The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce andfrivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility.An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead torise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: nogovernment, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruledby the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living. In the last volume we learned that no one is safe. Now, after the staggeringlosses they’ve sustained, Rick and Carl are left to pick up the pieces and carryon, knowing that they could join their fallen friends and family at any moment. This volume collects The Walking Dead issues #49-54. Reprint Edition