The Walking Dead #81

Written by Robert Kirkman
Art by Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn

Well, it's not like things were going to stay calm in the town where Rick and his friends have settled for long...  Surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands, of roamers, the residents of the community have a number of things that they need to deal with.

Glen decides that resupplying Andrea, who is in their lookout tower and cut off from the group is a priority, so he sets about making a plan to get to her, and hopefully to draw some of the roamers away from the wall at the same time.  This leads to some truly suspenseful moments.

At the same time, the wall is beginning to buckle in one section, and doesn't look like it's going to hold for long.

While all this stuff is grippingly exciting is kind of a given for this title, but it is the quieter character moments that open the book that makes this issue stand out.  Rick has now hooked up with Jessie, the widow whose husband's abuse Rick revealed a while ago.  I love the scene where he tries to divert Glen from figuring out what's going on.

This is an amazing comic.  I can't wait to see if the group is going to make it through this situation.