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The Walking Dead #2 (Oct. 2003):
“Days Gone Bye, Part 2”
by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore

The Walking Dead #2

Title: “Days Gone Bye, Part 2”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 2003

Publisher: Image
Written by: Robert Kirkman
Art by: Tony Moore


21 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Rick Grimes Rick Grimes
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 151
Glenn Rhee Glenn Rhee supporting character
  Asian; Korean...  Image 134
zombies zombies villain group
  [generic listing] Image DC, etc. 1,325
unnamed horse unnamed horse
(pg. 5-12)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
horse
[ridden by Rick Grimes into Atlanta]
Image 1
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group supporting character group
  [1st app: The Walking Dead #2 (Oct. 2003)] Image 160
Lori Grimes Lori Grimes
(2-panel cameo, pg. 22, panels 1, 3)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 78
Carl Grimes Carl Grimes
(2-panel cameo, pg. 22, panels 2-3)
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 143
Allen Allen
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Donna's husband]
Image 19
Andrea Andrea
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Amy's sister; long-time survivor of zombie attacks]
Image 56
Shane Walsh Shane Walsh
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 29
unnamed Georgia family unnamed Georgia family
(1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 7)
supporting character group
CBR Scale: D Christian (denomination
unknown)
[devout; committed suicide when zombie outbreak began] Image 2
Jim Jim
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 1)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[survived zombie apocalypse]
Image 10
Sophia Peletier Sophia Peletier
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 2)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[young girl]
Image 134
Billy Billy
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 2)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[young child; twin]
Image 86
Ben Ben
(1-panel cameo, pg. 22, panel 2)
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[young child; twin]
Image 84
Cynthiana Police Department Cynthiana Police Department
(name seen in illustration (or on screen)) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [police department] Image 3
Harrison Memorial Hospital Harrison Memorial Hospital
(mentioned, pg. 3-4, panel 8) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [where Rick Grimes wakes up on pg. 2 of "Walking Dead"] Image 2
Gilroy
(mentioned, pg. 8, panels 2-3) 
supporting character
  [worked with Rick Grimes before zombies came] Image 1
Doc Stevens
(mentioned, pg. 8, panel 3) 
supporting character
  [delivered Rick and Lori Grimes' son Carl] Image 1
Lori's father
(mentioned, pg. 20, panel 3) 
supporting character
  [father of Rick Grimes' wife Lori] Image 1
Lori's mother
(mentioned, pg. 20, panel 3) 
supporting character
  [mother of Rick Grimes' wife Lori] Image 1

We have seen a few secondary indexing sources which indicate that Amy appears in this issue. This is incorrect. In the first panel on the last page (page 22) in this issue, a blonde woman appears in the background. Her face can hardly be seen, but her outfit (a sweater and collar shirt) can be discerned. In the next issue, Rick Grimes is introduced to the sisters Amy and Andrea. In this issue (#3) and subsequent issues, it can be seen that it is Andrea, and not Amy, who is wearing this outfit.

Amy does not appear at all in The Walking Dead #2. She first appears in issue #2. A tiny image of Andrea appears in one panel in The Walking Dead #2.

Excerpts

BELOW: Rick sees a deeply religious family (with Bibles) who committed suicide rather than be reanimated as mindless zombies.

Rick sees a deeply religious family (with Bibles) who committed suicide rather than be reanimated as mindless zombies.

Source: The Walking Dead #2 (Oct. 2003): "Days Gone Bye, Part 2", pg. 4, panel 7. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Tony Moore. See also: cross; suicide; Bible; family; Rick Grimes; unnamed Georgia family

BELOW: "Oh, thank God.": Against all odds, Rick Grimes travels from Kentucky and finds his family safe and well living in a camp on the outskirts of Atlanta. Rick woke up in a coma in a hospital in the previous issue, only to find himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Within only a day or two, he has found his family: his wife Lori and his son Carl. Yet nearly everybody else in the country is apparently dead or has been turned into a zombie. Given the situation, Rick's quiet expression after finding his family - "Oh, thank God" - may be an actual expression of thanks to deity, rather than simply a routine profane utterance. Given the seeming improbability of Rick finding his family well and alive so quickly, one might wonder if this is an actual miracle, a sign of divine Providence, perhaps in answer to Rick's prayer on page 11 in the previous issue. The events depicted in this series are extraordinary and present genuine philosophical questions. Depending on one's perspective, one might see these events as anything from a divine miracle to evidence of God's non-existence or non-involvement with humanity.

Oh, thank God.

Source: The Walking Dead #2 (Oct. 2003): "Days Gone Bye, Part 2", pg. 22, panel 3. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Tony Moore. See also: gratitude to God; miracles; family; Rick Grimes; Lori Grimes; Carl Grimes