Issue 72

Issue 72 is part 6 of Volume 12: Life Among Them.

Plot Synopsis
The survivors have to attend a dinner party. They struggle to interact with people who haven't been through the nightmare that they have. Glenn covertly evaluates the fortifications of the armory holding the guns for Rick, who plans on taking back the guns.

Credits

 * Rick Grimes
 * Carl Grimes
 * Glenn
 * Andrea
 * Michonne
 * Morgan Jones
 * Sgt. Abraham Ford
 * Rosita Espinosa
 * Dr. Eugene Porter
 * Maggie Greene
 * Sophia
 * Heath
 * Douglas Monroe
 * Spencer Monroe
 * Pete Anderson
 * Jessie
 * Nicholas
 * Ron
 * Olivia
 * Barbara
 * Bruce
 * Guard 1
 * Guard 2
 * Tobin
 * Several Alexandria Safe-Zone citizens

Trivia

 * First Appearance of Barbara.
 * First Appearance of Spencer Monroe.
 * First Appearance of Pete Anderson.
 * First Appearance of Jessie Anderson.
 * First Mention (and possibly appearance) of David.
 * First Mention (and possibly appearance) of Paula.

Reviews
IGN:
 * "This latest arc is a stirring, thought-provoking inversion of the Governor conflict...that seminal incident that so profoundly affected the book's cast. In a brilliant move, Kirkman is slowly but surely casting [the survivors] in the opposite role [as aggressors] they previously occupied [as victims], and it's absolutely fascinating to hear them seriously discuss what they do in this issue. Has their long, perilous journey to Washington D.C. really pushed our heroes past civility and redemption? Is that really the grim reality of the world in which they live? For that matter, are they justified in conspiring against their new, seemingly friendly but possibly malicious hosts?"

Comics Nexus:
 * "The people in the town [the survivors] are now living in seem very nice. They want Rick and his friends to acclimate to things, and so they throw them a party, and this results in some of Kirkman’s best writing on this title."