The Walking Dead: 9 Comic Book Moments The TV Show Totally Butchered

9. The Wolves Vs. The Scavengers

In the comic books, The Scavengers were the first human threat that Rick's group encountered inside the Alexandria safe-zone. Showing up at their doorstep, the leader of the small group, Derek, barked to be let in while our heroes naturally refused. Ready to take Alexandria by force, Derek and The Scavengers take aim at Rick but are quickly thwarted as Andrea takes them all out from a nearby sniper tower. It's a cool moment, and it serves to show just how battle-hardened Rick and his group have become by this point.

While The Wolves in the show aren't a direct adaptation of the characters, they do adopt the same role as their comic book counterparts. However, while the TV show makes these villains a little more menacing (in this version they actually do breach the walls and manage to kill a few nameless Alexandrians), they're simply nowhere near as integral to the plot.

Because in the comics, it's the gun-fight with The Scavengers that draws the horde of zombies to Alexandria later on. This is different to the show where it's actually Rick's dumb plan that results in the walkers finding their way into the safe-zone, which only made the group look incapable of dealing with their new responsibilities as leaders of the town. 

As a result, the original version feels like more of a natural progression from story to story, and while alive The Scavengers weren't really a threat, their death brought about more carnage and destruction than they could have ever imagined.