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When Rick Grimes killed Caesar Martinez inThe Walking Dead , there was plenty of fan debate surrounding whether the execution was justified . The pop comic book ’s creator Robert Kirkman weighed in on the issue , admitting that Rick kill an innocent human beings who was a " dependable man , " confirming that Martinez ’s death was his darkest kill , as he brutally murdered a valet de chambre who finally did n’t deserve to die .
While Rick Grimes fights for his group ’s selection from zombies inThe Walking Dead , the main protagonist in the series has killed several humans throughout the serial . However , like take out the cannibal villains , The Hunters , Grimes usually had a valid reason for stamp out non - walkers , as plenty of masses imperil the beingness of his family line , friends , and fellow survivors . But , Rick Grimes ' darkest putting to death came against a man , Martinez , whose death had fan debating whether it was necessary - with TWD creator Robert Kirkman confirming the truth about the shameful execution .
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InThe Walking Dead : Deluxe#36 by Robert Kirkman , Charlie Adlard , and Dave McCaig from Skybound Comics , Rick Grimes ' dark kill happens in the reprint . After learning that Caesar Martinez , who says he ’s working against the Governor from the inside after visiting their prison house hideout , parting , Rick trust he ’s about to severalize the villain about the survivor select safety at the location . As a issue , Grimes catches up to Martinez and hit him with a fomite . As he lie bleeding on the ground , Martinez tell Rick he was never bring the Governor to them but alternatively wanted to bring " salutary people , " like children , womanhood , and others , and free them from Woodbury and the Governor ’s rule . Rick subsequently stifle Martinez , not trust his taradiddle .
Robert Kirkman Settled Fan Debate Around Martinez’s True Intentions
Kirkman acknowledge inThe walk Dead : Deluxe#36 that Martinez ’s decease represented a " gray area " while portion out he kept thing ambiguous surrounding his true intentions . But , Kirkman offer his determinate take on the fan public debate smother Martinez ’s death , writing he " was a right humankind " who was n’t planning on bringing the Governor back to the prison house . Kirkman revealed Rick Grimes down an unacquainted man , with Martinez ’s murder being one of the serial publication ' darkest kills .
Martinez ’s decease is one of themore shocking moments inThe walk Dead , as it ’s one of the few times Rick or his group of survivors off a non - walker who did n’t deserve it . It ’s arguably Rick ’s biggest error in the entire series , as he allow his emotions get the best of him . at last , with Robert Kirkman confirming Martinez was a " good world , " the fan debate circumvent Rick Grimes ' dour kill inThe Walking Deadis finally settled .
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