| "Fear the Hunters (Part 1)" | |
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| The Walking Dead | |
| Title: | "Fear the Hunters (Part 1)" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 61 |
| Cover price: | $2.99 |
| Cover date: | May, 2009 |
| Publisher: | Image Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Eric Stephenson |
| Writers: | Robert Kirkman |
| Pencilers: | Charlie Adlard |
| Inkers: | Charlie Adlard |
| Cover artists: | Charlie Adlard |
| Cover inker: | Charlie Adlard |
| Cover colorist: | Cliff Rathburn |
| Colorists: | Cliff Rathburn |
| Letterers: | Rus Wooton |
| Editors: | Aubrey Sitterson |
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| Next: | The Walking Dead #62 |
"Fear the Hunters" is the 61st issue of The Walking Dead comic book series, published by Image Comics. It is the first part of the "Fear the Hunters" storyline. The story was written by Robert Kirkman with artwork by Charlie Adlard and grey tone coloring highlights by Cliff Rathburn. It was lettered by Rus Wooton and edited by Aubrey Sitterson. The issue was published with a May, 2009 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.99 per copy (US).
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Buttons
- Lori Grimes (As an auditory hallucination)
Races
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Walking Dead was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artists Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.
- This issue is reprinted in the Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters trade paperback, which was released on January 6th, 2010. It is also reprinted in the Walking Dead Compendium, Volume Two hardcover collection, the Walking Dead, Book Six hardcover collection and the Walking Dead Omnibus, Volume 3 collection.
- Events from this issue are partially adapted in "The Grove" episode of The Walking Dead. In the TV series, the characters of Ben and Billy are replaced with Mika & Lizzie Samuels. In "The Grove", Lizzie kills Mika, and Carol Peletier has to put her down because she represents a threat to Baby Judith.
- On the TV series, the character of Gabriel Stokes was introduced in the second episode of season five, "Strangers".
- This issue had an estimated sales rank of $23,902.
- This is the forty-eighth appearance of Glenn.
- This is the fiftieth appearance of Carl Grimes.
- This is the first appearance of Gabriel Stokes.
- This is the final appearance of Ben; dies in this issue.
- This is the final appearance of Billy; dies in this issue.
- This is the first appearance of Greg, who is one of the cannibal hunters.
- This is the first appearance of Charlie.
- This is the eighth appearance of Buttons the horse.