DeadEndia vs The Walking Dead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Comics & graphic novels, Zombies
DeadEndia
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From the creator of the Netflix original series Dead End: Paranormal Park comes the graphic novel series that started it all!“Heartwarming, heartbreaking, heart-pounding, and heartfelt!"" —Marika McCoola, The New York…
The Walking Dead
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This hardcover features issues #13-24 of the hit series along with the covers for each of the issues, all in one oversized hardcover volume. Continuing the tale of Rick Grimes and his band of survivors from the zombie…
Side by side
The verdict
- Readers rate The Walking Dead highest: The Walking Dead 4.5 · DeadEndia 3.9.
- The Walking Dead has the widest readership — 73052 ratings behind its score.
- The Walking Dead runs the darker storyline; DeadEndia stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| DeadEndia | The Walking Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.5 (73052) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (11) | 4.2 (440) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (6427) |
Reception
| DeadEndia | The Walking Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11 | 73052 |
| Editions | 9 | 7 |
| Citations | — | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 39310 |
| Reading it now | — | 2741 |
| Written reviews | — | 3074 |
| Wikipedia attention | 719 | 52539 |
| Pages | 248 | 264 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: DeadEndia or The Walking Dead?
The Walking Dead has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Walking Dead 4.5/5, DeadEndia 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: DeadEndia or The Walking Dead?
DeadEndia is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: DeadEndia (248 pages, ≈ 4 h 36 m); The Walking Dead (264 pages, ≈ 4 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: DeadEndia or The Walking Dead?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — DeadEndia: Easy; The Walking Dead: Light.