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The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004):
“Miles Behind Us, Part 4”
by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard

The Walking Dead #10

Title: “Miles Behind Us, Part 4”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 2004

Publisher: Image
Written by: Robert Kirkman
Art by: Charlie Adlard


36 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
Hershel Greene Hershel Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: M Protestant
[farmer; veterinarian] Image 66
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
Tyreese Tyreese supporting character
  black; Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[pro-football player, car salesman before zombie apocalypse]
Image 49
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
Chris Chris supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[boyfriend of Tyreese's daughter Julie]
Image 10
Julie Julie supporting character
  black; Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Chris's girlfriend; committed suicide in the prison]
Image 9
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
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
Otis Otis supporting character
  [shot young Carl Grimes (thought he was a zombie)] Image 16
Lacey Greene Lacey Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's eldest daughter] Image 3
Maggie Greene Maggie Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's daughter; Glenn's girlfriend, then wife] Image 111
Rachel Greene Rachel Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's third daughter] Image 5
Susie Greene Susie Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's 4th (and youngest) daughter] Image 6
Arnold Greene Arnold Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's eldest son] Image 3
Billy Greene Billy Greene supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's 2nd son] Image 25
Patricia Patricia supporting character
  [girlfriend/wife of Otis; Greene farm neighbor] Image 31
Amy Amy
(mentioned, pg. 13, panels 1, 3) 
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[Andrea's sister; P.E. Major before killed by zombie]
Image 2
zombies zombies
(mentioned, pg. 4, 11, 22) 
villain group
  [generic listing] Image DC, etc. 1,325
Shane Walsh Shane Walsh
(mentioned, pg. 13, 17) 
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group Image 29
Jim Jim
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
supporting character
  Rick's zombie apocalypse survivor group
[survived zombie apocalypse]
Image 10
Donna Donna
(mentioned, pg. 11-13) 
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
Judith Grimes Judith Grimes
(mentioned, pg. 17, panel 4) 
supporting character
  [Lori Grimes' newborn baby, born into zombie apocalypse] Image 28
Andrea and Amy's father
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
supporting character
  [1st app: The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004)] Image 1
Andrea and Amy's mother
(mentioned, pg. 13, panel 3) 
supporting character
  [1st app: The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004)] Image 1
Maggie's ex-boyfriend
(mentioned, pg. 19, panel 7) 
supporting character
  [1st app: The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004)] Image 1
Grandpa Greene
(mentioned, pg. 21, panels 1, 5) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Protestant
[Hershel's late father] Image 1
Mrs. Greene
(mentioned, pg. 21, panels 1-4) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Protestant
[Hershel's late wife] Image 1
National Guard National Guard
(mentioned, pg. 11, panel 4) 
supporting character group real/historical person
  [military unit] Champion Film Company 13

Excerpts

BELOW: Hershel Greene suggests that Rick should pray for his son:

Hershel Greene suggests that Rick should pray for his son

Rick: Thanks, Mister, I really--

Hershel: Name's Hershel Greene. Don't thank me just yet. Your time would be better put to use praying for the boy. I ain't had a prayer answered in a good solid few months... So I figure we're about due for something good.

Source: The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004): "Miles Behind Us, Part 4", pg. 7, panel 6. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Charlie Adlard. See also: prayer; Protestant; Rick Grimes; Hershel Greene

BELOW: Otis feels terrible about shooting Carl; he points how that he is non-violent and doesn't believe in killing:

Otis feels terrible about shooting Carl; he points how that he is non-violent and doesn't believe in killing

Tyreese: Otis, right?

Otis: Yeah.

Tyreese: I don't know if you caught it before. I'm Tyreese. You doing okay?

Otis: I wouldn't hurt a fly--I mean... I was out there huntin' but I wouldn't kill no animal I wasn't going to eat. I'm real gentle, I ain't violent at all. And I-- I shot that kid. I understand why that Rick fella wanted to kill me. If'n I had killed his boy... I'd a wanted him to do it... I'd a deserved it. We still don't know if he's gonna live.

Tyreese: I ain't saying what you did was right, but you can't worry yourself to death over it. What's done is done. I'm worried sick about Carl, but there's nothing you or I can do about it now.

Source: The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004): "Miles Behind Us, Part 4", pg. 11, panels 1-3. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Charlie Adlard. See also: sanctity of life; Tyreese; Otis

BELOW: Tyreese warns his daughter and her boyfriend to keep their hands to themselves: A few days ago, zombies attacked Tyreese and his fellow survivors while they were trying to find a new place to live at Wilshire Estates. Tyreese couldn't find his daughter Julie, until he found her alone with her boyfriend Chris, beginning to engage in what appeared to be heaving making out or petting. He didn't have time to address what was going on then, as he had to get them to safety from the zombies. Now, relatively safe on the Greene farm, Tyreese gives them a warning about their behavior. Julie and Chris say little to Julie's father in response, but after Tyreese leaves they talk, making it clear that although they have not had sex yet, they plan to when "the time is right." The conversation between Chris and Julie also reveals the seeds of what will later be revealed to be a suicide pact between them so that they can be together "for the rest of eternity."

Tyreese warns his daughter and her boyfriend to keep their hands to themselves

Tyreese: Okay, guys. We need to talk.

Julie: Daaad!

Tyreese: Don't "Dad" me, young lady. This isn't going to go on right under my nose. I just don't have time to put up with this. I don't want to have to worry about you two fooling around all the time. I don't want to have to keep an eye on you on top of all the other sh-- I've got to do. You want to get pregnant? Do you not see how dangerous that would be? I don't know how Rick and Lori are dealing with it the way they are. This isn't a game. I know you two think you're in love but you're young... Think about what you're doing. *sigh* Just keep your hands to yourselves.

[Tyreese walks away.]

Chris: See? I told you we needed to go ahead and do it. I want to be together with you for the rest of eternity. I don't want your father to stand in the way of that.

Julie: I know... I just don't want to do it until the time is right. We have to wait.

Chris: Fine, Julie. We'll play it your way... But I don't want to wait forever.

Source: The Walking Dead #10 (July 2004): "Miles Behind Us, Part 4", pg. 20, panels 1-3. Written by Robert Kirkman. Art by Charlie Adlard. See also: sexual morality; afterlife; eternity; Tyreese; Chris; Julie