The Walking Dead Comics Vol.5: “The Best Defense” Story Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @gabrielpretto5235
    @gabrielpretto5235 2 месяца назад +65

    Michonne is a force to be reckoned with in the comics. In my view, no action from any villain comes close to what she did with the Governor in the Woodbury arc. If Michonne had not met Rick and the group, I don't doubt she could have become a villain herself.

    • @LeMecAyoub
      @LeMecAyoub 2 месяца назад

      Could be bc of her mental issues

    • @carmenlynn5441
      @carmenlynn5441 2 месяца назад

      We kinda get a glimspe of that in her last TWD episode with her as a savior

    • @ndhickson3599
      @ndhickson3599 2 месяца назад +2

      She takes away the Governor’s manhood 💀

  • @tommystix87
    @tommystix87 2 месяца назад +18

    Still trips me out how much the comic version of The Governor looks like a cross between Tom Savini and Danny Trejo.

  • @HoldenAfart1991
    @HoldenAfart1991 2 месяца назад +28

    As someone currently watching the show and who never read the comics, I look forward to each of these videos. I love the narration and editing. Keep up the good work!

  • @akuljbaba5914
    @akuljbaba5914 2 месяца назад +31

    The more i watch these, the more it makes me wanna buy comics and read these myself. Great video

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +5

      Highly recommend them!

    • @alanodomino
      @alanodomino 2 месяца назад

      ​@Swell-Films my dad got me the first one and I read it over and over, not knowing it was a whole series, my dad got me the second one and I went "there's more?!!" and he eventually bought me the rest overtime lol

    • @_Meadowlark_
      @_Meadowlark_ Месяц назад

      The comics are also online if you wanna read them right away, instead of waiting to order one and buy the other volumes :)

  • @BrandonB.Comics
    @BrandonB.Comics 2 месяца назад +10

    I love the governor story arc mainly because he seemed like a very nice guy at first until they went to his office one of the best twists in comic book history.

  • @B1_1_9_7_5
    @B1_1_9_7_5 2 месяца назад +14

    5:22 The lighting makes them look like mandalorians here.

  • @operationthrash9645
    @operationthrash9645 Месяц назад +6

    People sleep on how GREAT of an idea it was for Kirkman to disable the hero in a way that was perfectly balanced. It was super shocking and gruesome, but it also didn’t render him useless. Rick could still be badass at times despite being crippled.

  • @meatmanmagoo
    @meatmanmagoo 2 месяца назад +8

    The panel you used for Rick when Michonne got her sword back made me laugh throughout the video, gonna be rent free in my head now lmao

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад

      I thought it was funny too lol. Same with the one where dale is putting his hand out to stop Rick

  • @jackiesparrowjr
    @jackiesparrowjr 2 месяца назад +52

    RIP, Rick's hand.

    • @Malevolence460
      @Malevolence460 2 месяца назад +7

      Don’t worry it makes a couple cameo appearances later on (due to artist error)

    • @jackiesparrowjr
      @jackiesparrowjr 2 месяца назад +3

      @@Malevolence460 I think I remember a little of that. I'm already caught up with the comic version of All Out War.

    • @abramsullivan7764
      @abramsullivan7764 2 месяца назад +3

      Yep he have to reloade his guns with one hand throughout the rest of the comic book series.

  • @doff1395
    @doff1395 Месяц назад +6

    The walking dead comics needs an animated show

  • @BrutusTheAnimator
    @BrutusTheAnimator 2 месяца назад +94

    David Morrissey did the governor justice, but i think everyone would like to really see the governor faithfully adapted like his comic counterpart

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +21

      I think it would be interesting to see in an animated series for sure

    • @Afish8me2china
      @Afish8me2china 2 месяца назад +5

      I really dislike the governor in the show. He’s a well written villain, but soooo far from his comic counterpart. He feels generic and he definitely doesn’t fit the prison arc, and imo makes it worse

    • @LuckyNo2-q5h
      @LuckyNo2-q5h 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Afish8me2chinaYeah I agree, he also stuck around way too long.

    • @Afish8me2china
      @Afish8me2china 2 месяца назад +1

      @@LuckyNo2-q5h Ehhh I think the break kind of made it feel better. Again my main issue is that the interesting part in the prison arc is the group surviving, the internal conflict, and the general insanity of everything that was completely stripped away because of the governor

    • @Mr_Chili05
      @Mr_Chili05 2 месяца назад +3

      ⁠@@Afish8me2chinaso you prefer edgy shock over a actually well written character ?

  • @blacker5826
    @blacker5826 2 месяца назад +6

    Love your narrations of the comics, would pay to see an entire series of you doing this for the entire comic series

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +1

      Hey I appreciate that thank you!

  • @divinatinseance501
    @divinatinseance501 2 месяца назад +3

    I'm solely a comic fan, I don't care much for the show, but the Governor was such a crazy character, someone who easily got corrupted in the new world. He has had the biggest impact on our main group more than any other antagonist in the series. He's just a monster honestly.

  • @angeljaimes8078
    @angeljaimes8078 2 месяца назад +5

    About the Morgan thing, in the comics, Rick, Lori, and Carl are from Kentucky. Lori and Carl went to Georgia to be with family. It would be a significant detour to go across state lines.
    That's why, later on, the group effectively has to split so Rick, Carl, and Abraham can go check up on Morgan. Abraham only agrees to the detour because Rick still has the keys to the police station, and they can load up on more weapons

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +1

      That’s fair, I just think it would be worth it. Especially since it’s been on his mind

  • @cStatE95
    @cStatE95 2 месяца назад +15

    The governor really showed that looks are deceiving. Also from what i remember from the cover issues, there was a storyline with other survivors

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +3

      I think the cover issues are supposed to depict tyreeses struggle surviving while he was out there looking for the 3, I could be wrong though

    • @Goji_Edits20240
      @Goji_Edits20240 2 месяца назад +2

      @@Swell-Filmsif you could change one event in the whole show and spin offs,(example Shane survives) what would it be?

    • @cStatE95
      @cStatE95 2 месяца назад

      ​@Swell-Films I found that the comic deluxe edition has something called the cutting room floor where kirkman tells us what ideas he changed throughout the series

  • @TheDoBetterPodcast
    @TheDoBetterPodcast 2 месяца назад +5

    his intro was crazy! i suggest anyone to read the governor novels. cant remember how many there are. The Rise & fall. road to woodbury i think. there's a few . really gives the insight into him as a character. and how/why he became what he became

    • @kingdevin_
      @kingdevin_ 2 месяца назад +1

      I read all the novels at least 3 times so I recommend them too! Especially Fall of The Governor Parts 1&2 for the different points of views on Woodbury side in the prison arc. It makes Rick look like the bad guy while in the comics Governor is the bad guy but he’s evil in both😅

    • @kingdevin_
      @kingdevin_ 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheDoBetterPodcast and there are 8 novels :) Rise of Gov, Road to Woodbury, fall of the Governor part 1&2, Descent, Invasion, Search and Destroy, and finally Return to Woodbury

  • @steventomasi5557
    @steventomasi5557 2 месяца назад +2

    11:47 Michone is on her Mike Tyson shit right there

  • @owaine-changaming
    @owaine-changaming 2 месяца назад +4

    Damn didn't know Carol was into poly

  • @nick_4972
    @nick_4972 Месяц назад +3

    This is when The Walking Dead gets REALLY good. The Governor is such an evil character.

  • @kingdevin_
    @kingdevin_ 2 месяца назад +4

    The introduction of The Governor this issue was absolutely perfect! But, I still prefer the shows version of the Governor because of how charming he is and can blend in more with his looks too. I agree with you on Rick chopping off his own hand in The Ones Who Live and it’s a call back to how he almost cut off Carl’s hand/ and what Merle had to do to himself so it’s like karma back at Rick too. Back to the comics, Carol is breaking more and more which is sad to see. Ben and Billy situation too is sad. It’s scary how The Governor can just flip a switch after what he did to Michonne and act like nothing happened while talking to the Woodbury residents. Chopping off Rick’s hand shows how much of a threat Governor is and how now no one is safe, even Rick while showing a sense of powerlessness. Fun-fact: The helicopter victims were in the novel too called Fall of The Governor part 1. They got rescued by Martinez and a few others on the supply run I mentioned last part. I won’t give too much away in case people want to read the novels but I like the story behind it. The little conversation between Rick, Michonne, and Glenn I didn’t pay much attention to so nice touch on detail! The story behind that tank of heads and how Penny became a walker is pretty sad too. I can’t wait until the next part! The story is getting better and better! I’m gonna restart the comics again so thank you for the inspiration!

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +1

      I wasn’t aware the helicopter people were in the novels thanks for the information! And thanks for watching as always mate

    • @kingdevin_
      @kingdevin_ 2 месяца назад

      No problem! I had to reread the comics and novel twice to even notice myself. And of course! I enjoyed the video and your analysis

  • @haleygrimm303
    @haleygrimm303 Месяц назад +1

    i just wanna say i really like this series i struggle with reading and love the walking dead so these breakdowns are amazing keep it up

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  Месяц назад

      Hey thanks so much! Should have the next one out next week!

  • @Goji_Edits20240
    @Goji_Edits20240 2 месяца назад +1

    Hey @Swell-Films the governors death in the comics is so gruesome I think I would rather be walker food lol

  • @TrashyEgg
    @TrashyEgg 2 месяца назад +3

    I just finished the rest of ur comic videos before u posted this perfect timing

  • @Espritlumiere
    @Espritlumiere 2 месяца назад +1

    I so wish they'd included more from this arc in the show! But I understand it probably would've been too much for general audiences at the time 😅
    Great video as always, Ty!

  • @abramsullivan7764
    @abramsullivan7764 2 месяца назад +5

    Ty comic book panels color for today is valkyrie green.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +2

      I try to colour code the panels according to their volume covers lol

  • @doctornasty0506
    @doctornasty0506 2 месяца назад +2

    Youre the man. These are kick ass

  • @__sad_but_rad__
    @__sad_but_rad__ 2 месяца назад +2

    this is the best TWD content right now

  • @afilthypeasant9646
    @afilthypeasant9646 2 месяца назад +1

    in the novels it was shown what Woodbury was like before the governor and then showed what was happening in woodbury during the whole conflict

  • @aaronpasetti
    @aaronpasetti 2 месяца назад +1

    The Governor has scared me a lot what he did to Michonne was just wrong and bad he was to far gone! Plus him eating people too which is more crazy to me. I remember Robert Kirkman said that it was a mistake taking off Rick right hand. I have mixed feelings about Rick losing a hand it does make him more baddass and cooler but he can get stuck with so many situations with one hand! Great job on the video!

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks mate! I wouldn’t say it was a mistake, it’s definitely a ballsy move and overall, I don’t think it limited him much for the arcs to come

    • @aaronpasetti
      @aaronpasetti 2 месяца назад

      @@Swell-Films I can agree and you’re welcome just keep making more good videos!

  • @Christian_H3rnand3z
    @Christian_H3rnand3z 2 месяца назад +5

    Awesome video man, I don't blame you for appreciating the small conversations in the comics. The comic is known for being more realistic than the AMC series. Please continue summarizing the comics!!!! I know it's going to continue to get f'd up but we have to know now!!!!!! I image that AMC Michonne could've gotten the comic book treatment if Merle gave her to the Governor.🤢 I got watch you video about the full Governor story arc in the AMC series only about a month ago, so learning about the difference between the show and comic is still fresh in my head.😬

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +2

      I appreciate the support mate! Honestly I’m glad that stuff was left out of michonnes tv arc. She’s a much better character from the get go and didn’t need something like that to inspire revenge, what they did worked well as is imo

    • @Christian_H3rnand3z
      @Christian_H3rnand3z 2 месяца назад

      @@Swell-Films Same. I just wish they made Andrea more likable. Why would she not kill the Governor if she already knows he's insane???

    • @tarareads23
      @tarareads23 Месяц назад

      You really wanted to see what the governor did to Michonne in the comics on the show? 😒😡 That’s sick!

    • @Christian_H3rnand3z
      @Christian_H3rnand3z Месяц назад

      @@tarareads23 Heck no, I didn't mean to make it sound like that. Just that from how the Governor was preparing the room, it gave me some comic book psycho vibes.

    • @tarareads23
      @tarareads23 Месяц назад

      @@Christian_H3rnand3z okay because it didn’t seem that way to me when you said “imagine if AMC gave Michonne the comic book version if Merle gave her to the Governor.” Cause that doesn’t exactly sound like set decorating to me. But whatever. Y’all try to justify everything. 🙄😒

  • @DavidEdge69
    @DavidEdge69 2 месяца назад +2

    Absolutely loving listening to your comic versions. I had no idea how rancid The Governor was!!?? 😮😮 Brilliant... I've finally finished live action TWD, apart from Carol, which I apparently taped S2, E1 last night in England. You are genuinely making me want the entire Comic run... What is the best way to now own the entire lot? I'm aware of books worth, but not how many, or what is out there?

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад

      Appreciate yo watching! The best way by far to read them is through the compendiums, 4 big books that are collections of 48 issues

  • @carmenlynn5441
    @carmenlynn5441 2 месяца назад +2

    Meh i still like TV governor better. Hes more dynamic and not at cartoonishly villainous, which dont get me wrong, is fine for the comics

  • @B1_1_9_7_5
    @B1_1_9_7_5 2 месяца назад +2

    12:15 how rude

  • @mikaross4671
    @mikaross4671 2 месяца назад +1

    This part of the comic was absolutely insane. The Governor of the comics is absolutely insane compared to the the tamer version of the show. I mean, he does... ICK. he gave me so much ick in this comics. The prison arc was actually non stop acting and thrills.
    I think the governor in the show is done way better. He is a legit sociopath. He was charming and realistic. The show did way better with his character. The SA on Michonne was completely unnecessary and hard to read.

  • @blackcorp0001
    @blackcorp0001 2 месяца назад

    You Sir are in my top 10 content creators

  • @ButchersBoys
    @ButchersBoys 2 месяца назад +2

    Hey bro don't know if you've done it yet but I just watched michonne Virgil on island episode and wondered if you could cover what happened there.

  • @Just-me84
    @Just-me84 2 месяца назад

    I really like your vids

  • @호관-k7r
    @호관-k7r 2 месяца назад

    I hope someday we can get an accurate adaptation of the comics, it would be so cool

  • @brianplyer2831
    @brianplyer2831 2 месяца назад

    It was probably harder for rick to return and find Morgan in the comics when returning to atlanta considering there from Cynthia Kentucky while in the show there in king county Georgia

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад

      That’s fair, I believe there’s a line in issue 2 when he finds the horse that Atlanta was only 5 more hours up the road, I figured with a motorcycle, Morgan would be worth those few extra hours since he was already on his way out there lol

  • @bigchees3850
    @bigchees3850 2 месяца назад

    Just re read this one 😂😂 crazy

  • @SnakeyesYT
    @SnakeyesYT 2 месяца назад +1

    I live the comics

  • @theruiner4272
    @theruiner4272 Месяц назад

    there are things i like about the governor in both the show and comics. the comic version has the edge in the governor's evil ruthlessness but the show governor seems much smarter, more charismatic, more sympathetic, and realistic. Like why the fuck do these random people follow comic Governor knowing he is insane, has his zombie niece shacked up in his place, practices cannibalism, and feeds random strangers to the zombies? the commoners of Woodbury don't know about this but his more loyal followers like Eugene, Martinez, and Lilly know, especially since Eugene has directly given body parts to The Governor. Also, the Governor torturing Michonne is essential for Michonne's character, who is probably the best character in the comics.
    Now when it comes to the show Governor, there are a few things I didn't like about him and his storyline. For one thing, it's still weird how so many people in his army would just attack and kill a group of military soldiers just to take their stuff. i feel like at least one of them would be smart enough to suggest that they protect The Governor's people. And they probably would. But I can look passed that. I also don't like how show Michonne is suspicious of the Governor for almost no reason and regularly acts up in Woodbury. There are almost no giveaways that The Governor is a sociopath. so why do those things? People might say that she's suspicious because he killed the zombie that was crushed by the helicopter but i think one of the characters in Woodbury (if not The Governor himself) assured the two that it was a walker and you don't need to be bitten or scratched to turn. So there's the end of the suspicion. Other people might say she became suspicious because of the bullet holes on the military vehicles and implies that the Gov and his men stole it from people. this is also stupid because the bullet holes could either be there before they took the supposedly abandoned equipment, and it could've been misfire from The Governor's men when they were killing all the zombies that were present. There is no way that blood she found would be fresh enough for her not to really think that it could've come from a zombie. Those vehicles, and thus the blood, has been sitting there in the sun for some time. But all that is more of a problem with the early storyline and even Michonne's character rather than the Governor himself.
    I really like both versions of the Governor, especially the one in the show since he's sort of a mixture of being ireedemably ruthless and evil, but also sympathetic and likeable. I remember him being my second favorite character in the show when i was still watching it (behind Rick himself). And i do think that Governor could've chopped off Rick's hand and he probably should've. It would've added to the steaks in the story, would make Rick (who's a trained Cop) loosing a fist fight with the Governor more believable in season 4, and would've almost be poetic if he gave Merle the honors of doing the amputation.

  • @ry2950
    @ry2950 2 месяца назад

    I prefer David Morrissey's governor, but I do wish the prison siege in the show was had more losses on Rick's side. It should've been TWD's "Red Wedding" event with the amount of death that happens in a short amount of time.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +1

      I can agree with that, there’s a few characters that could have met their end there that I wouldn’t have been upset about

  • @carlodelavera9735
    @carlodelavera9735 2 месяца назад

    Id be cool to have the volume cover or name in the title or thumbnail.

  • @BonesyTucson
    @BonesyTucson 2 месяца назад

    Oh yeah, it hit WAAAAAY harder in the comics. I think when the TWD TV series did the gov the way they did.. I realized that the show was losing it (no disrespect David Morissey, he did an awesome job with what he was given).

  • @KayoGiovanni
    @KayoGiovanni 2 месяца назад

    I remember reading this in Portuguese (I'm brazilian) and I thought it was mistranslated.
    Governor says to rick (in portuguese)
    "Bem vindo forasteiro. Aqui nós alimentamos nossos caminhantes com carne de forasteiros!"
    I readed that and immediately thought in bad translation. It can't be that brutal. And so I checked the English version. And it's the same. Man I was shocked. A totally brutality and so naked and striped. The comics is just nuts.
    Governor for the show compared to the one in the comics? The one for the show is a pussy.

  • @insuchaway
    @insuchaway Месяц назад

    Had i read the comics first, i probably wouldn't have enjoyed the show that much.

  • @squrillcreek
    @squrillcreek 2 месяца назад

    Oh word posted 20 seconds ago😮

  • @mkwsoxfan
    @mkwsoxfan 2 месяца назад

    Do you think the comics went too big too soon with the insanity of the governor? Hard to be afraid of negan/whispers when you just lived through the terror that is the comic governor. I don't think rick in the show would have even shed a tear in the negan lineup if he had endured the events of meeting the comic governor

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад

      Honestly that’s a good question. I wouldn’t say it was too much in that regard as it hardens our group for survival in the wild, but I do get what you’re saying with it potentially diminishing the impact of future villains. It’s a really interesting conversation

  • @POWBxDX4DxZOMB
    @POWBxDX4DxZOMB 2 месяца назад +1

    Real💯💯💯.🙏🏽🩸🔥🎃🎃🔥🦬🐂🦁🤠🫡🪖🏆🛸

  • @sassquatch212
    @sassquatch212 2 месяца назад +3

    Comic Governor is SO much better than the TV version. Tony Dalton who played Lalo in Better Call Saul would be the perfect comic Governor.

    • @Mr_Chili05
      @Mr_Chili05 2 месяца назад +2

      Not really in the show he’s an actual character other than just evil man who does edgy bad things

    • @sassquatch212
      @sassquatch212 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Mr_Chili05 sometimes all you need is a purely evil villain. That was the best way to go for the first villain in this series. The show version isn’t bad, but he’s not particularly memorable. Just your bog standard villain.

    • @Mr_Chili05
      @Mr_Chili05 2 месяца назад +2

      @@sassquatch212 I get what you mean a pure evil villain can be great at times but personally it doesn’t work for twd as the show version feels more realistic and the slow reveal of his evil was far better than the immediate reveal

  • @dragonballradiant2744
    @dragonballradiant2744 2 месяца назад

    I already watched the entire season. I thought it was great.. but I can already hear the complaints. I’m just not going to engage. Because it’s just going to make me heated. You don’t think rationally when you’re mad sometimes. But I thought Daryl Dixon season two was great. This is another great Carol and Daryl Dixon story. Up there with consumed in my opinion.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад

      Glad to hear you liked it mate!

  • @apricotm3800
    @apricotm3800 2 месяца назад +2

    Fourth

  • @Erwyn_
    @Erwyn_ 2 месяца назад +1

    🚨🚨🚨🚨🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️WAKE UP PEOPLE (I’m late sorry)

  • @squadam2681
    @squadam2681 2 месяца назад +1

    Fifth... dont get attached tho the fifth comment always gets eaten on day 2.

  • @welpyt4519
    @welpyt4519 2 месяца назад

    fyi penny is the governors daughter not his niece

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  2 месяца назад +6

      In the comics she’s his niece, in the show she’s his daughter

  • @HasAlwaysTheHighground
    @HasAlwaysTheHighground 2 месяца назад

    Now that Video came at an Perfect Time🤌 i just start to like the Comics more then the Show