His moral compass is further tested by his own group when encountering non-group members who the group believe should join their community. Rick struggles to keep his humanity intact throughout the series. Over time, his morals slowly diminish after multiple conflicts with other survivors and becomes 'colder' towards his enemies. Although Rick quickly adapts to the notion of killing walkers, his morality towards the living is constantly tested to protect his family and friends. In both mediums, Rick awakens from a coma into the apocalypse and searches for Lori and Carl and finds them in the Atlanta camp and becomes the group's leader. In the comic book series The Walking Dead, Rick served as the protagonist until he was killed off in Issue 192 in 2019. He awakens from a coma after a life-threatening gunshot wound to find the world overrun by reanimated humans dubbed ' walkers'. They have a son, Carl and a daughter Judith. Rick is a small town sheriff's deputy and is married to Lori.
Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, the character made his debut in The Walking Dead #1 in 2003. Rick Grimes is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the post-apocalyptic comic book series The Walking Dead, Skybound X, and in the television series of the same name, portrayed by Andrew Lincoln.
