Issue 51

Issue 51 is part 3 of Volume 9: Here We Remain.

Plot Synopsis
Rick eventually gets better after falling unconscious from his bullet wound. Carl has been reading and waiting for when Rick will heal succesfully and wake up. Rick finds Carl with some antibiotics, he recommends finding some food and leaving.

Outside, Rick suddenly hears a phone ringing. Inside a desolate house, Rick answers the phone. Rick begins to talk to the voice and converse about their ordeals. Rick is excited about it, and tells Carl that they're going to hunt, if Carl doesn't want to eat green beans anymore.

In the forest, the hunting isn't going very well. Suddenly, they hear a cry for help. Rick and Carl run to help and they discover an unnamed survivor who is, sadly, surrounded by zombies. He gets eaten alive, Carl wants to save him, but Rick tells him he's already infected, not to mention of the number of zombies. They find the unnamed survivor's car, all stocked up. Carl realizes that he was going out on his own to die, like Carol did. They leave the car.

At the house with the phone, Rick and the woman have a long coversation. Rick asks for the woman's name and she answers "Lori". Rick then forcefully unplugs the phone, but can still hear Lori speaking on the line. This causes him to realize that the phone calls were all in his head, and that he is trying to forgive himself for Lori's death. Eventually, he hangs up, although he takes the phone with him in his backpack.

Credits

 * Rick Grimes
 * Carl Grimes
 * Unnamed survivor

Deaths

 * Unnamed survivor

Trivia

 * Carl is reading the book Elsewhere by Will Shetterly.