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The Walking Dead #6 (Mar. 2004):
“Days Gone Bye, Part 6”
by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore

The Walking Dead #6

Title: “Days Gone Bye, Part 6”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 2004

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


20 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
Shane Walsh Shane Walsh supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 29
Lori Grimes Lori Grimes supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 78
Carl Grimes Carl Grimes supporting character
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination
unknown)
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 143
Dale Horvath Dale Horvath supporting character
CBR Scale: M religious/ethical
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[was a retired car salesman before zombie apocalypse]
Image 67
Allen Allen supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Donna's husband]
Image 19
Andrea Andrea supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Amy's sister; long-time survivor of zombie attacks]
Image 56
Glenn Rhee Glenn Rhee supporting character
  Asian; Korean...  Image 134
Jim Jim supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[survived zombie apocalypse]
Image 10
Sophia Peletier Sophia Peletier supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[young girl]
Image 134
Billy Billy supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[young child; twin]
Image 86
Ben Ben supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[young child; twin]
Image 84
Donna Donna supporting character
CBR Scale: S Christian (denomination unknown); feminist
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Allen's wife; mother of twins Ben & Billy]
Image 7
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
Carol Peletier Carol Peletier supporting character
CBR Scale: M Christian (denomination
unknown; devout)
Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Sophia's mother]
Image 68
U.S. Army U.S. Army
(mentioned, pg. 7, panel 6) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [military unit] Marvel DC 1,801
Amy Amy
(mentioned) 
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Andrea's sister; P.E. Major before killed by zombie]
Image 2
zombies zombies
(mentioned) 
villain group
  [generic listing] Image DC, etc. 1,325
Erma Horvath
(mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2) 
supporting character
  [Dale's wife] Image 1
Jim's boss
(mentioned, pg. 4, panel 3) 
supporting character
  [mechanic] Image 1

Excerpts

BELOW: After Andrea's sister Amy is killed by zombies, the survivors bury her and mark her grave with a simple cross made from sticks: Andrea kneels at her sister's grave site throughout the simple funeral ceremony the survivors conduct.

After Andrea's sister Amy is killed by zombies, the survivors bury her and mark her grave with a simple cross made from sticks

Source: The Walking Dead #6 (Mar. 2004): "Days Gone Bye, Part 6", pg. 1-3. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Tony Moore. See also: cross; kneeling; Amy; Andrea

BELOW: Jim wants to be be with his family again, even if it as a zombie: Jim has been bitten by zombies and can feel the sickness coming on which he knows will kill him and turn him into a zombie. He is distraught after having seen his entire family killed by zombies approximately months ago. After explaining to Carol what he wants done, Carol protests, saying that to leave him to die would be "murder."

Jim wants to be be with his family again, even if it as a zombie

Carol: No... We can't do that do you. You could start getting better. This would be murder.

Jim: Donna... You don't understand I can feel it coming. This-- You gotta do this. I-- *COUGH! COUGH! Please... They have to do this for me. T-talk them into it. It's the only way I'll ever be with my family again...

Source: The Walking Dead #6 (Mar. 2004): "Days Gone Bye, Part 6", pg. 9, panels 1-2. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Tony Moore. See also: murder; suicide; family; Jim; Carol Peletier

BELOW: Dying after begin bitten by zombies, Jim wants to "be together again" with his family, which was killed by zombies: Jim was bitten by zombies and feels the sickness which will turn him into a zombie overtaking his body. Jim has been absolutely distraught after seeing zombies kill his wife, children, sister, mom, nieces and nephews about two months ago. He now asks his friends to leave him near Atlanta, where his family was killed by zombies, in the hope that he himself will revive a zombie after dying and be able to be "together again" with his family. To this others, this seems like a questionable, somewhat desperate and probably tenuous plan, but Jim's desire to do this demonstrates how much he wants to be with his family.

Dying after begin bitten by zombies, Jim wants to be together again with his family, which was killed by zombies

Rick Grimes: Jim... Are you absolutely sure about this?

Jim: L--leave me. When I come back... maybe I'll find-- find my family... ... Maybe they c-- came back, too. Maybe we can be together again.

Source: The Walking Dead #6 (Mar. 2004): "Days Gone Bye, Part 6", pg. 10. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Tony Moore. See also: family; Jim

BELOW: Rick Grimes expresses his belief in the sanctity of life after Carl kills Shane: Rick Grimes' long-time friend Shane Walsh was about to commit murder by killing him. Before Shane could pull the trigger and kill Rick, Rick's son Carl shot Shane. Shane dies grotesquely and horribly. Carl is distraught at seeing this and rushes to his father for comfort. When Carl observes that killing Shane was not the same as killing the undead zombies which have been attacking them, Rick states that it should never be the same. Rick here expresses a belief in the sanctity of life. For him, killing a living person is a different thing from killing a soulless zombie.

Rick Grimes expresses his belief in the sanctity of life after Carl kills Shane

Rick: Oh, son...

Carl: It's not the same as killing the dead ones, Daddy.

Rick: It never should be, son. It never should be.

Source: The Walking Dead #6 (Mar. 2004): "Days Gone Bye, Part 6", pg. 21-22. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Tony Moore. See also: murder; sanctity of life; Rick Grimes; Carl Grimes; Shane Walsh