Walking Dead: Every Dead Comic Character Still Alive In The Show – Screen Rant

There are several characters currently appearing on The Walking Dead who are dead in the comic book version of the story. Here's all of them.

Several characters who have died in the comic book version of The Walking Dead are still alive in the show. AMC's post-apocalyptic zombie series does follow the comics by adapting its stories, such as "All-Out War" and "The Whisperer War," but it's not an exact retelling of the comic. Perhaps the biggest difference between the comic and the show is the cast of characters.

Going by the comics, viewers may see a twist coming or know when the show is about to introduce a new villain, but one way the show avoids being predictable is through unexpected deaths. When adapting a certain story, The Walking Dead tends to kill off a different character than the one who met their end in the comic. One example of that happened in the season 7 premiere, when Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) killed Glenn (Steven Yuen) and Abraham (Michael Cudlitz), rather than just Glenn. This is how The Walking Dead is able to follow the same story as the comics while simultaneously delivering a few shocking moments every season. Characters like Morgan (Lennie James), Dwight (Austin Amelio), and Rick (Andrew Lincoln) are dead in the comics, but exited the series and are now elsewhere in the Walking Dead universe.

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Because of the show's approach to killing off characters, The Walking Dead season 10 cast doesn't look at all like the group that the comic had at this point in the story. Many of the characters who are still integral to the show's plot didn't make it this far in the comics. This of course has created some interesting scenarios. Since the comics no longer provide a blueprint for what lies ahead for these particular characters, fans are left guessing as to what the show will do with them in the long run. Will they die anyway, survive the series, or receive a different comic character's fate?The following isevery dead comic character that's still active in The Walking Dead TV series.

Carol (Melissa McBride) is one of only two characters the other being Daryl (Norman Reedus) who has lasted through all ten seasons. In the show, Carol overcame her early hardships and grew into one of the show's strongest characters. The comic character, however, didn't have the same resilience. Living in a world populated by zombies and dealing with feelings of loneliness and rejection drove Carol to commit suicide via a zombie bite. This happened back when they still lived in the prison.

Lori and baby Judith were shot to death when the Governor and his men attacked the prison in the comics. This was one of the comic's most disturbing deaths, but it never happened in the series. Lori died during childbirth, but Judith lived through the conflict at the prison, thanks to efforts made by Tyreese (Chad Coleman). Now, Judith played by Cailey Fleming is 10 ten years old and a resident of Alexandria.

Rosita outlived numerous key Walking Dead characters in the comic, but her story finally came to an end during the fair when Alpha infamously killed ten people and put their heads on pikes. So there was a concern that her time was up when this story started to unfold on the show. Even so, Rosita (Christian Serratos) wasn't among the ten victims. Rosita survived to take part in the war with the Whisperers, but unfortunately didn't play a major role in season 10.

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Like Rosita, King Ezekiel was killed by Alpha at the fairin the comics. The TV show faked out viewers by making it appear at one point that Alpha had chosen Khary Payton's Ezekiel as one of her targets, but instead it was his adopted son, Henry (Matt Lintz),who met his demise. Since then, Ezekiel's situation has worsened. His relationship with his wife was fractured by Henry's death, the Kingdom fell to the Whisperers, and Ezekiel learned that he's dying of cancer. So even though Ezekiel was able to avoid his comic counterpart's fate, he appears to be living on borrowed time.

Luke (Dan Fogler), along with Connie (Lauren Ridloff), Kelly (Angel Theory), Magna (Nadia Hiker), and Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), joined The Walking Dead after the six-year time skip in season 9. He's been active on the show throughout the conflict with the Whisperers, and was placed in mortal danger in the penultimate episode of season 10 when he and Alden (Callan McAuliffe) found themselves surrounded by Whisperers. In the comics, though, Luke never lived long enough to be an important character. He was slain by Alpha and the Whisperers during the fair.

The comic book version of Gabriel was on top of a water tower at Alexandria when he caught sight of a Whisperer army descending on the community. Gabriel hurried down the ladder, but broke his leg and got himself stuck. Trapped and helpless, Gabriel was killed by Beta. The TV series managed to steer clear of this simply by putting Aaron and Alden on the tower in Gabriel's place. So unless a tragedy occurs in The Walking Dead season 10 finale when Beta and his army marches on Alexandria, Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) may survive the Whisperer War and make it to the Commonwealth story in season 11.

After Alpha's death in the comics, Beta took charge of the Whisperers and led them in an assault on Alexandria. The Whisperers failed to take Alexandria, but Beta made it out alive. Later, Beta tried to sneak into Alexandria, but was caught by Aaron and his husband, Paul. A tense battle ensued, which concluded with Aaron shooting Beta, killing him. After removing his mask, Aaron realized that Beta was actually a star basketball player.

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The Walking Dead season 10 hasn't reached this point yet, but the final showdown with the Whisperers is coming, and will take place in the finale (which still doesn't have an air date). Beta (Ryan Hurst), who is a famous country or blues singer in the show, is one character who is likely die in a way that's similar to what happened to him in the comics. That being said, the circumstances may not be the same. Since Beta killed Gamma (Thora Birch) a person who Aaron had come to care for Aaron now has all the motivation he needs to kill Beta. This would meet that the show's Beta may be killed by the same person, but for a different reason. Once Beta is dead, the TV version of The Walking Dead just like the comics can move forward and focus its attention on the Commonwealth.

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Nicholas Raymond is a staff features writer for Screen Rant. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Montevallo. He is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, "A Man Against the World." Nicholas' love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, foreign cinema, and wuxia. He also has interests in ancient history. His favorite actors are Tyrone Power, Charlton Heston, and Eleanor Parker. His favorite film is Casablanca, and his favorite director is Alfred Hitchcock. He can be reached by email at cnrmail@bellsouth.net and on Twitter at @cnraymond91.

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