"The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become"
(Image Books, 2009)
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NOTE: Mild spoilers below
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Robert Kirkman's zombie epic, "The Walking Dead," continues to simmer in its mix of claustophobia and gore. In this volume our hero, Rick, revisits his home town and confronts the darker side of what zombie-killing has done to him psychologically... He also has a one-on-one session with his potential main antagonist, a giant-sized, high-testosterone military guy who's competing with Rick for dominance of their scrappy survivor gang. The zombies are still out there as well, but just when we start to think they don't pose much danger to our well-organized heros, the tide turns when Rick and his caravan run into a dreaded, unstoppable zombie *herd*. The "Walking Dead" series seemed to be coasting a bit in previous volumes -- here it's clear that it is picking up steam, and it seems sure that something big's about to blow in issues to come. Stay tuned... and pick this one up! (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)