Hi been gone a long time, was having trouble using the site on my phone but this is a log on to laptop effort kind of issue, holy fucking shit! I have not felt such nerves with The Walking Dead ever, i came to the comic in the mid 80s issue so when I read Made to Suffer I read with the knowledge of what happened having been spoiled. Issue 100 comes closest, that made me feel sick and was brutal but this was just unrelenting and when you knew there were so many heads it was terrifying to turn the page for fear of which set of 3 you would see next.
Rosita, for me she should have been the big reveal head, id imagine most people are more invested in her character especially the length of time in the comic and the fact shes pregnant with the child of a fan favourite character The Euge, so sad to see her go.
Ezekiel, I feel kinda meh about, I think he was a character of potential that never achieved it. I liked his initial run for a few issues then when Shiva died and he lost his bottle during the war he slinked into the shadows and that was kind of all he ever did, I feel his death was just so they could show the shadows of dreadlocks so wed all be like SHIT MICHONNE! Which I said out loud.
Olivia was the other one I was bummed about even though she wasn't the most important character I didn't want any harm to come to her.
Crazy to think this is the issue with the most deaths in the history of the comic and we didn't see a single death in it lol all off panel. Kirkman seems to be doing that often now, we are only a few issues removed from a Gregory off panel death.
As for why the heads weren't groaning, they had a frigging spike through them? Right? So they beheaded them left them to turn then piked them?
I had a crazy theory about Negan and his introduction into this story. I feel like everyone else has said Rick is vastly outmanned outmatched and utterly utterly fucked if they decide to wipe them out. He needs every able body he has. What if Alphas real name is.... wait for it..... LUCILLE! Negan has to know of the existence of this group right he ran the Washington area for so long seems unlikely a group this large would be under his radar. What if Alpha was originally part of the Saviours or maybe knew Negan from the start or before the ZA. Negan would have information that would be invaluable to Rick in taking these bastards on. What if Lydia is his daughter and Carl would be Negans Step Dad!! Im letting my crazy theory run wild now haha.