I will hurt you.' (Photo: Image Comics)Ģ5 years later, Rick is immortalized as a towering statue erected by the people remembering Rick Grimes as 'the man who made the world.' Sebastian Milton remains imprisoned, his elderly mother his only visitor. It's what he would have wanted.' Should Sebastian ever be released, Carl promises, 'I will find you. 'That's a far better punishment than death. You get to sit and remember the life you had,' Carl tells Sebastian. Like Negan, who Rick once put behind bars, Sebastian spending the rest of his life in jail is the deserved punishment. if he went away, everything would go back to normal.' Rick was the first person he's ever killed. 'We made the rules, we were on top,' he says. 'He'll spend the rest of his life behind bars for what he did.'Ĭarl visits Sebastian in prison, where he explains 'life had never been better' once the Milton family got the Commonwealth up and running. Two days later, Pamela reports they've found Rick's killer: her son. The next day, Rick's son, Carl Grimes, tearfully puts down his father's reanimated body. Sebastian Milton assassinates Rick Grimes. In issue #192 of The Walking Dead, a shocked Sebastian apologizes - then shoots Rick again. Sebastian shoots Rick, striking him in the chest. I'm supposed to just pretend I'm like everyone else now? Because you said so? You're that powerful, huh? You feel powerful now?' 'You've disrupted the natural order of things - you've ruined everything! One speech and my family is kicked out. I don't want to see the Commonwealth fall apart,' Sebastian screams at Rick, gun in hand. 'What I don't want to do is watch all my hard work - my mother's hard work - go down the f-ing drain because of you. 'It needs to be someone who already lives here.'īefore Rick can return home to Alexandria, Sebastian breaks into Rick's room and confronts him at gunpoint. 'The Commonwealth needs to grow from within,' he decides. But Rick refuses to run for governor, choosing instead to return to Alexandria. Optimism for the future and morale is at an all-time high as candidates prepare for the first organized election - and Rick is the clear front-runner. With Governor Milton behind bars, Michonne credits Rick for inspiring the people of the Commonwealth.

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