Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense

"The Best Defense" is a trade paperback collection that reprints issues #25-30 of the survival horror comic book series The Walking Dead, published by Image Comics. All stories were written by Robert Kirkman with artwork by Charlie Adlard. This volume was released to retailers in September, 2006. This volume carries a cover price of $14.99 per copy (US).

Issues

 * The Walking Dead #25
 * The Walking Dead #26
 * The Walking Dead #27
 * The Walking Dead #28
 * The Walking Dead #29
 * The Walking Dead #30

Featured characters

 * Rick Grimes
 * Andrea
 * Carl Grimes
 * Glenn
 * Maggie Greene
 * Tyreese

Supporting characters

 * Alice Warren
 * Axel
 * Billy Greene
 * Bob Stookey
 * Carol
 * Hershel Greene
 * Sophia

Antagonists

 * The Governor, Brian Blake
 * Bruce Allan Cooper
 * Caesar Martinez
 * Gabriel Harris

Minor characters

 * Ben
 * Billy
 * Harold Abernathy
 * Mike
 * Otis
 * Penny Blake
 * Stevens
 * Wes

Organizations

 * None

Races

 * Humans
 * Zombies

Locations

 * Georgia
 * The Prison
 * Woodbury

Items

 * Hammer
 * Katana

Vehicles

 * Chevy Impala
 * Dale's RV
 * Helicopter

Notes & Trivia

 * The Walking Dead was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artists Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.


 * Walking Dead: The Best Defense and Walking Dead: The Best Defense (TPB) both redirect to this page.


 * This volume shipped to retailers on September 27th, 2006.


 * Issues in this volume are also reprinted in the Walking Dead, Book Three hardcover edition, Walking Dead Omnibus, Volume 2 deluxe hardcover edition, and the Walking Dead Compendium One.


 * This is the first volume in the collection with Charlie Adlard as cover artist.


 * The Governor is first introduced in The Walking Dead #27.


 * Caesar Martinez is first introduced in The Walking Dead #27.


 * Woodbury is first seen in The Walking Dead #27.


 * The Governor cuts Rick Grimes' hand off in The Walking Dead #28.


 * Bob Stookey is first seen in The Walking Dead #29.


 * Penny Blake is first seen in The Walking Dead #29.


 * Otis makes his final appearance as a living character in The Walking Dead #30.