The Walking Dead Comics Vol.11: “Fear The Hunters” Story Explained

[@Swell-Films]

Which version of the story do you prefer?

[@DexterMorgan1997]

Goated ass vids

[@DexterMorgan1997]

Def the comic one it’s just fresh ngl

[@Thatguy27250]

@@Swell-Films do you have more comic videos?

[@abramsullivan7764]

Well in the comics the hunters came out of nowhere, and started stalking our people in the comics but in the show they set up signs for a sainturary but it's a trap.

[@diamondgoldsilver9899]

As an only comic reader, I love how Alexandria occurs after the cannibal hunters was very satisfying. After everything went from worse to worst, we finally catch a breath of fresh air momentarily in Alexandria until the Negan stuff took place

[@luisibarra3220]

genuine question, how come you haven’t watched the show? (despite it not being faithful lol)

[@diamondgoldsilver9899]

@@luisibarra3220 I don't really plan to watch the show because it takes too much time to watch, and my summer break is about to end

[@fayevalentina77]

@@diamondgoldsilver9899 honestly, the show is great up to a certain point (different point for different people) but it does eventually fall off. But where it's good, it's better than the comics. I just think the comics take the cake in the end and end up being better overall

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

@@diamondgoldsilver9899 I always liked Megan. Unlike Rick he had a code he lived by

[@joobisnoob]

🗣️ TAINTED MEAT 🗣️

[@JustaRandomCatholic]

🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@AnakinSkywalker-u5b]

And to no one's surprise, the TV show did that moment much better.

[@cStatE95]

I wished these guys were given more issues for the horror aspects. The tv series missed an opportunity to have them shown more instead we got a lame hospital storyline

[@ThorstenDerWeberknecht]

I think the hospital arc is underrated

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yeah it like what's the point?

[@empressink_]

@@ThorstenDerWeberknecht Me too. I enjoyed the scenery and them going back to Atlanta, at least some parts of it.

[@lamore5054]

If I remember correctly, the Cannibals/Hunters are blended into the Terminus arc.

[@thedevilsrockstxr2309]

Bcuz they weren't making a horror show.....the walking dead show was always a drama first

[@classystegosuarus]

Imagine resorting to cannibalism because you can't figure out how to hunt deer / rabbit / pigeon / ANYTHING

[@Swell-Films]

It is pretty funny when you think about it, but tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if that was just an excuse. Judging by the way Chris taunts dale and smiles while eating him tells me they loved that shit lol

[@abramsullivan7764]

Well humen are better to hunt more than animals.

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

First off, how many deer do you see the group killing? By then they'd pretty much be extinct. But you raise a good point. One of the two most shocking things I brought up when I was an author was, people didn't have time to prepare for the zombies before locking themselves inside, then grandma dies and suddenly they have a hundred pounds of fresh meat. In effect they became cannibals while hiding from the cannibals outside.

[@buddyman7941]

To be honest when animals can't hunt they regular prey they hunt humans or their own.

[@John-uy4jx]

@@dirtyscoundrel2013deer are a lot faster than humans and without humans hunting them their population would boom. Look at Covid for example; just one and a half years of lock down and the deep population in the US shot up along with the feral pig, alligator, dove and turkey population. They did hunt in the books during the Atlanta camp arc but not when they were driving around. Hunting is only viable when you are in one area for a long period of time.

[@jl9416]

Dude I’d pay just to have you recap the comics. Best walking dead channel to ever do it, the quality of each video and passion for the series makes this channel. Huge comic book fan!

[@Swell-Films]

Haha thanks so much mate! They take quite a bit of time to make so I’m glad people enjoy them! I definitely will be covering the comics more!

[@yaboipyro3341]

@@Swell-Films i'd love to see you continue this series! don't forget about it

[@yaboipyro3341]

oh woops didn't realize that volume 8 was released 2 weeks ago my bad you very much haven't

[@thehengy3232]

Really hard to choose between the two. Terminus was dragged out way longer and teased even back in season 4. The comic Hunter arc on it had five issues but I do agree that the aspect of randomly encountering these horrific groups of people by sheer bad luck is a very terrifying realistic aspect of the apocalypse. I overall like the comics more than the show as a whole but I think both of these arcs were done very well. Anyways, great vid as always bro keep up the content I always look forward to your uploads!!

[@Swell-Films]

Hey thanks so much mate! I think I would say as of now I prefer the comic version, but that might just be because I spent a week studying it for this video lol.

[@ArmandDark09]

I have always said that if the guys want to keep milking TWD with so many projects they should make an animated series loyal to the comics. The Cannibals arc would have been pretty sick with the original ending

[@Freelancer837]

I love how in the first half of the show, basically 9 times out of 10, the show was actually an improvement, but then in the later half of the show, the show could never manage to be better than the comic.

[@dogwaterhd4k304]

I’m genuinely amazed at the comic’s consistent quality compared to the show

[@Swell-Films]

It pains me how bad all out war was adapted because it’s one of the best arcs in the comics.

[@lordscourge9395]

@@Swell-FilmsAgreed because the Comics are so good which makes the shows inconsistent quality so much more painful

[@Ayem427]

Ngl I stick with the comics to have a non-character assassinated Andrea alone, she's so damn cool in the comics

[@lordscourge9395]

@@Ayem427 So pissed when the show killed her with a SINGULAR WALKER.

[@RicochetMayhem]

Ty I literally just got done reading the issues with Fear the Hunters. The timing is insane

[@POWBxDX4DxZOMB]

It's like that.

[@MakennaWilson-hb9pr]

"And these geniuses didn't bother to check for bites" you were holding in a laugh weren't you 💀

[@mikaross4671]

I'm so so happy you're doing the comics. Fell in love with your channel last month, and I love the way you narrate and edit your videos. I love seeing the differences from the comics and the tv show.

[@Swell-Films]

Hey thank you so much! I appreciate you watching!

[@alancid122]

As a just show watcher, I loved this video. Looking forward to see more comic explanations in the future!!

[@Swell-Films]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@joobisnoob]

wow this video is so well done. Keep the comic videos coming!!

[@aaronpasetti]

The hunters were better in the comics than the show but it’s crazy that they ate kids and if you think about it terminus in the show ate kids too. It’s crazy that not even a year in the apocalypse in the comics they decided to eat people.

[@Swell-Films]

All because “hunting animals was too hard”. It seriously captures just how dark the world can get in such a short time masterfully.

[@LPeck1985]

​@@Swell-Films What about the sheer amount of food that would be left at various and many depots, (not including supermarkets and the like). These guys didn't need to feed on people at all, they could of scheduled supply runs.

[@aaronpasetti]

@@Swell-Films Yeah and now if you think about it maybe some point in the future Robert Kirkman could do a spin off with the comics.

[@Swell-Films]

@@LPeck1985 it’s hard to say what the deal is there, but I assumed the area was picked clean judging by how far Gabriel had to go to find food

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

Terminus were terrible people, but they were victims of past experiences with really bad groups. They were more like Rick's group at the start, but let all the bad things they experienced get the better of them.

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

The comics just did a better job handling Rick's character. Also, I'd like to mention that I prefer some of the rewriting of arcs in the show. It made the show less predictable especially to viewers familiar with the comic story.

[@teckzilla108]

I think the only flaw in the comics was cutting off Rick's hand. That was meh for me 😆 .

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

@@teckzilla108 I don't see it as a flaw. It was a curveball for the character to teach him to take a shift from his use of his fists and lean towards a more theoretical approach. It would mean he had to sharpen his leadership skills and focus more on being smart about leading his group.

[@niko-and-co]

@@benjaminngopwaamos6878I mean I’m pretty sure kirkman himself regrets cutting his hand off so early, he at least flip flops if it should’ve been cut off or not

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

@@niko-and-co He was still able to handle himself against foes such as Negan and Alpha despite being disabled.

[@banquo3873]

@@niko-and-co Why are you sure about that?

[@DevelopmentRobco]

Terminus being so built up in the 4th season only for the whole arc to start and finish in 2 episodes to give room for the horribly bad hospital arc was the first nail in the coffin for the show.

[@HenzoW-cf3mh]

I agree with you on the hospital part but on the other hand I could appreciate how good the arc at Terminus was. Sometimes it’s just better when the arc is just short and sweet. It was a simple but dangerous arc and it affected how the group would behave with other survivors from that point on. That short period was entertaining but the Hospital arc was executed poorly. Anything meaningful that came out of that arc died shortly after.

[@kingdevin_]

I prefer the hunter arc over the terminus arc because of the overall horror aspect and mystery over the whole situation. Billy and Ben problem was sadder because they were way younger and seeing how much the world changed a little boy like Ben. Also, it was actually better they didn't show Rick and the others kill the Hunters since it will always be a mystery on how horribly they died which i find terriying and intriguing. The terminus arc was good too but in most aspects i prefer the comics. I would love to see more videos explainined on the comics. In particular, All Out War since thats my favorite arc of the comics. Today's my birthday btw and its awesome how this video was uploaded today! Thank you again for these explanations!

[@Swell-Films]

Hey happy birthday man! Hope your day is fantastic! All out war is definitely on the list! It’ll probably be awhile before I get to it though, I need a bit of a break from saviours haha

[@kingdevin_]

Thank you! I understand lol you gave us plenty of All out war in over an 1hr plus of explanation so its good to wait :)

[@lordscourge9395]

I feel the same way

[@draggonsgate]

I like hoe the TV version threw everything into a food processor and came out the other side pretty much the same as the comics. I had totally forgotten about the Billy/Ben thing until now, which is why the Lizzie/Mika storyline seemed so familiar... duh! 4 Walls and a Roof WAS brutal, but it was a walk in the park compared to the comics. The TV version tended to amp up the angst of the group.Rick not wanting to fight, Rick going ballistic... Carol being badass, Carol not wanting to kill, Carol igniting people with a cigarette butt. The comics did it a bit, but was more focused on doing what needed to be done to survive. Another awesome vid! I so look forward to you uploading. I love your take on things.

[@BadLuckLuke]

Love the walking dead comics, please make more videos about them!!! Great as usual...

[@RyJackYT]

Honestly even I can't choose between the two.

[@Swell-Films]

I don’t blame you. Each version has its own aspects that I love

[@RyJackYT]

@@Swell-Films Late response but thanks and honestly screw Gareth and Chris and their people. Cannibals are just walkers that can think and talk better.

[@andrewthomsontaylor]

Having finished the comics just a little while ago it’s perfect timing for these kinds of vids 😊

[@SpookyZombiee]

Currently re-reading the comics for like the 3rd time. Love the comic focused videos!

[@MarcusRippedEmOff]

I love that your making videos on the comics please cover them more!

[@emilybemily4397]

You told the story of the hunters so well, I was captivated by your storytelling.

[@patriciaorellana6469]

they ate their OWN CHILDREN FIRST. Those ppl were evil from the get go

[@operationthrash9645]

I just want to say that whatever type of channel this is I LOVE IT

[@Swell-Films]

Haha thanks so much !

[@jeskvell3254]

Damn! What a timing! Thanks for the vid, Ty!

[@BuckHunter103]

First reading it, I loved the explanation the leader gave with the parallel to bears eating their young. Then when it gets to the tear in his eye, you can tell there’s some part of him who knows he’s past just doing what he needs to survive. He really is a monster

[@hazzawilliams2956]

I gotta be honest man I've been watching walking dead videos on KZbin and it's really interesting how you do it. Keep em coming man it's appreciated 😊

[@Swell-Films]

Thanks so much!

[@lisaowen6103]

Not a comic reader . But I liked how the source material entered the TV show. Thanks for the information .👍

[@Swell-Films]

Hey thanks for watching!

[@aydon1276]

Volumes 9, 10, and 11 are by far my favourite picks for the comic. The brutal animosity that the group has to show in just this short little time shows how far EVERYTHING has gone downhill. Other than a few substantial groups like Alexandria and the fledgling Commonwealth, almost the entire world was composed of people like this. Scary thoughts.

[@briesthoughts2261]

Love your videos! Super well thought out and well done! 👏👏👏

[@ultraman3014jc]

That organ music in the background makes this video so much more dark and eerie 😂😱

[@supremeleader7863]

12:03 lol that line is even more badass in the comics Rick says “they’re gonna be pisse when find out” and Abe asks “find out what?” And then Rick says “That they’re fucking with the wrong people”😂

[@PurpleRyuga]

I love how im this short arc dale leaving is this weird mystery at first which tricks you at first into thinking that it's grieving for him and andrea who just lost 2 kids in a couple days which is partially correct but afterwards the reveal of his bite and the delivery of the iconic tainted meat line placed all the pieces together in my mind he was leaving that night so they wouldn't have to see him turn so andrea who already witnessed so much horrible death wouldn't have to see him as a walker the layers of it are so thick it's just absolutely amazing storytelling it's a shame the show made her character so much worse when in the comics she's one of my favorite protagonist that we follow

[@Thatguy27250]

I LOVE comic videos for twd,def subscribing

[@2kooldancin]

I have to admit, I like the show version over the comics for this arc. I think teasing the Termites and the handling of Gabriel was just done better in the show. While the Ben and Billy is an interesting story in the comics, the overall implications that that ordeal has on Carol is just way more effective, especially after everything she’d already endured at that point. Credit to the comics for the original storytelling but the show’s adaptation just makes more sense.

[@The_Purple_Trickster]

I wouldn’t say the Ben billy death came out of nowhere it was definitely hinted towards with the cat but it was definitely a wild curveball

[@TheIcup24]

I'm rewatching it now, and we ironically just watched this part lol

[@lastnightslipstick]

Great Video, You're So Creative! Thank You! 🙌💎

[@rustyshackleford1697]

I was thinking about this scene awhile ago and wondered why nobody talked about it. I think this was probably the worst thing the main group has done. The marauder scene where Rick rips one of their throats out is pretty intense too. I remember Carl saying he wanted to help Rick stab the pedo to death and he didn't know how to feel about it. He knew it was wrong but still felt like it would be justified even at such a young age.

[@RandomInternetLozer]

Probably one of the better adaptations that the show did. If I was to change anything I think I’d prefer if Carl was still the one to pull the trigger (literally) in the show instead of Carol. Other than that I think the show did a great job with the arc even if Terminus didn’t really help the “find sanctuary only for it to go up in flames shortly after” shtick that people grew tired of by that point which didn’t help the turnaround for Alexandria being a main stay for the survivors.

[@teckzilla108]

The Terminus version in the TV series shook me. Still one of the best arcs of TWD

[@ShySo9]

Definitely about to start the comics after watching this

[@Swell-Films]

Highly highly recommend them. Overall I think the comics have the better story front to back.

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

You'll absolutely love it. Rick was a much better character in the comic and faced even worse conditions and higher stakes.

[@Cody-r7r]

You can find them in libraries

[@gerardmcquade9102]

i like more violent scenes so the comic sounds great but in the show that is one of the best episodes there is

[@LordPidgeon]

This arc is the only one where i cant really decide who did it better. I love the on the road setting for the comic, it reminds me of 70’s exploitation horror movies (ex the hills have eyes, deliverace…) and how fast the villains are handled, showing how good the protagonist have become at dealing enemies after living for so long in the apocalypse. On the other way i love the show’s more slow pacing, taking time to explore the villains a little bit and with a greater and much brutal payoff.

[@saintsoprano223]

U shld do more comic breakdowns 👌

[@ghostme1635]

I thought the whisperers arc was the creepiest. But cannibal hunters would be terrifying

[@ryantruskowski2803]

This volume is a masterpiece! Easily in my top five favorite volumes

[@__sad_but_rad__]

these videos are great

[@PurpleRyuga]

The comics pacing and storytelling is completely unmatched the show had its great moments as well but they will never compare to just how amazing the comics are the only piece of walking dead media to fully capture that same feel would be the telltale and vr games

[@zacharyrayborn3781]

Hands down best original comic series of all time

[@brianplyer2831]

A video on the broke jaw ranch arc in fear season 3 will be dope

[@LilWrenchhh]

I’ve recently only started the comics this year and i’m almost finished with the 2nd compendium book i’m around alexandria it so far i like the comic book way better and find my self so more invested maybe it’s just cause i have to read instead of watch but i love it so much

[@damianmando-vx7qy]

Are you planning on making more videos about the comics???

[@Swell-Films]

I am yea! They take significantly longer to edit though so I want them to be less frequent than my other uploads.

[@damianmando-vx7qy]

@Swell-Films Well, at least I'll be able to watch your other videos in the meantime😁

[@Swell-Films]

@@damianmando-vx7qy haha legend

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

@@Swell-Films Yes, please. I'll be looking forward to your comic review videos. I seem to have forgotten a lot of the arcs from the comic.

[@JustaRandomCatholic]

GUYS WAKE UP TY SWELL POSTED 🗣

[@ryszakowy]

in the show only after they get to alexandria carol starts having metnal breakdown because she killed people AFTER she was desensitised killing machine it just makes no sense she should be going through her metnal breakdown shorty after lizzie and micah and after terminus

[@abramsullivan7764]

I hope you do the Alexandria story arc.

[@rifraftrex8933]

I wish they had kept Andrea as she was in the comics. She was so strong and cool.

[@XXTTGS]

Can you make a video on the most evil people in twd

[@andresalanis2663]

At 8:10 I notice when Rick pinned Gabriel with stump of a hand but it was his left hand not his right hand. Must of been a mistake by the artist

[@Swell-Films]

I flip most of the images to prevent any copyright issues haha. I think that might be the reason

[@andresalanis2663]

Oh thats why it the hands were switch thanks for clearing the confusion

[@saucehardt]

@@andresalanis2663the artists definitely fucked it up, got fired too

[@c.a.t550]

could u maybe do a video and the differences in the comics? specifically like the relationships people have with each other? (romantic or not). and maybe cover the different fates every character had?

[@Outdated-chicken]

When ur wiping but then you see red: 5:24

[@sergworldwide3706]

What?💀

[@Outdated-chicken]

girls understand 😔

[@sergworldwide3706]

@@Outdated-chicken oh

[@PrapalyFree]

See now I gotta get the comics cause I need to experience how to comic world is different. I’m so use to the tv version but with it gone now, I wanna relive the feeling so I’m gonna buy them off Barnes and noble hopefully

[@GetSlammed2kYT]

I feel like eith the hunters in the comics rick is right about killing them but not torturing them. And if i was Gabriel i would've just shot rick then and there as to ricks OWN PHILOSOPHY "he was to far gone" because torturing people is never justified even in the apocalypse.

[@Chommy-up2on]

Yeah you wouldn't last 1 day in the apocalypse. Using morals over animals? They did great torturing them, they deserved it, and if Gabriel even tried to shoot he would have been killed immediately. Apocalypse doesn't need stupid morals, just right morals.

[@PokemonErnie]

You should do a series the comic's start to finish.

[@andresalanis2663]

LETS GO!!!!!!! THE WALKING DEAD COMICS ARE GOATED

[@brainfreezermusic]

„Jesus Christ” xD

[@KaiserDeclan]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again that is some quisling behaviour

[@dielel9268]

💚ing those comic clips of urs ✅✅✅

[@after-hours]

Sing the comic book makes me realize The walking Dead should have went to HBO and not AMC

[@chestnut4860]

"This was something they had to do" Kill them? Maybe. But why torture them? Don't moralize that mr comic book character.

[@georgeclontd4984]

This kind of echos the movie The Road.

[@cameronhermann9400]

Jeez. What a nightmare of a comic 😱

[@abramsullivan7764]

Well your Terminus explains video isn't on your channel.

[@Swell-Films]

Sadly taken down by AMC

[@Louey_]

Actress playing Maggie on the show is woeful just listening to her run off a long bit of dialogue with zero emotion is painful

[@alphawolf798]

They should've gone by the comics with the show, but of course they toned it down after season 5

[@bonkripper77]

Should really do a look at troy otto and the otto family vs the native Americans fron FTWD

[@onyxbartolo1424]

So terminus doesn’t exist in the comic book

[@notjimpickens7928]

im not gonna lie bro, robert kirkman saying anything about twd outside of the actual comics and show, is *very* questionable information, since he has admitted to lying about the lore of the zombie virus (yes kirkman, i said zombie), just to purposefully mess with people. theres no 100% way of knowing eating infected people would actually infect them or not, theres just no credibility to kirkmans claims after years of this behavior hell, i remember him trying to make judith die as early as the prison arc just because he felt like it would cool to see or something, not even joking, theres no other reason lmao

[@aravinthsrisivasritharan4098]

music name?

[@mortem-tyrannis]

I really really wish the show would have made the death of the terminus people more like the comic and I can't express how much I wish the show hadn't traded Andrea for Michonne I don't like the character or the actress.

[@virgilcol]

For anyone who has not read the comics, they are 100x better than the show!

[@carmenlynn5441]

Um, yikes? The comic version was so much worse. They tortured them for being cannibals that hardly wronged them compared to the tv termites? Pales in comparison, and I thought the tv church scene was brutal as is

[@edgehanger8558]

The cannibals had the chance to leave but decided to continue and hunt them and even declined the request of the group to be left alone…openly admitting to killing their own kids and didn’t want to listen until they realized the group was a threat. It’s barely a year since the outbreak so stores, businesses, homes and warehouses still have food and they result to cannibalism… they got to go!

[@knightwing1224]

Tainted meat!!!!

[@Bottledwater200]

13:44 Guy is Donald Trump

[@Indy_Studio]

13:46 is so Donald trump coded

[@ashura9706]

This is more or less when the comic surpasses the show (imo), but Kirkman gotta chill with the edgelord stuff man wtf

[@jcomandante6629]

Rick is scary 🫣

[@wadewilson5712]

the comics were far supior but the show did get Glenn right

[@all9472]

I just don't like non superhero comics feels wierd

[@jonathandiaz4997]

11 hours ago 😮

[@xenoclast9347]

twd show is so bad anyway. comic 1000%

[@t_sh162]

Twd season 1 to 6 is great. 9 to 11 is alright

[@fdsgdgdgdgdgdfsdsds7405]

Edgy bs

[@donnymann6739]

LAME

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Even though I think the art on this series is fantastic, I'll never read it or buy anything of it. It's a complete ripoff of George Romero's films without even the slightest tribute to the homage 👊🖕

[@ZeroFische]

Bababooey