![]() ![]() Most, if not everyone, on the planet within The Walking Dead universe somehow contracted a mysterious pathogen that, for reasons unknown, brings the dead back to "life." It is unknown how the disease is spread, though its almost-total infection rate worldwide suggests it is either water-borne or air-borne. Some reanimations have occurred faster than Jenner's three-minute benchmark after being decapitated, Zaine reanimated after less than a minute and Erin Montgomery reanimated about 5 minutes after being shot, however it took Ron Damian around 3 hours to reanimate. Edwin Jenner in the TV Series, a corpse can reanimate between three minutes and eight hours after death. Though a different reality of the Walking Dead universe, according to the Center for Disease Control's Dr. Because only a portion of the brain is reactivated, the reanimated person retains only a physical resemblance to their former self. When a person dies, the infection they carry reactivates critical areas of the brain that support necessary vital systems, resulting in reanimation. It is not yet clear whether their overall numbers or frequency of appearance have changed significantly, although it can be argued that they had decreased around the mark of two years since the initial outbreak.įollowing classic Romero rules, the dead corpse of anyone that dies for any reason will reanimate as a zombie, unless the brain of that individual is badly damaged or destroyed. It has been shown in Issue 127 that, four years since the initial outbreak, zombies still exist in large numbers and show no obvious major differences in nature or behavior since the earliest days. The zombies greatly out-number humans by about 5,000 to 1. Mine just keep rotting." Kirkman's zombies are relatively weak and unintelligent as individuals, but are dangerous in large numbers, and are the main antagonists within the post-apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead. ![]() Robert Kirkman wrote that "Romero's evolving zombies are his spin. ![]() Zombies within The Walking Dead universe are Robert Kirkman's version of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead zombies. " These things ain't sick! They're not people! They're dead! Ain't got to feel nothing for them, 'cause all they do-they kill!" - Shane to the group about what zombies are. ![]()
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