The Walking Dead: 11 Major Moments From The Comics We Still Need To See
Heath might want to stay on his supply run for season 8.
During its early years, The Walking Dead only used its comic book source material as a guideline, adapting key moments and the general structure but diverging widely when it came to characters, conflicts, and most importantly, deaths.
Since showrunner Scott Gimple took the reigns in season 4 however, the show has adapted comic book material at an increasing rate with each new season.
Season 7 especially was almost beat for beat the same as its comic counterpart, with Negan's scenes in particular essentially being cut directly from the pages of the book and pasted straight onto the screen.
Resulting in some of the show's most memorable moments, The Walking Dead is at its best when it's adapting material straight from the source, and fortunately there's still plenty of iconic comic book moments that could make their way to the small screen.
With that said though, the show still likes to make major changes here and there, and not every fan-favourite moment is guaranteed to be adapted. With All Out War about to kick off though, there are some major moments that absolutely need to be given the live-action treatment when the show returns later in October.
Spoilers ahead.
11. Shiva's Sacrifice
At this point, Shiva is one of the best damn characters still kicking on the TV show. Eating up 90% of the special effects budget, Ezekiel's pet tiger has more personality than the majority of the key Alexandrians viewers have met so far, and has quickly become a fan-favourite since her first appearance in season 7.
Unfortunately, Shiva is one of the biggest casualties of All Out War in the comics. She doesn't go out like any old chump though, and actually saves Ezekiel from a heard of zombies who are seconds away from overwhelming him. Tearing into the undead, Zeke just gets out of the fray in time to turn around and see her being devoured by the horde.
It's genuinely heartbreaking, but the scene is almost guaranteed to show up at some point during season 8. While it's a key moment in the original arc, its appearance is also a sure-fire bet because AMC loves saving money, and if they were going to push one comic book moment, it would definitely be the one that lowers the cost of the special effects they have to pay for.