The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor: 1 (The Walking Dead Series 1)

Winner of the 2011 Diamond Gem Award for Trade Book of the YearIn the Walking Dead universe there is no greater villain than The Governor. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury he has his own sick sense of justice: whether its forcing prisoners to battle zombies in an arena for the townspeoples amusement or chopping off the appendages of those who cross him. The Governor was voted Villain of the Year by Wizard magazine the year he debuted and his story arc was the most controversial in the history of the Walking Dead comic book series. Now for the first time fans of The Walking Dead will discover how The Governor became the man he is and what drove him to such extremes