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Warning! Spoilers for The Walking Dead Deluxe\u00a0<\/em>#124 and Rick Grimes’ comic character arc ahead!<\/span><\/p>\n Robert Kirkman has arrived at a turning point in his\u00a0Walking Dead<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>retrospective, when it finally becomes impossible to ignore the fact that Rick Grimes was the protagonist of the series, giving him “<\/p>\n The Walking Dead Deluxe\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/em>#124 was written by Robert Kirkman, with art by Charlie Adlard. As the climactic\u00a0battle against Negan’s Saviors continues, Rick is sidelined with a potentially fatal injury.<\/p>\n Or, at least, Kirkman wanted readers to think it could be fatal. Looking back now, he admits this “<\/p>\n The Walking Dead\u00a0<\/em>had an ensemble cast, but no character was essential the way Rick Grimes was. He was the\u00a0first character\u00a0<\/p>\n The Walking Dead\u00a0<\/em>established a reputation for killing\u00a0off major characters early and often. For much of its publication, there was at least a “kayfabe” (to appropriate wrestling terminology) commitment to the idea that no one was safe, not even Rick. However, even Robert Kirkman acknowledges he teased Rick’s death too many times, without going through with it.<\/p>\n In his\u00a0Deluxe\u00a0<\/em>notes on the issue, here’s what Kirkman wrote about Rick’s\u00a0Walking Dead\u00a0<\/em>#124 injury:<\/p>\n Man\u2026did I end TWO issues in a ROW with the notion that this arrow is going to kill Rick? Seriously? Shame on you, young Kirkman! Shame. I was really stretching the whole \u201canyone can die, even Rick\u201d talk with this one. That\u2019s a lot of plot armor for this guy.<\/p>\n In other words, the more life-threatening injuries Rick Grimes sustained, only to come back from the brink in a way other\u00a0Walking Dead\u00a0<\/em>characters almost never did, the more it became clear that he wasn’t going anywhere.<\/p>\n Robert Kirkman did eventually, finally, kill off Rick Grimes\u00a0in\u00a0<\/p>\n Rick’s survival in the\u00a0“<\/em>All Out War” storyline, despite\u00a0Walking Dead\u00a0<\/em>#124’s attempts to tease his doom, was arguably the moment readers became certain, if they weren’t already, that he was the series’ protagonist. It was a “fool me twice” type of story beat, which\u00a0<\/p>\n The Walking Dead Deluxe\u00a0<\/em>#124\u00a0<\/strong>is available now from Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.<\/p>\n Curtis Ashford is repeating his old patterns so quickly, he\u2019s starting to feel like Port Charles\u2019 answer to Ridge Forrester.<\/p>\n Curtis and Portia are circling the drain again on General Hospital, and at this point, you almost want to hand them a punch card to keep track of their divorces. Their marriage hasn\u2019t just cracked; it\u2019s buckled. And Curtis didn\u2019t waste time telling Marshall the part he left out of the vows: he wants Jordan back. Watching him pivot felt familiar in the worst way, like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu with a haircut change. It\u2019s the same dizzying loop Ridge Forrester\u2019s been running on The Bold and the Beautiful for decades \u2014 torn between Taylor one minute, wedding Brooke the next morning, and getting re-engaged before you can blink. GH may be quietly steering Curtis into its own version of that legacy pendulum.<\/p>\n Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n Curtis (Donnell Turner) used to feel grounded \u2014 a man who\u2019d survived addiction, rebuilt his life, and found the love he fought for. But somewhere along the way, his expectations got cartoonishly high. He divorced Jordan (Tanisha Harper) because she kept police-commissioner-level secrets, the kind you\u2019d hope an officer of the law would actually keep. Then he pivoted to Portia (Brook Kerr) and nearly left her when she admitted Trina (Tabyana Ali) could be his daughter. Forgivable? Sure. Dramatic? Absolutely. But now he\u2019s pulling the whole parachute again and floating back toward Jordan like nothing ever happened.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a rigidity to Curtis that\u2019s almost ironic. He preaches honesty while making his own choices in the shadows. Just this week, he told Marshall (Robert Gossett) he wanted Jordan back \u2014 moments after agreeing not to tell anyone about Portia\u2019s pregnancy. Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye), meet your Port Charles twin. The man can\u2019t walk a straight romantic line to save his life.<\/p>\n Jordan, for her part, has spent months being blamed for every tremor in Curtis and Portia\u2019s marriage, even when she wasn\u2019t holding the fault line. And now she\u2019s the lighthouse he\u2019s drifting back toward, even though the coast is anything but clear. Portia\u2019s pregnancy complicates everything, and Trina\u2019s fury has only shoved the door halfway closed again.<\/p>\n Over on B&B, Ridge just pulled one of the fastest flip-flops in soap history \u2014 dumping Taylor (Rebecca Budig), running straight to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), and getting engaged before Taylor could pack a carry-on. One minute it\u2019s destiny with Taylor, mending her \u2018broken heart syndrome,\u2019 the next it\u2019s \u201cyou\u2019re my forever Logan\u201d to Brooke with a ring pulled from the jewelry line. Classic Ridge: heartfelt declarations with an expiration date of\u2026 whenever the next woman sighs in his direction.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the danger sign flashing over Curtis now. He\u2019s starting to move like Ridge \u2014 impulsive, nostalgic, overly confident that whichever woman he chooses will still be standing when he boomerangs back. But Portia\u2019s not built like Brooke, who always leaves a porch light on. And Jordan is no Taylor, who forgives until she folds.<\/p>\n Add Trina to the equation \u2014 fiercely protective, zero hesitation, and armed with her own moral compass \u2014 and Curtis may have finally met the variable Ridge never really had: a daughter figure willing to block the doorway before the triangle even finishes forming.At this rate, Curtis isn\u2019t just slipping into Ridge territory. He\u2019s laying down new pavement. If he isn\u2019t careful, he may discover the one thing Ridge never had to worry about: both women walking away before he makes up his mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Warning! Spoilers for The Walking Dead Deluxe\u00a0#124 and Rick Grimes’ comic character arc ahead! 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