always, this review will contain spoilers, so for anyone who hasn't read the new issue yet, you may not want to keep reading this.

So based on the cover of this issue, we knew we would see at least one character death.  However, there are instances where you have a cover which may not exactly depict what is going to happen in the issue.  That was not the case in this issue.  I was going back and forth between Dwight and Rick for who Negan would kill.  I never once thought that it would be Spencer.

I never thought that Negan would go to Alexandria to get supplies while Rick was out with the others at the Kingdom getting ready to attack. That's a pretty interesting angle and completely different from what I thought was going to happen.  It's also a very interesting way of introducing the upcoming war between Rick's group and Negan's group.

So we start off with Carl trying to sneak off during the night to play with Ezekiel's tiger, but he gets caught by Rick.  That was a pretty funny moment and Rick then tells Carl that he can play with it tomorrow.  Next was a quick, little scene with Michonne where she takes her sword and actually sleeps with it next to her.

Then we have Jesus arguing with Gregory at the Hilltop and gathering his troops to head over to the Kingdom.  Gregory isn't really in on this war, so he's more likely to stay out of the whole situation.  So Jesus has about twenty men, Ezekiel has about forty people and Rick has his small group of tough fighters.  They also have Dwight on their side, but either way, this war is definitely going to be a blood bath, especially since Rick's group doesn't know that Negan is at Alexandria.  Then we see Andrea putting together a group of snipers and Michonne doing a little sword training with Ezekiel and his men. 

The rest of the issue is basically Negan showing up at Alexandria, banging on the gate and eventually being let in.  We have Spencer wanting to talk to Negan and being all polite with his shirt tucked into his jeans and all that good stuff.  I really liked the ending to the issue because at first, I thought Spencer knew what Rick was up to and was going to tell Negan everything.  But then Spencer actually wanted Negan to kill Rick and then Negan says,

"You wanted to take over... why not just kill Rick and take the f--k over? You know why? BECAUSE YOU GOT NO GUTS."

Then he just takes his knife and cuts Spencer's stomach open and all of his guts spill everywhere.  Negan's next lines are why he is the greatest villain in The Walking Dead by far.  He said,

"Oh, how embarrassing!  They were inside you the whole time.  You did have guts.  I've never been so wrong before in my life!  Clean this up before a kid sees it... and find out where this a--h--- lived.  I want to play some pool."

That's Negan in a nutshell.

Overall, I really enjoyed this issue a lot.  I think it's interesting to see Negan in Alexandria and I never thought that Spencer would be the one to die in this issue.  As always, I'm really excited to see what happens next and how the whole Negan situation will resolve itself.  I think we will see a ton of deaths on both sides in the upcoming war and I think it could last anywhere from 10-20 issues, so we should see a lot more Negan.  Now who doesn't love that?

Comic Book Series - Issues 111 + 112 Cover Preview

The Walking Dead comic book series has some really interesting covers coming up.  So I decided to preview them and make some predictions on what is going to happen.  Here is the cover for Issue 111, which comes out on June 12th:

"Lucille is going to be so jealous"

 

I think this is one of best covers we've seen in a while.  Obviously, this is Negan, and the big question here is who has he killed this time?  The plot for this issue is in the caption, which makes me think that at least one character is going to die.  You would have to think that the character will be part of Rick's "Alliance" you can say with the Hilltop and the Kingdom.  Based on the cover it could be anyone.

 

It could be Dwight from Negan's group because he wants to kill Negan as well as Rick and everyone else.  But out of everyone against Negan, Dwight is probably in the most dangerous position because he is going to have to gain the support of people within Negan's group.  Rick has his group and Ezekiel has his group, so Dwight is going to have recuit some people and get them on his side.  That is probably going to lead to someone ratting out Dwight, so I could definitely see Negan killing Dwight in the next issue.   

 

So it could either be Dwight or dare I say it, Rick Grimes.  Now based on this cover, I would say, "No way!  It can't be Rick!"  But if you take a look at the cover for Issue 112, which comes out on July 10th, it could happen.

"Carl and Andrea are faced with the unthinkable"

 

So just based on the caption/plot teaser, I think we could actually see the death of Rick.  We knew he was going to die sooner or later, so is this the time that the unthinkable will happen?  Even though it logically makes sense, I tend to think that Robert Kirkman wouldn't want to kill Rick at this time.  Maybe the group was split up or something, but what I can say is that things are not looking good for Rick's group.

I'm still going to go with Dwight and I think the cover for Issue 112 is just a way to build suspense.  I don't think they would kill Rick at this time, but either way, those are some great covers and I'm excited to see what happens with the whole Negan situation and the upcoming war.