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The Walking Dead: 10 Characters Who Were Changed From The Comics

Throughout its seven seasons so far, AMC's The Walking Dead has been less of a straight adaptation of the comic books from Robert Kirkman and more of a related off-shoot; one that draws inspiration from its characters and storylines. Many of the series' major arcs and events are borrowed from the source material, but few happen exactly as they do on the page.

10) Rick

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For the most part, Rick Grimes is the same in both incarnations of The Walking Dead. Both Rare the main protagonist, for one, and have undergone a tough journey of survival as their friends and family die around them. However, there is one character-defining aspect of Rick from the comics that has yet to make the leap to the TV screen – the Rick in the comics only has one hand.

In the source material, Rick has his favoured right hand amputated by the Governor. In the show, the Governor is long gone and Rick still possesses both of his mits. When Negan arrived in time for season 7, fans assumed that the infamous moment would finally come to pass on the show. However, that hasn’t been the case so far and we’re not sure it’ll happen in the rest of the season.

The series is certainly cruel enough to its characters to do so, but Andrew Lincoln has previously explained that such a move would cost “a fortune with green screen.” Many are still hoping though that Rick will lose his hand – not in a weird sadistic way, but just because it would be interesting to have a main character of a major TV series with a disability, something that’s still very rare.