While not for young readers, anyone mature enough to handle an R-rated movie (and who enjoys zombies/horror) would be well advised to check this series out from the beginning. I won't get into details to avoid spoiling a great story, but there are parts of the last few pages that rip the reader's heart out. Even amongst the havoc, some bright hope for the future is given, although much of that is rapidly taken away in the climactic battle scene. While violence is rampant, it doesn't have quite the grotesque nature of some of the previous volumes with their torture scenes. This one packs a wallop - nobody is safe and nobody gets out of this volume unscathed. The calm breaks with a resounding crash in "Made To Suffer," with tanks, explosions, zombie bites and a death toll seldom seen among major characters in comic series. They should have know that wasn't going to last long! The previous volume of the modern-soon-to-be-classic zombie comic was entitled "The Calm Before the Storm," and the title was pretty fitting - it was much less action oriented and the main characters actually had a chance to breathe - even given an opportunity to settle into what could become their daily routine in the post-apocalyptic world that Kirkman has created.
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