Rick Grimes (Novel Series)

Rick Grimes is a character first encountered in The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor. He is the husband of Lori, and father Carl and possibly Judith. He is the leader of the prison group.

Pre-Apocalypse
Main Article: Rick Grimes (Comic Series)

Post-Apocalypse
Main article: Rick Grimes (Comic Series)

The Fall of the Governor
When Rick, Michonne, and Glenn arrived in Woodbury, the Governor shows them around Woodbury before revealing they've been feeding strangers to zombies and cutting off Rick's right hand.

Rick is held in the infirmary and is taken care of by Alice Warren and Stevens. Later, the defecting Caesar Martinez helps him by take down the two stationed guards, Denny and Lou outside and escaped with him, Glenn, Michonne, Alice, and Stevens (the latter dying from unknown circumstances swiftly after leaving Woodbury).

During the Governor's final attack on the prison, Rick flees the prison with his son, but his wife and infant daughter are killed in the process.

For the rest of the events of the Novel Series, Rick's whereabouts remain unknown, until his story picks back up in the Comic Series. For further details see:
 * Main article: Rick Grimes (Comic Series)

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Rick has killed:
 * Caesar Ramón Martínez (Alive)
 * Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed survivors.

Novel Series

 * "The Fall of the Governor"

Trivia

 * Rick is one of the many amputee victims.
 * Robert Kirkman has expressed annoyance that Rick lost his hand so early on and has said it has caused great difficulty in writing for the character in the issues that followed.
 * In the Walking Dead spin-off "The Walking Dead: The Alien", it is mentioned Rick went by the name Richie.