CATALOG RECORD
The Walking Dead #1
first Walking Dead
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Walking Dead
Dates
- Cover date
- 2014
- On sale
- January 9, 2014
- In stores
- October 8, 2003
- Pages
- 32
Editions and covers (14)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Wizard World Portland Comic Con Exclusive by Michael GoldenThis edition’s page
- 2nd printing
2nd Printing Wizard World Portland Comic Con Exclusive by Michael Golden
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 10th Anniversary Black & White New York Comic Con Exclusive by Tony MooreThis edition’s page
- Emerald City Comicon 2014 Exclusive CoverThis edition’s page
- White "Mature Readers" text cover
Barcode 70985300073000111 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 2015 SDCC Exclusive Skybound 5th Anniversary Box Set Black and White - Tony MooreThis edition’s page
- 2015 SDCC Exclusive Skybound 5th Anniversary Box Set Color Cover - Tony MooreThis edition’s page
- 2015 SDCC Exclusive Skybound 5th Anniversary Box Set Blue Line Art - Tony MooreThis edition’s page
- Escape EditionThis edition’s page
- Image Expo 2014 Exclusive Nick Dragotta CoverSource ↗
- 15th Anniversary Virgin Sketch by David Finchvirgin
Cover art with no logo or cover text.
This edition’s page - Emerald City Comicon 2014 Black & White Exclusive CoverThis edition’s page
Creators
Publisher’s description
Rick Grimes, Sheriff of a small town in Kentucky awakes in a hospital. Comatose after being shot while on duty, Rick finds the world abandoned of all things living and is faced with walking undead, who attack him on sight. He returns home to find his family, son Carl and wife Lori, gone. He meets his new neighbor, who points him towards Atlanta. After retrieving supplies from the abandoned Police Station, Rick sets off to Atlanta to search for his family.
Reprinted in
The Walking Dead (2004), The Walking Dead (2006), The Walking Dead #1 Special Edition (2008), The Walking Dead Compendium (2009), Image Firsts: The Walking Dead (2010), The Walking Dead #1 10th Anniversary Edition (2013), The Walking Dead #1 Wizard World Des Moines Comicon Exclusive (2015), The Walking Dead #1 Wizard World Sacramento Comicon Exclusive (2015), The Walking Dead #1 15th Anniversary (2018), The Walking Dead Deluxe (2020)