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This hardcover features the first 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers and anyone needing a slightly heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image Comics; 1st edition (July 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1582406197
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582406190
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1 x 11 inches

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First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time and is the #1 show on television among the coveted 18-49 demo. The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success.

Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week’s episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead’s companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.

He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman’s popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted, produced and airs on Cinemax.

For the big screen, Kirkman will produce Invincible based on his long-running popular comic book. The project will be written, directed and produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for Universal Pictures. Other credits include AIR featuring Norman Reedus and Academy Award nominee, Djimon Hounsou.

Additional Kirkman comics include Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.

Robert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control.

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George Lynch

A completely different story!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022

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So I binged the show all they way through season 10 without ever reading the books. When I finished book 1 I was amazed that it was like ready a different story line all together! Now I get to fall in love with the characters again and not expect what may be coming next!

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Frank R. Anderson

Great book but for a few flaws

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 10, 2009

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Okay, to make this easy I'll do a good and bad review
GOOD
1) The Art: I like that it's in black and white and while throwing in a few colors here and there would have really made this pretty cool it's just fine without it. At least for the first half.
2) The Major characters: I like the characters. I know the story is predictable and all but the ones who survive have real issues that help me care about them a lot more. I could really see reacting in a lot of the ways the characters do.
3) Zombies: There you go. Nuff said.
4) Quality: The book's quality is great. It looks great and doesn't fall apart under heavy reading like some other books I bought. I got Ashley Wood's Lore and I just stopped reading it because I didn't want to damage the book. It looked great but was obviously less quality than this for twice the cost.

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The Art: As other have said the art drops noticeably as the book goes on. It never turns to bad art but it's not great. At this point they could have added some colors here and there to make it a little more interesting to look at.

The Minor Characters: Okay, I don't think I'm ruining anything by saying that people die in this. The problem is that they are almost immediately replaced. I don't know if this changes as it goes on but there are characters who I care if they die because they've been around a while but others that seemed to have been thrown in to die and be replaced literally a page later by some dude they run into on the road. My issue with this is that there is a constant flow of people to warn the others of zombies by dieing. It's a continuous safety net and you never feel that the heroes are in anymore danger than before. Where as if they were being picked off one by one you would fear for them a lot more.

The "WHAAAAT?!" factor: This is what I call the reaction where the story is going along and suddenly people are being eaten by zombies or yelling at each other for no apparent reason or with no build up. Like there was a page of plot that they just cut out. There are multiple times where I went back and read a previous page or two because there was no reason for something to be happening and I assumed I missed a frame.

Conclusion:
I know there are almost equal numbers of bads as goods on this review but the goods far outweigh the bads. The book is just a lot of fun and I've picked up the second one. Definitely worth at least one read through.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2006

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Most of the folks here already know that The Walking Dead Book 1 is a compilation of Robert Kirkman's first 12 (Volumes 1 & 2) Walking Dead comic books that, beginning in 2004, picked up on a story that is well know to any zombie movie fan. The main story. The one started in earnest by George Romero in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead and later remade in 1990 (the version that I prefer) by Tom Savini (with Romero oversight).

The Walking Dead begins the story of Police Officer Rick Grimes as he wakes up from a coma--after being shot months ago in a normal world--in a world overrun by The Walking Dead. The beginning of the story starts kind of the way Paul S. Anderson's film adaptation of the popular game Resident Evil (2002) ended...with the lead character waking up from a coma (in Resident Evil after her adventure trying to stop a virus from escaping into the population that creates zombies; and you guessed it...she failed to stop it).

I'm not a regular comic book reader. But I was drawn to this volume compilation because of the convenience of being able to get a full story without the month to month waiting for each issue. And I am now hooked.

I was surprised to see that Tony Moore's art that supported Kirkman's Walking Dead story was all black and white throughout instead of color, but as I said earlier, I don't read a lot of comic books, so perhaps that's standard op.

Book 1 was like reading a screenplay with story boards of a version of Night of the Living Dead that begins simultaneously, but in a different part of the country. Yes, it's kind of a rip-off of a story (stories) already told, but the key is that it's done very very well. The zombies are true to the original Romero creation: slow and stupid as opposed to the 28 Days Later (2002) or 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead fast and thinking zombies.

Book 1 took me under 2 hours to get all the way through, so indeed, it's just like spending the time to watch a film in front of your big screen.

Volumes 3 & 4 are already available individually and the Book 2 compilation of Volumes 3 & 4 is scheduled for January 2007 (my preorder is in!). Volume 5 is also out already and Volume 6 is scheduled for February 2007; I have no info on the release of Book 3 (Volumes 5 & 6 compilation), but I'd guess mid-2007ish.

So anyone in need of a very well done zombie fix that you don't put into your DVD player should absolutely get down with The Walking Dead sickness. Add it to your cart.

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Warrick

Amazing book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 17, 2020

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Bought 2nd hand and can’t complain, for a quarter of the price and it’s in near perfect condition, just a few scratches on the cover! The book is an amazing read and hard to put down, also worried that you’ve already watched the show? Par a few dramatic things the story is pretty different so it’ll feel like a new story, a great companion to the TellTale games too (as many of the games interact with the comic and give small Easter eggs) can’t wait to expand the collection!

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fiveheid

What's not to like?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 21, 2015

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Where do I start? This is one of teh most compelling comic book series ever with a ground-breaking attempt to flesh out characters in a wonderfully detailed and engrossing way. It is fascinating to compare the differences between the comics and TV series each of which have real merits in their own rights. This is horror at its best - take a range of ordinary and diverse characters and place them in a horrifying situation then depict the way that they respond to the stress of existing in such a world.
The hardback editions are classy, well-bound and great for collecting. Recommended.

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hannah s

Second hand sellers are excellent!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 14, 2017

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Wanted to start this collection but the new versions of this book were very high and continued to be throughout the Walking Dead collection. I went second hand instead and was very impressed. Its a very good copy of a second hand book so much so I've bought another book from the same company....will continue to use them. As for the book itself well it's fab! Whilst it's not on tv it's great to see a different slant on the same (amazing) story

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Berry McCaukiner

It's brilliant. I guess it depends on if you read ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 19, 2016

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It's brilliant. I guess it depends on if you read this before the TV series began to which you may prefer? At least in the comic in comparison to the TV series Rick does not come across as such an interfering wet lettuce goody too shoes! He needs to pack that in as it's infuriating watching him on the show. Great book, you probably won't put it down until you've finished it.

TreyUK

Top quality omnibus.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 26, 2020

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Great comic series, top presentation omnibus.

Picked up ‘used, like new’ from Amazon and book is pristine. Very happy.

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