Issue 130

Issue 130 is the one-hundred and thirtieth issue of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and the fourth part of Volume 22: A New Beginning. It was published on August 13, 2014.

Plot
The issue begins with Magna and her group speaking with Negan for the first time. He tells the group that he's being tortured by Rick. Negan claims that he's been in jail for so long, he doesn't even remember what he did wrong in the first place. Magna instantly tells Negan that she knows he's lying. She says that she knows what someone being tortured looks like, he then admits it, introducing himself as Negan and telling them he's been lonely lately, and asks if they want to talk. Magna and her group ignore him leave the jail immediately.

Elsewhere, Marco and Ken are struggling to get away from a herd of zombies. Ken is having trouble keeping up due to his injury. Marco, refusing to leave Ken behind, pulls him into a ditch, so the herd won't find them. As they are hiding, they hear strange voices among the herd.

Rick and Carl are still making their way to Hilltop. As soon as they get there, Rick is swarmed by admirers. Carl meets with Earl Sutton, delivering a carved boar figure, which Earl remarks that looks more like a pig. Carl also learns there's a boy apprenticing with Earl already, which makes Carl slightly upset.

At the house, Maggie takes Rick to see Hershel, Maggie and Glenn's baby. While they look at the baby sleeping peacefully on the crib, Maggie says that's only possible because of the sacrifices Rick made in the past, namely, the events of "All Out War".

Meanwhile, Marco is found in the woods nearby, being rescued by the guards. He is taken to the infirmary, where Dr. Carson says he is likely dehydrated and starving.

He wakes up, an extremely disturbed and terrified Marco wakes up, saying how he had to leave Ken behind. He then says that "there were whispers and he was afraid", in the end revealing he that what he heard was actually the zombies themselves whispering to him.

Credits

 * Rick Grimes
 * Carl Grimes
 * Maggie Greene
 * Harlan Carson
 * Earl Sutton
 * Brianna
 * Negan
 * Carson
 * Magna
 * Luke
 * Kelly
 * Ken
 * Marco
 * Hershel Greene Jr.
 * Rolland

Deaths

 * None

Trivia

 * First appearance of Hershel Greene Jr.
 * First appearance of Rolland.
 * In this issue's Letter Hacks, Robert Kirkman stated that the series would permanently be published weekly, starting in 2015, to a total of 52 issues a year. However, it's unknown whether or not he was being actually serious about it.