The facts and stats behindThe Walking Deadare what decide the cast’s deadliest character, and the numbers don’t lie: Andrea is the most proficient killer in Robert Kirkman’s iconic comic series.The Walking Deadhas many prolific killers, and there are several contenders for those who might be the deadliest. Michonne may spring to mind first, or Negan,considering his bloody record-setting debutalone. However, Andrea outranks them all.
Believe it or not,The Walking Dead’sAndrea is officially the universe’s deadliest character. Some readers may doubt this assessment, but there are statistics to back this up.
Once readers analyze those statistics, as well as the average reader’sperception of Andrea’s character, it may be time to reevaluate Andrea’s place in the franchise. In the comics, she’s a 20-something law firm clerk who’s easy to underestimate due to her stature and inexperience, but as the series goes to prove, there’s more than meets the eye.
Total Body Count: 45
When readers go back and chronicle every single one of Andrea’s kills in theWalking Deadcomics, they will count thatAndrea sports an estimated 45 kills in total, more than any other character in the series. That actually far exceeds Negan’s total, 28, which is the second highest in the series. Following them, ranking third, is Michonne, at just 13 human kills. These numbers might surprise readers, but given Andrea’s status as the survivors' resident sniper, it makes sense – and suggests her off-panel total is probably much larger.
She was not a killer in the same sense as the vicious Negan, or a sword-wielding warrior like Michonne; she didn’t have bloodlust, or an eagerness to fight, but Andrea was extremely efficient at what she did.
While Andrea entered theWalking Deadfranchise with a timid personality, as someone out of her element, she slowly morphed into a tactical mastermind. She was not a killer in the same sense as the vicious Negan, or a sword-wielding warrior like Michonne; she didn’t have bloodlust, or an eagerness to fight, but Andrea was extremely efficient at what she did. Maybe it’s due largely to being driven byher romance with Rick Grimesand herundying love for Carl, but her motivation drove her to get better at her kill rate. She improved to protect her loved ones.
The Best At What She Did
Andrea’s status as the deadliest character inWalking Deadhistory should remind fans of the franchise that nothing was ever exactly as one would suspect from Robert Kirkman’s series, which continually subverted expectations, and hooked readers by developing characters in complex, multifaceted ways. No character was just a mindless killer –even the series' most heinous, unrepentant villains– and in fact, the most prolific life-ending character turns out to have been a beloved member of the cast since the second issue ofThe Walking Dead.
Walking Dead Has Already Set Up Its Second Zombie Apocalypse. Sorry, Folks.
Walking Dead already set up a second zombie apocalypse, ready to be triggered once humanity regains control from the original wave of undead.
In retrospect now, Andrea can be viewed as adapting better to the zombie apocalypse landscape than the rest of her peers inThe Walking Dead. On paper, she is far ahead of the game than any other human killer in the comics, and by a wider margin than anyone would expect. Again, she’s not deadly in the sense of being, trigger-happy or eager to end someone’s life, but it became easier for her, as her killer instinct was sharpened over the course of the series. For that reason, that makes Andrea the deadliest character inThe Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead
The Walking Deadis a massive multimedia franchise that began with a comic book series created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The franchise gained widespread popularity with the launch of the television seriesThe Walking Deadin 2010 on AMC, which chronicles the lives of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, referred to as “walkers.” The success of the original show has led to numerous spin-offs, web series, video games, novels, and other media. The franchise explores themes of survival, human nature, and the breakdown of society in the face of an existential threat, making it one of the most successful and influential horror series of the 21st century.
