The Walking Dead: 5 Characters Better In The TV Show (And 5 Who Were Worse!)

You can't even compare Jesus from the comics to the version we see in the show. Even Tom Payne, who was a fantastic casting for the character, spoke out about his disappointment. Relegated to a side character on the show, Jesus was so much more in the comics.

When we first introduced to Jesus in the show things seemed promising. He was funny, outsmarted Rick and Daryl and demonstrated some pretty great martial arts skills. But he never really reached the heights of his comic counterpart. Jesus was one of the only characters Rick trusted during the early days of the war against Negan, and he played a key role in the fight against The Saviours. He fought Negan hand to hand, took on entire groups on his own and even at one point caught a grenade mid air and threw it back.

We saw nothing like this in the show, with Jesus often being stuck at the Hilltop. This might be because the writers decided to take a different approach to the All Out War story line, but it doesn't excuse how they turned one of the most badass characters into a forgettable side character. The best we got was a fight with Morgan.