COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Walking Dead 173 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0334701001
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Owner:
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StephenWA
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
173: Final Fight
Death of Beta and (most of) the Whisperers.
First appearance of the Commonwealth Army (in the train yard as TV show 10,16).
First appearance of Joshua.
First (and last) appearance of Mike (unknown fate).
CGC census 11/2020: 73. 67 @9.8, none higher.
Story summary: As Paul looks at Aaron sleeping, he notices Beta out of the corner of his eye. He gets out of the way to avoid Beta's attack just in time and aims his rifle, but Beta causes him to miss his shot. Aaron hears this and wakes up to see the two fighting. He goes to help, but Paul tells him to look out for other possible Whisperers in the area. Paul avoids another strike but gets pinned down by Beta, claiming that they can't be left alive to report their status. Just then, Aaron and Paul save each other by shooting Beta and a whisperer, respectively. They check Beta's pulse and take off his mask; they recognize Beta as a former professional basketball player (in the TV show, a country singer Half Moon who had it all and they marvel how the apocalypse had changed him into the monster lying before them. Beta suddenly rises up and screams that he has no name and is no one, then finally falls over dead.
Back at the Hilltop, Maggie is looking over the map given to her by Dante inside her tent. Dante comes inside and inquires if she has been outside at all today; she seems to ignore him, stating that Negan is out there and living like he doesn't have a care in the world. Dante goes to leave, but Maggie asks him to wait.
Elsewhere, Carl and Lydia are eating lunch. Carl wants to get back to work, but Lydia tells him to not worry about it, she says he has been working too hard. Nearby, Sophia loses her grip on part of the load she's carrying; Carl runs over to help her while Lydia glares at them both suspiciously.
Aaron and Paul spot a campfire as they continue towards the Hilltop; at the camp, a small group of Whisperers await the return of Beta. One boy, Josh, says that he can't live like this and wishes to leave the group but another one, Mike, argues that the Whisperers have done this for a long time and have stayed alive, so they should at least try it; several others agree with Josh and banish Mike, who protests and wishes to stay. The other Whisperers are swiftly killed by Aaron and Paul, who arrive at the site; they ask if the remaining three Whisperers want to join the Alexandria and the Hilltop colonies. After hearing that they don't follow the Whisperer's way of living, Josh and the others immediately agree.
Rick is seen at Andrea's grave and returns to his house; Dwight and Laura watch him leave. Laura tells Dwight he shouldn't hold a grudge against Rick since he's that he's grieving over how he lost his wife; Dwight says they all are grieving. Laura snaps at him, saying that she's done with his constant moping and complaining over the fact he never seems to be happy and how Sherry died while trying to kill Rick. She leaves him, telling Dwight to come back when he's finished moping: 'maybe I'll still be interested in you.'
Michonne, Eugene, Magna, Yumiko, Siddiq and Princess Juanita are seen continuing their journey to Ohio; Princess tries to lighten the mood by asking if she's the only one having fun on this trip. Later, they arrive at an abandoned train yard that was established as a rendezvous point: Eugene wonders where Stephanie and her group are since they are the only ones here. Suddenly, a bright light flashes at them with a voice yelling at the survivors to get their hands up. This final scene was played out at end the end of TV season 10, episode 16.
Cover price: $2.99
Sales: 63,228
Robert Kirkman - creator and writer
Charlie Adlard and Stefano Gaudiano - interior art
Charlie Adlard - cover. (30)
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