The Walking Dead
Summary
One of the most memorable deaths in the history ofThe Walking Deadwas almost entirely dissimilar , and almost come in a mess preferably than it at long last did . In the 100th issue ofThe Walking Dead , Negan infamously bashed Glenn ’s skull to decease with a baseball game laced with barbed wire – but in Kirkman ’s original architectural plan , Glenn was already long dead by then .
The Walking Dead Deluxe#77 – by Robert Kirkman , Dave McCaig , and Charlie Adlard – reveals that Kirkman had plan in place to kill Glenn off at least twenty - five issues sooner , under very different setting . The expanded edition of the offspring carry a Q&A letter , where the author details his original plans for Glenn , before hedecided to salvage the darling part ’s death forThe Walking Dead#100 .
In accession to uncover the original plot line that he had plan for Glenn ’s death , Kirkman explain what prevented him from kill Glenn off inWalking Dead#75 , despite knowing the character reference would eventually have to cope with his demise .
Original Plans for Glenn’s Death
Glenn ’s death is think back as one of the most tragical in the account of Robert Kirkman ’s comic serial , as well as the AMC television adaptation . Robert Kirkman admits he had n’t work out the details fully yet , but he says inWalking Dead Deluxe#77 that cash in one’s chips intoWalking Dead#75 , he fully intended to kill off Glenn . In fact , Charlie Adlard string the issue ’s cover art with that architectural plan in judgment , thinking Glenn would be dead by then , since he had discuss it with Kirkman some effect prior . “It ’s potential Pete was go to vote down him instead of Regina this outlet , and it would have happened two issues earlier,“Kirkman adds .
Yet , though he was n’t quite certain why , Kirkman could n’t bring himself to kill Glenn inWalking Dead#75 , hold the eccentric a reprieve that would last another twenty - five issues . However , as the anecdote partake by Kirkman explains , Maggie ’s storyline following the original plan for Glenn ’s death was set to involve a prowler , something depict on Adlard ’s cover version forWalking Dead#77 . Since the cover version had already been complete , and even print in catalogue advertise the issue , Kirkman choose to impart a tune of dialogue to the issue , having Gleen say:“I feel like I ’m on the outside of this kinship calculate in . "
Postponing Glenn’s Death Was The Right Decision
Kirkman admit it was n’t supposed to be Glenn outside the window,“but it could have been and that argumentation of dialogue kind of made the covering fire make sense … sort of . “Glenn ’s eventual death , as it turn out , remain one of the most horrific and talked about most moments the franchise has offered . Given how impactful that death was , both in pop polish and over the course of the series traditional knowledge , one can fence that Negan being the one tokill Glenn needed to materialize , which put an stress on just how significant Glenn is as a reference tothe Walking Deadfranchise .
