Walking Dead 47

"Get in one of the trucks and drive it up that woman's ass! Right now!"

- The Governor

"Made to Suffer" is the forty-seventh issue of the survival horror comic book series The Walking Dead published by Image Comics. It is the fifth chapter in the six-part "Made to Suffer" storyline. The story was written by Robert Kirkman with artwork and inking by Charlie Adlard, and grey tone coloring highlights by Cliff Rathburn. Adlard & Rathburn also rendered the cover art illustration to this issue. Lettering for this story was provided by Rus Wooton. This issue was published with a March, 2008 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.99 per copy (US).

Featured characters

 * Rick Grimes
 * Andrea
 * Carl Grimes
 * Lori Grimes
 * Michonne

Supporting characters

 * Axel
 * Billy Greene
 * Hershel Greene
 * Patricia

Antagonists

 * The Governor, Brian Blake
 * Bart
 * Charlie Banes
 * Daniel
 * Don Horgan
 * Gabriel Harris
 * Gus Strunk
 * Jared
 * Raymond Hilliard
 * Teddy Grainger

Minor characters

 * Alice Warren undefined
 * Judith Grimes
 * Lilly Caul undefined
 * Matthew Hennesey undefined

Organizations

 * Woodbury army

Races

 * Humans
 * Zombies

Locations

 * Georgia
 * The Prison

Items

 * Assault rifles
 * Handguns
 * Grenades
 * Katana
 * Machine guns
 * Rifles
 * Sniper rifle
 * Shotgun

Vehicles

 * Automobiles
 * Recreational vehicle
 * Tank

Miscellaneous

 * Exploding vehicles
 * Gunshot victims
 * Prison
 * Profanity
 * Shot in the head

Notes & Trivia

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


 * This issue is reprinted in the Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer trade paperback collection. It is also included the Walking Dead Compendium, Volume 1 trade paperback collection, the Walking Dead, Book Four hardcover collection, and the Walking Dead Omnibus, Volume 2 hardcover collection.


 * This issue shipped to retailers on March 12th, 2008.


 * This issue had an estimated sales rank of 22,605.


 * This is the first appearance of Gus Strunk. He appears next in The Walking Dead #49.


 * Bart, Charlie Banes, Daniel, Don Horgan, and Teddy Grainger are all identified by name in the Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor novel.

V.I.P.

 * This issue's V.I.P. award goes to Billy Greene. With one lob of a single grenade, he takes out at least five members of the Woodbury army (see below). Well done, Billy!

Body Count

 * Raymond Hilliard - Sliced through the abdomen by Michonne with her katana.
 * Axel - Shot through the head by an unidentified Woodbury army member.
 * Gabriel Harris - Shot in the back of the head by Andrea with a sniper rifle.
 * Bart - - Killed by shrapnel from exploding vehicle.
 * Charlie Banes - Killed by shrapnel from exploding vehicle.
 * Daniel - Killed by shrapnel from exploding vehicle.
 * Don Horgan - Killed by shrapnel from exploding vehicle.
 * Teddy Grainger - Killed by shrapnel from exploding vehicle.
 * Gus Strunk - Shot twice by Andrea.