Walking Dead #51 p16

walking dead 51 p16
(#7 on Multiversity Comics Countdown: Top Moments from "The Walking Dead" http://multiversitycomics.com/columns/multiversity-comics-countdown-top-moments-from-the-walking-dead/ )

In the wake of the death of Lori and Judith, Rick was a shattered man. The comic had become, essentially, Rick and Carl in a series of “no hope whatsoever” scenarios as they traversed the wastelands by themselves, alone and with no shelter.

All was lost for our heroes, and we had begun to give up all hope that they would survive for very much longer on their own. Cue a mysterious phone call promising the hope of shelter to Rick and his son, although in a rather cagey sense.

We knew that there were other survivors out there, and while they weren’t sure it was safe to allow Rick to come and join them, there was still someone out there. Rick participated in these phone calls regularly, until it was revealed at the end that Rick wasn’t talking to anyone in any kind of shelter – he was talking to his dead wife in a depressed and hallucinatory state.