The Walking Dead is an ongoing comicbook series created in 2003 by Robert Kirkman (writer) and Tony Moore (artist). It chronicles the lives and decisions made by survivors of a zombie apocalpyse of unknown origin. It was later adapted for television by Frank Darabont and premiered on October 31, ...
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Since every zombie appears to be rotting, does their functional afterlife vary with their exposure to the elements?
Would a basement bound zombie function longer than a zombie that was trapped on the roof of a building and exposed to the elements? EDIT- All the zombies seem to exibit signs of decay. They appear to ...
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Do the Walking Dead poop?
Regarding the TV show (possibly the comics) there are many instances where the walking dead are encountered eating their fill and one (2nd season) where one was opened up and a woodchuck was found in ...
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How much time has passed in the Walking Dead From Book 1 to 94?
I have read that from the start of infection to the time Rick wakes up, was about a month or two.
How much time has passed from Rick's awakening to issue 94? It is more than one year?
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Do the walkers need to sleep?
In the Walking Dead series, sometimes zombies seem to be shut down and oblivious to the humans around them. Do the walkers need to sleep?
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Can animals (including insects) carry or become infected with the “zombie” virus in The Walking Dead?
Can non-human animals (whether mammals, birds, insects, fish... etc) become carriers of, or become infected by, the "zombie" virus in The Walking Dead universe? I have developed this question from an ...
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Why didn't Rick get shot at the hospital?
Back at the hospital, when Shane went to visit Rick and all hell broke loose, the guys in uniform started shooting everyone in the head.
Then, they opened Rick's door and Shane hid behind the bed. ...
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Walking Dead pathogen transmission method
In "The Walking Dead" (I am familiar only with the tv show), when one gets bitten by a zombie, that person becomes a zombie. But do you need to be bitten in order to be dangerously exposed? Are ...
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Was Glenn looking for a specific ring?
In the Walking Dead comic (I believe it is in issue 35 or 36, although it is hard for me to say for certain since I have the hardbound reprinting of issues 25-36), Glenn asks Tyreese and Axel to not ...
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Why was Rick's room blocked with a hospital bed?
(Note: Heavy S01-E06 spoilers ahead.)
In Series 1, Episode 6, we see Shane at the side of Rick's bed, when bringing him flowers. Indicated by his tone, the proverbial shit hasn't hit the fan, yet, so ...
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In The Walking Dead, what happens to zombies that don't eat?
In The Walking Dead, the idea of "walkers" (roaming zombies) and "lurkers" (stationary zombies) exist in the comics. It could theoretically relate to a zombies energy level, so I'm curious - what ...
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Why are Walker bites in the Walking Dead fatal?
In this answer it is pointed out that everyone appears to be infected with the virus. As we saw in the CDC center, death triggers the virus to reactivate portions of the brain.
Yet even a single ...
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How did the Zombies infection start in the Walking Dead?
OK, there's dead people walking around, but where did this infection start from?
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In The Walking Dead, where do the survivors get gasoline?
There's a lot of driving in The Walking Dead.
The survivors drive from Atlanta, then back to Atlanta, then away from Atlanta in a caravan of vehicles.
Where do they get the gasoline to fuel ...
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Are Zombies in the Walking Dead flammable?
Sometimes zombies are flammable, while other times they are not at all (since they are a big squishy wet blob). Have the zombies in The Walking Dead been shown to be more or less flammable as a living ...
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Is there any evidence that Alexander Davidson is actually dead?
In the Alexandria community, Davidson is talked about about as some kind of boogeyman. The mere mention of his name is enough to make Douglas furious, and it is implied that the community was forced ...
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Would a sensory impaired person become a sensory impaired zombie in The Walking Dead?
In The Walking Dead universe, would a sensory impaired person become a sensory impaired zombie, or would their dead/damaged nerves become as functional as a "healthy" zombie's nervous system?
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Walking Dead season 2, what did people in the parked cars die from anyway?
At the start of the second season of The Walking Dead, the group is driving down the interstate with a destination of Ft. Benning. They then have to stop because of a grid lock of parked cars ...
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Why would Andrea shoot at a zombie surrounded by four men?
What logical reasoning is there for an untested, unskilled survivor to shoot at what they think looks like a walker when that walker is also surrounded by four men? One of whom is also holding a gun ...
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Do some Walkers employ ambush hunter techniques?
In "Secrets", episode 6 of season 2 of The Walking Dead, Maggie and Glenn had been in the pharmacy for a few minutes. Maggie then walks to the back of the store and starts rummaging through the racks ...
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How long has it been since the initial outbreak?
Many have questioned the ability of the Still-Alives to have survived the zombie apocalypse, considering the stupid decisions they make, like the well debacle (2x04 - "Cherokee Rose"). But it's ...
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Why does Andrea later look like Amy in The Walking Dead comics?
When Andrea and Amy from Atlanta met up with Rick's crew in The Walking Dead comics, they were obviously two different looking sisters.
Amy had freckles and stringy hair tied in a ponytail (left) ...
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Why hasn't anyone in Walking Dead ever heard of Zombies before?
This isn't unique to Walking Dead, I've noticed it a lot. It is almost like these worlds are always alternate timelines where no one ever thought of Zombies before. Is that the case? Or is there some ...
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Do the survivors in The Walking Dead have immunity to the zombie plague or are they just lucky?
From what I recall of 28 Days Later, where the old guy gets infected and turned with a bit of infected blood, they (or at least he) didn't have immunity to the plague, unlike in Left 4 Dead. Is this ...
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How do zombies smell?
In The Walking Dead, both the show and the graphic novels, it is established that the walkers determine prey from other walkers by sense of smell.
However, we see some pretty far decayed walkers, ...
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What sounds attract zombies?
In the first episode of Season 2 of The Walking Dead, the survivors avoid using their guns for fear of attracting large groups of walkers. They take steps to ensure that everyone has hand-to-hand ...
