He explains he is trying to find an advantage they can use against the Whisperers and wants to be of some use. As he arrives at the Whisperer's camp, Negan jovially talks about the type of skin suit he would like after joining them as he is taken to Alpha. They settle down for the night around the camp fire, and while the females of the group are talking, Siddiq confesses to Eugene that Rosita loved him. When the television series premiered in October 2010, Image Comics announced The Walking Dead Weekly. However, after learning that Eugene's girlfriend was one of the victims, she apologizes and tries to appease Eugene by revealing her name to him: Stephanie.

Maggie refuses to give him what he wants, saying he must live with what he has done as she leaves the barn. Beta quickly lowers on one knee and apologies for his actions, asking for forgiveness which Alpha grants him before asking him to leave her with Negan. He tells him to stay by the door and cover him, and not to shoot him unless he still thinks he deserves it. He had envisioned the series to end around the time that Rick Grimes and his allies reach the Commonwealth, a large human community protected from the walkers, as this would allow him to give a complete arc. Michonne asks him if the pain will never go away, and he answers point-blank that no, it will not, prompting a rare emotional outburst from Michonne.

Aaron volunteers to keep him from turning and bury him, but Michonne insists they retrieve Negan first, and bury Brandon afterwards. Following a fatal zombie attack, Shane tries to murder Rick, having had a one-night stand and become obsessed with Lori. Dwight suggests the Militia divide into separate groups led by himself, Michonne, Jesus and Magna and pick off as many as they can. Nonetheless, he has decided that protecting peoples souls aren't enough for him anymore and asks to join the newly formed militia. With the series' ninth season, which started broadcast in October 2018, Angela Kang was promoted to showrunner with Gimple now in charge of all Walking Dead properties at AMC.

With the war at its peak, Negan attacks Alexandria and the Hilltop and destroys the former's defenses.As everyone helps to rebuild Alexandria, Maggie and Michonne carry Andrea's body outside as Rick and Carl hug. The series was created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, with Erickson serving as showrunner for the series.

As a large group of roamers approach, they are quickly gunned down from behind – Sherry and the the Saviors have arrived with Heath, Dwight and Laura hostage. The first 52 issues of the series began to be reprinted on January 5, 2011, with one issue per week for a year. They decide to stick to the plan and as one of them makes his way towards the edge, he is shot through the head with an arrow. The team also leave for Ohio, and Maggie asks Dante to follow Negan as she won't lose track of that monster. Alpha declares that they are animals and that civilization is a myth and Negan must "stare" into the ugliness to see the truth.He then tells Maggie that she seems to be distracted over the last few days; Maggie, thinking about where Negan is due to a map Dante brought her the previous day, says it's nothing. Carl and Lydia are keeping watch, but Lydia insists if the Whisperers come in full force, it won't matter if they see them coming. In all but this spin-off, choices made by players in earlier games continued to set determinants used in later games as the stories followed Clementine's continued struggles to survive as she grows up in the years that followed.