Issue 18

Issue 18
Release Date	April 20, 2005
Est. Sales	15,540
Creator, Writer	Robert Kirkman
Penciler, Inker	Charlie Adlard Cliff Rathburn
Volume	Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
Part	6 of 6
Preceded By	Issue 17
Succeeded By	Issue 19

Issue 18 is the eighteenth issue of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and the sixth and final part of Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars. It was originally published April 20, 2005.

Plot Synopsis

Glenn and Tyreese, who were watching Thomas, decide to lock him in the freezer that the inmates had previously been using as a bathroom, in order to "Put the waste with the waste" as Glenn explains. Rick reminds them that the freezer is air tight so he will suffocate, and they remove him to be taken to the cell block.

Later, Patricia frees Thomas, believing him to be just a sick man that needs help, but he then attempts to kill her. During the brief struggle, Patricia manages to call for help, and scratches Thomas' face, freeing herself. Unseen, Glenn and Maggie approach from behind, and Maggie unloads six rounds from her pistol into Thomas's back. Maggie confesses to the gathered survivors, "Now I feel a little better", and the survivors proceed to the main gate of the prison.

Hershel requests that Thomas' body be thrown to the zombies to be torn apart and eaten. The issue closes with Rick being disarmed and threatened by Dexter, Andrew, and Patricia at gunpoint. Dexter then tells Rick's group of survivors to leave the prison.

Credits

• Rick Grimes
• Lori Grimes
• Carl Grimes
• Glenn
• Andrea
• Allen
• Ben
• Billy
• Sophia
• Dale
• Tyreese
• Maggie Greene
• Hershel Greene
• Billy Greene
• Patricia
• Dexter
• Andrew
• Thomas Richards

Deaths

• Thomas Richards

Trivia

• Last appearance of Thomas Richards. (Alive)
• The jacket that Amy wears every time she appears is seen hanging in Dale and Andrea's cell.