Issue 109 Review

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I wonder how Eugene's ammo manufacturing operation is coming along... sure hope he's working hard on it. Looks like they'll be needing all the ammo they can get soon.
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things don't look good for our heroes.

the knife on covers 111 & 112 does not look small and easily concealed to me. and the handle looks like the one negan carries on his belt.

i'd bet PorkTornado's right nut that it's rick's blood on covers 111 & 112.


I will take that bet. but when I win, you can keep his nut....
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whoooaa whoooaa whooaaaa only one person bets my nuts and that's me.....
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The only nut robber of Porktornado's nuts is Porktornado.

Also, I wonder if Brianna could be Michonnes replacement... hmmm curiouser and curiouser...
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*Go away, Gregory.



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well at least we know what 110 cover is all about now its Michonne and Zeke training the new recruits to Ricks plan (that is going to fail).
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I'm starting to think that the Hilltop is secretly an outpost of Negan's.

yes indeed yes indeed........Gregory is not in charge that much is coming out slowly.
I think Jeebus is starting to realize that Gregory is not the one who is calling the plays for the hilltop, the look he gives Gregory when he says he has no clue how many people they have is telling.
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Epic. Screw Gregory!!! I mean seriously how do you not know how many people you are supposed to be in charge of?
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Yeah that's a really good point actually. Even Jesus knows better than Gregory how many people are at Hilltop..
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I haven't even read it yet, but.....the way I see it, no time spent at The Kingdom with Shvia and Ezekiel automatically means a better issue.
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Kind of disappointed in this one. I immediately forgot about it after reading. With 108, there was so much to talk about afterwards and I don't know. This one is kind of forgetful. I was hoping it would be a bottle issue with the focus on Maggie and Sophia. I want to learn more about Hilltop and I want Sophia to get more recognition. I'll talk about each thing.
1. Loved the conversation between Brianna and Maggie. As always, the dialogue is fantastic
2. Disappointed with the lack of Sophia and I thought there'd be more Maggie
3. I hate Gregory. He's a spineless coward
4. I think Maggie's unborn baby might meet a grisly end
5. Kal being a traitor didn't surprise me. They made it obvious when Jesus spoke to him based on his reaction and that scene was pointless because he just told Kal what Maggie had already told him.
6. I hate Emo Carl. Cut his hair, put a bandage or eyepatch on his face or something. He reminds me of an evil looking anime character. Looks a little like Kira Kosuke from BTOOOM!
7. Michonne is definitely going to die. I'd be more surprised if she didn't die at this point. I agree with an earlier post that I thought she always enjoyed the drama of everything. I liked her conversation with Rick in issue 102 and it makes sense she wouldn't want violence after the Governor, but I always felt like she was always there for Rick and would protect his group. It was the same thing with Glenn. Kirkman made it obvious he'd die after his "I can't stop thinking about tomorrow." line.
8. More meme material for Spencer
9. I agree with everyone else on that knife being the one that's on the cover of issue 111
10. It's now more apparent than ever that Dwight or Sherry is the one on the other end of that blade. I'm leaning towards Dwight
Disappointed. I was expecting a nice break from all of this and for more of a relationship to bloom between Maggie and Sophia. Oh well. At least I know things are moving forward
Edit: Also, Sophia's ten? I thought she was a year or two younger than Carl. Also, I think at this point we can confirm there's no Kenneth. If there was an issue to reveal it, it would be this one
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Imagine a group of a hundred motorcycles driving down a freeway. Eventually, they hit a junction. One road goes northwest and the other goes northeast. So one guy, we'll call him S, says, "Let's go northwest!" A mile past the intersection, a semi careens into the group and kills ninety of them. Ten are wounded, but they survive and keep going. Eventually, they hit 10,000 miles. S suddenly has his consciousness thrown into his past body right before the junction. Now, he says, "Let's go northeast!" All 100 bikers survive. Happily ever after, right? But what about the ten, no nine, who went northwest and survived? What happens to the reality they were living? Does it just disappear now that S has changed the past? It's not like only bad things happened on that 10,000 mile journey. Maybe one of them fell in love with a gas station attendant and got her pregnant or maybe one adopted a homeless kid that joined the adventure. That 10,000 mile journey would be full of stories. Romances, farewells, friendships...the loss of those ninety lives is horrible and unfortunate, but what would rewriting their history mean? The nine who survived lived full lives and did the best they could with the hand they were dealt. How could it be right to just erase all that? Isn't that worth something? Is there a point to a world where everything is happy? Are people who struggle for a better life just idiots? Being human is about fighting even when it seems hopeless and finding happiness in a world that hates it. Are you saying that's worthless?


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Great issue! Does anyone else feel like the issues are longer now? When Brianna kept going on and on about death I was like, omg, this is gonna be so boring. And when I saw Andrea I thought, yeah, probably one more page and that's it. But it kept going and going. I love it!

Kal reminded me of Martinez. I hope Jesus follows him and kills him.

How long has it been now? Wasn't Sophia 6 at the beginning? I could've sworn she was younger than 10. And wasn't Maggie 21 when we first met her? How is she still 21? I'm confused.

Dr. Carson? More like Dr. OMG HOT.

SPENCER! I kept laughing all through his pissing contest with Rick. The guy is definitely going to do something stupid and get someone killed. "This isn't over, Rick." LOL dude, Rick could crush you with his pinkie. He'll probably try to pull some Mortal Kombat move, slip and break his own neck. I love that he's getting more screen time, though.

But what about The Euge?

*I feel like Michonne's acting a bit out of character... Didn't she not want to put her sword away upon arrival in Alexandria? It always felt to me that she never thought she'd have to put it away. She always struck me as someone who accepted what she had now and almost secretly enjoyed the drama to some degree. Have I been reading into her wrong all along? Though, I do understand her being upset at Rick not telling her his plans. I don't think she'll die anytime soon.


I think Michonne is depressed. She's always been on her own, but I get the feeling she wants to start connecting with people, but can't. She threw herself at Heath, who rejected her. We saw her trying to have a nice friendly moment with Andrea, and it ended with Michonne realizing she misses her old self. And now she finds out Rick didn't trust her enough to tell her about his plan, but he told Andrea when all she had to do was threaten to move out. I think Michonne is lonely, and it's making her mad.

I remember her hanging the sword on the wall, and she did say something about hoping she never uses it again, and when she had to use it again she was disappointed. I don't know if she'll die, but he's definitely setting something big for her. If she doesn't want to fight anymore, what's she gonna do? Maybe she'll sacrifice herself to save someone.

Too bad she's not into white dudes, I could totally see her with Jesus. Then again, Jesus is so sneaky they probably had sex already, and Michonne doesn't know.
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Leela im rereading the comics now and shes 19 n the start. Theres a scene with her and glen where she states she 19, after the fact her dad was in the next cell over.
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I thought it was a good issue, with a lot of things being revealed. Michonne seems to be getting ready to bite it but then again this may just be one of Kirkmans ploys to make us wonder if Rick and co can actually pull this off. Michonne is most certainly a key player in every salvo and could make a hell of a team with Jesus as kind of a tactical infiltration duo. Then again it could be her blood on the knife if it is Negans knife. I like that Rick is starting to give Carl his due. He's tough as nails and seems to have no mental quarrel with himself about dispatching any kind of threat, be it living or dead. I like Sutton, I think he's kind of a sign that after this whole Negan thing is over that the survivors can really get their shit together. Think about it a blacksmith and an ammo manufacturing depot. I think that would give them an edge on just about any threat down the road. Kal being Negans inside man wasn't that surprising, considering you know he had to have one. Maybe Negan leveraged him with a loved one like that girl he took. Spencer's a joke, he's got to know the man with the bigger beard will win lol. I'm very interested to see how this turns out and exactly what role Maggie will play in it all. I think the conversation with Brianna is going to help her get over Glens death a bit but I think she will need Negans death as the final closure.
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I think at the beginning Carl was 7 and Sophia was 8, so it makes sense if they're 9 and 10 now.
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Spencer's a joke, he's got to know the man with the bigger beard will win lol.


:lol:
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Great episode. Very different for Kirkman exploring the "revolution" across the camps. Of course, Kal is the fly in the ointment. And we still don't know if Dwight is playing our gang. Lots to love in this issue. Lots to fret about. The world is a-changing again. It's not like any village can afford to lose any more humans.
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I think at the beginning Carl was 7 and Sophia was 8, so it makes sense if they're 9 and 10 now.


I always thought Sophia was younger than Carl.
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The blood on Negan's knife will be of someone hand delivered by Gregory.
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... or Gregory himself
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this plan of Rick`s is bound to fail, has any of Rick`s plans every worked ?
None of Ricks`s plans have ever worked out at least none that i can remember.
This "plan" of Rick`s is going to get alot of people killed and have a few turn on him before it ends.
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Do you think Brianna's boyfriend was David, Andy, or Ethan? Kind of irrelevant but it would fit with the timeframe.
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Imagine a group of a hundred motorcycles driving down a freeway. Eventually, they hit a junction. One road goes northwest and the other goes northeast. So one guy, we'll call him S, says, "Let's go northwest!" A mile past the intersection, a semi careens into the group and kills ninety of them. Ten are wounded, but they survive and keep going. Eventually, they hit 10,000 miles. S suddenly has his consciousness thrown into his past body right before the junction. Now, he says, "Let's go northeast!" All 100 bikers survive. Happily ever after, right? But what about the ten, no nine, who went northwest and survived? What happens to the reality they were living? Does it just disappear now that S has changed the past? It's not like only bad things happened on that 10,000 mile journey. Maybe one of them fell in love with a gas station attendant and got her pregnant or maybe one adopted a homeless kid that joined the adventure. That 10,000 mile journey would be full of stories. Romances, farewells, friendships...the loss of those ninety lives is horrible and unfortunate, but what would rewriting their history mean? The nine who survived lived full lives and did the best they could with the hand they were dealt. How could it be right to just erase all that? Isn't that worth something? Is there a point to a world where everything is happy? Are people who struggle for a better life just idiots? Being human is about fighting even when it seems hopeless and finding happiness in a world that hates it. Are you saying that's worthless?


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... or Gregory himself


I hope so.
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GOD DAMN YOU, KAL!

I wonder how Eugene's ammo manufacturing operation is coming along... sure hope he's working hard on it. Looks like they'll be needing all the ammo they can get soon.


me too...i was hoping they would hit on that this issue.
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Hey, Jesus:

https://www.youtube....h?v=wNaxbUZGp9k
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