Volume 2: Miles Behind Us

Volume 2: Miles Behind Us is the second volume of The Walking Dead and contains issues 7-12. This volume picks up after the events of Volume 1: Days Gone Bye and tells the story of what happens to the survivors after leaving Atlanta and searching for shelter.

Plot Synopsis
Volume 2 begins with a flashback of Lori Grimes waiting outside the city, where she is confronted by Shane. The two of them end up having passionate intercourse.

Back to the present, the survivors are burying the dead. The group then departs from their camp using Dale's RV. They continue on their journey until they need to clear some cars that are blocking the road. While clearing the cars, the group meets Tyreese, his daughter Julie and her boyfriend Chris. Tyreese explains to Rick that a man in a store attempted to rape Julie. However, he was able to kill the man before he could rape her. This reveals that, similar to Rick, Tyreese is willing to do what is necessary in order to survive, regardless of how gruesome it may be.

The group continues on their journey until they come across a group of houses enclosed by a fence, titled "Wiltshire Estates." The group proceeds to clear a house which leads them to think that they may have found a permanent sanctuary. They end up spending the night inside the cleared house. What they don’t notice is a snow covered sign that reads “ALL DEAD DO NOT ENTER.”

In the morning, Rick notices the sign and, shortly after, the group is attacked. Donna is killed by the attack and Tyreese goes back to the house to search for Chris and Julie but finds them naked. The group then narrowly escapes from Wilshire States in the RV. As the group's food supply begins to diminish, Rick, his son Carl and Tyreese go hunting. During the hunt, Carl is accidentally shot by Otis. Otis leads them to a nearby farm.

At the farm, Hershel Greene saves Carl and introduces the group to his children: his oldest daughter Lacey, his son Arnold, his daughter Maggie, and his youngest son Billy. Hershel also introduces the twins Rachel and Susie, Otis, and Otis’ girlfriend Patricia who lives up the road but are staying with him.

While staying at the farm, Glenn and Maggie begin a relationship. Also, Rick and Hershel have a conversation where Rick learns that Hershel is keeping zombies in his barn.

The following day, the group is practicing how to shoot firearms when Hershel stops them because the Thompson house is getting riddled with bullets across the way. A zombie then appears and Hershel attempts to get the zombie inside the barn. Hershel fails to get the zombie inside of the barn it breaks loose, killing Arnold and Lacey. Those two, along with the remaining zombies in the barn, are terminated by Hershel and others within the group to prevent reanimation.

More confrontations occur between Hershel and Rick’s party because Hershel wants them to leave. The group finally decides to leave Hershel's farm and Glenn stays behind to pursue his relationship with Maggie. After some unsuccessful raids and hunting parties, Rick’s group stumbles upon their new home, a prison.

Characters:

 * Rick Grimes
 * Lori Grimes
 * Carl Grimes
 * Glenn
 * Allen
 * Donna
 * Billy and Ben
 * Andrea
 * Carol
 * Sophia
 * Dale
 * Hershel Greene
 * Shawn Greene
 * Arnold Greene
 * Maggie Greene
 * Lacey Greene
 * Rachel and Susie Greene
 * Billy Greene
 * Otis
 * Patricia

Deaths

 * Donna
 * Lacey Greene
 * Arnold Greene