3. Tyreese -- Fans of the comic need not worry: Tyreese is not, I repeat, is not the character T-Dog we met last week. I had the same worries until I found out that Tyreese has already been cast as a different role than T-Dog. We can all breathe a sigh of relief now.
Tyreese is one of the most prominent characters in the comics, and, perhaps next to Rick, he's the most recognizable. The former NFL football player is one of the cooler characters, despite the personal tragedies he's been through. His friendship with Rick is one of the most tumultuous in the series, and the character is deep enough that, despite being mostly used for muscle, he's one of the smarter characters too.
In one scene, Tyreese is accidentally locked in a room crawling with zombies. The survivors, assuming he died, go back in to retrieve him. To their surprise, they find him sitting in a pile of zombies that he's single-handedly killed. Badass doesn't even begin to describe it. I can't wait to see him.
2. Michonne -- She's undoubtedly the most badass female comics character we've seen in a long time, and when she makes the conversion to television, she might be the most badass female character we've ever seen on TV. Let me say just one word to say how cool she is: swords. Can I say two more words?: Pet. Zombies.
That's right. The first time we see Michonne (pronounced ME-SHAWN, if you're wondering), she simply walks up to the survivors camp with a pair of zombies chained to her. Their arms and lower jaws have been removed, so they can't attack her. As she later tells the survivors, one was her boyfriend, and one was her best friend. Much like the survivors in the television show smeared zombie guts all over themselves to mask their scent, Michonne masked her own scent in a much classier -- yet somehow much more badass -- way.
Michonne puts up with some pretty awful things, but the way she gets her revenge on those who wrong her is much more violent (and graphic) than anything you'll ever see in a vigilante movie. Whether or not they show it in the television series is still unknown, but I can't wait to see Michonne on the screen.
1. The Governor -- No character in the comics thus far has had as big of an impact on our group of survivors as the Governor. He's responsible (at least indirectly) for the deaths of a large number of major characters, including two on this list -- and one that you've already seen pop up on the TV series today. He cut off Rick's hand, and is ultimately the biggest threat the survivors have faced -- perhaps even more so than the zombies themselves.
The Governor is a sadistic figure, sure, but the weird thing about him is that he does have sort of a heart. He keeps his zombified daughter in his house, and orders the murders of strangers in order to feed her. He manages to keep an entire town behind him, despite the fact that he's a rapist and murderer. His real name is Philip, but that's as personal as it gets.
If the Governor pops up next season, I can't wait to see who is cast in that role. And, more importantly, I can't wait to see how he plays it.
"Michelle puts up with some pretty awful things, but the way she gets her revenge on those who wrong her…"
Michelle?