Issue 01

Issue 01 is the first and the debut issue of The Walking Dead and the first part of '''Volume 01. Days Gone Bye'''. The TV adaptation adapts this issue into '''Episode 01. Days Gone Bye, the first episode of Season 01'''.

Plot Synopsis
Policeman Rick Grimes and his partner Shane are engaged in a stand-off with an escaped convict. With their backup possibly 10 miles away, Rick comes up with a plan to surround the convict which fails and Rick is shot. Rick suddenly awakens in hospital. Rising from his bed, he falls and calls for the nurse but nobody comes. Taking his police uniform from a nearby drawer, Rick investigates the hospital and finds it seemingly empty. Taking an elevator to another floor he is startled when a devoured corpse falls into it- screaming in terror Rick cries for help and still gets no answer.

Continuing on he discovers the cafeteria door blocked with a board, removing the board he enters and discovers the cafeteria infested with zombies. Stunned Rick is attacked but manages to escape after falling down some stairs and heading outside. Outside is not much different then the hospital. He comes across a decrepit zombie missing limbs and heavily devoured but still alive near a bicycle. Overwhelmed Rick breaks down and cries but pulls himself together and rides back to his home neighbourhood. It too is deserted and his home is empty. As he is moving through the yard he is suddenly knocked out by a young boy, Duane, with a shovel. Shouting to his father, Morgan, he tells him he killed the zombie (Rick) but Morgan realises that Rick is still alive. Rick awakens and is welcomed to dinner by Morgan where he explains Duane thought he was a zombie.

Rick confesses his confusion to as to what is going on as he just woke up in the hospital after being shot and doesn't understand what is going on. Morgan tells him what he knows