--- product_id: 51393575 title: "The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye: 01" price: "£19.07" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/51393575-the-walking-dead-volume-1-days-gone-bye-01 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Same-day dispatch before noon No-quibble returns Guaranteed secure packaging The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye: 01 **Price:** £19.07 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🧟‍♂️ Own the origin story of the apocalypse—where every page is a survival thrill! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye: 01 - **How much does it cost?** £19.07 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/51393575-the-walking-dead-volume-1-days-gone-bye-01) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Secure & Stylish:** Guaranteed packaging ensures your graphic novel arrives in impeccable condition—because your shelf deserves the best. - • **Instant Zombie Fix:** Get your hands on the iconic Walking Dead Volume 1 shipped same day if ordered before noon—don’t wait to join the apocalypse. - • **Risk-Free Apocalypse:** No quibbles returns mean you can dive into the undead world with zero hesitation or buyer’s remorse. - • **Beyond Zombies, Into Humanity:** Experience a gripping, character-driven saga that redefines horror graphic novels—where survival is about people, not just monsters. - • **Pristine Collector’s Quality:** New mint condition guaranteed, perfect for collectors and binge-readers craving flawless editions. ## Overview The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye is a top-ranked horror graphic novel that launched a cultural phenomenon. Featuring new mint condition copies with same-day dispatch and secure packaging, this edition offers a gripping, character-driven narrative set against a zombie apocalypse backdrop. Praised for its realistic characters and intense storytelling, it’s a must-have for fans and collectors alike, backed by a 4.7-star rating from over 7,000 readers. ## Description The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living . Review: The beginning of the end! - Having let the TV series pass me by for some time, I began watching it and was hooked. After a series of Walking Dead Marathons I had caught up with TV series and decided to fill the time until the next series with the books which started it all. I was familiar with some aspects of The Walking Dead as I had read interviews with Robert Kirkman in CLiNT Magazine (sadly no longer running) which didn’t give much away in terms of plot, but gave an idea of the overall scope and angle of the series. The fore-word in the book emphasises the fact that this isn’t just a horror comic about flesh-eating zombies, that’s merely the backdrop to the story about Rick. This is a character driven story which happens to be set in a zombie apocalypse, if society were to find itself ‘fixed’, if in time some semblance of normality would return – Rick’s story would still continue. I won’t use this review to compare the graphic novel with the TV Series as they are both excellent ways to enjoy the Walking Dead. The Walking Dead comics no doubt fed (and continues to feed) ideas into the TV series and it benefitted from being created after the Walking Dead world had been fleshed out (no pun intended). It’s clear early on though that if you came to the comics after watching the TV series, you are going to experience something which is very familiar, but also quite different – even if you remember the episodes well (and I do!), this offers a whole new level of shocks and surprise – no tension is lost and the books are edgier, able to show us the zombie filled landscape in a much darker way. It’s gloriously twisted and always grounded in reality. Reality here is captured by the realistic interactions between characters, the way they speak and react to each other. Very early on the characters feel multi-faceted and substantial, without this plausability the books would never have been as successful, it invests in great characters and it’s their journey you experience. Having such a feel for the folk on the pages heightens the sense of danger and makes every situation more intense. The story opens with an fairly prescriptive opening, a man wakes up in hospital – his comatose state perversely protecting him from the horrors happening on the streets, this John Wyndham-esque introduction has been copied many times – and post-apocalyptic, zombie filled streets are hardly original. There’s never been a Rick Grimes before though and despite a dangerously formulaic start, The Walking Dead establishes itself as one of the most original and standout pieces of literature for a long time. Kirkman largely ignores the zombies, the fantastic artwork by Tony Moore tells us their story (their clothes and condition hinting at the human life before the ‘turn’) instead we see the quarrels, laughs and concerns of a band of survivors whose future is far from certain. In a nutshell: Exploring the human condition by placing them in the midst of a nightmare. The genius of the Walking Dead is focussing on the those experiencing the nightmare, those who must deal with the monsters – rather than the monsters themselves. Constant gore and bloody dismembering can be visually stunning, but it can all get a bit ‘meh’ after a while – but seeing how people deal with that level of real fear, seeing how it shapes them is compelling. By the end of this volume the world and the lives of those in Rick’s group will never be the same, and there’s a long way to go yet! Review: This is turning into a serious addiction - And I mean, I can't stop reading these graphic novels... It's getting to be a problem. But I'm sorry, they are just SO GOOD! I'm about to receive the 7th volume of the series, and I can say up to this point, I have laughed, cried, picked my jaw back up off the floor and panicked. Of course, I'd seen the TV series after my boyfriend had recommended them. I was sceptical at first, but then after watching seasons one and two, I was loving it! Me and my other half discuss zombie apocalypses just like another couple would discuss what they want for dinner. This has just fuelled my love for anything zombie and survival based. I love the fact the series focuses on humanity, and trying to retain it through immense hardship. We've all seen movies and TV series that focus on the infection and how it came about. But this, from what I have read so far, is so much more. They face tough decisions and situations, not just through the whole dead people waiting to eat off your face, but the problems with fellow survivors. I also love the fact that each character has a little sub story of their own, mostly based on how they have survived up to this point, their love interests and what they "job" they do to keep their little "civilisation" running in order. As it is mentioned in the story that as a group of people what they did before the collapse of human kind is insignificant, now the fact is that you could end up dead at any moment. I am seriously in love with this whole series, even though I've only read up to volume 7. The illustrations are perfect, gritty even. I would recommend these novels to anyone, especially someone who is a fan of horror and books. Even if you are not keen on reading books, this offers short and snappy dialogue, which for the people who despise reading is just about perfect, I believe. One criticism, is that the novels are way too short for my liking. I am a very quick reader, and I find that I can finish one book in 40 minutes! Wonder if anyone else has that problem? I can always go back and soak up the drawings. As a person who likes to draw myself I am in awe. To round off, buy it. desertcart offers the cheapest price. Shops in the UK retail at £10.99 per volume. desertcart is much more reasonable if you are sceptical like I was. Think of it as an investment, should any zombie related stuff goes down. :) ## Features - New - Mint Condition - Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon - Guaranteed packaging - No quibbles returns ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 16,274 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 41 in Horror Graphic Novels (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 7,505 Reviews | ## Images ![The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye: 01 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81E1DCPTh3L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The beginning of the end! *by @***0 on 5 June 2014* Having let the TV series pass me by for some time, I began watching it and was hooked. After a series of Walking Dead Marathons I had caught up with TV series and decided to fill the time until the next series with the books which started it all. I was familiar with some aspects of The Walking Dead as I had read interviews with Robert Kirkman in CLiNT Magazine (sadly no longer running) which didn’t give much away in terms of plot, but gave an idea of the overall scope and angle of the series. The fore-word in the book emphasises the fact that this isn’t just a horror comic about flesh-eating zombies, that’s merely the backdrop to the story about Rick. This is a character driven story which happens to be set in a zombie apocalypse, if society were to find itself ‘fixed’, if in time some semblance of normality would return – Rick’s story would still continue. I won’t use this review to compare the graphic novel with the TV Series as they are both excellent ways to enjoy the Walking Dead. The Walking Dead comics no doubt fed (and continues to feed) ideas into the TV series and it benefitted from being created after the Walking Dead world had been fleshed out (no pun intended). It’s clear early on though that if you came to the comics after watching the TV series, you are going to experience something which is very familiar, but also quite different – even if you remember the episodes well (and I do!), this offers a whole new level of shocks and surprise – no tension is lost and the books are edgier, able to show us the zombie filled landscape in a much darker way. It’s gloriously twisted and always grounded in reality. Reality here is captured by the realistic interactions between characters, the way they speak and react to each other. Very early on the characters feel multi-faceted and substantial, without this plausability the books would never have been as successful, it invests in great characters and it’s their journey you experience. Having such a feel for the folk on the pages heightens the sense of danger and makes every situation more intense. The story opens with an fairly prescriptive opening, a man wakes up in hospital – his comatose state perversely protecting him from the horrors happening on the streets, this John Wyndham-esque introduction has been copied many times – and post-apocalyptic, zombie filled streets are hardly original. There’s never been a Rick Grimes before though and despite a dangerously formulaic start, The Walking Dead establishes itself as one of the most original and standout pieces of literature for a long time. Kirkman largely ignores the zombies, the fantastic artwork by Tony Moore tells us their story (their clothes and condition hinting at the human life before the ‘turn’) instead we see the quarrels, laughs and concerns of a band of survivors whose future is far from certain. In a nutshell: Exploring the human condition by placing them in the midst of a nightmare. The genius of the Walking Dead is focussing on the those experiencing the nightmare, those who must deal with the monsters – rather than the monsters themselves. Constant gore and bloody dismembering can be visually stunning, but it can all get a bit ‘meh’ after a while – but seeing how people deal with that level of real fear, seeing how it shapes them is compelling. By the end of this volume the world and the lives of those in Rick’s group will never be the same, and there’s a long way to go yet! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is turning into a serious addiction *by L***N on 27 June 2012* And I mean, I can't stop reading these graphic novels... It's getting to be a problem. But I'm sorry, they are just SO GOOD! I'm about to receive the 7th volume of the series, and I can say up to this point, I have laughed, cried, picked my jaw back up off the floor and panicked. Of course, I'd seen the TV series after my boyfriend had recommended them. I was sceptical at first, but then after watching seasons one and two, I was loving it! Me and my other half discuss zombie apocalypses just like another couple would discuss what they want for dinner. This has just fuelled my love for anything zombie and survival based. I love the fact the series focuses on humanity, and trying to retain it through immense hardship. We've all seen movies and TV series that focus on the infection and how it came about. But this, from what I have read so far, is so much more. They face tough decisions and situations, not just through the whole dead people waiting to eat off your face, but the problems with fellow survivors. I also love the fact that each character has a little sub story of their own, mostly based on how they have survived up to this point, their love interests and what they "job" they do to keep their little "civilisation" running in order. As it is mentioned in the story that as a group of people what they did before the collapse of human kind is insignificant, now the fact is that you could end up dead at any moment. I am seriously in love with this whole series, even though I've only read up to volume 7. The illustrations are perfect, gritty even. I would recommend these novels to anyone, especially someone who is a fan of horror and books. Even if you are not keen on reading books, this offers short and snappy dialogue, which for the people who despise reading is just about perfect, I believe. One criticism, is that the novels are way too short for my liking. I am a very quick reader, and I find that I can finish one book in 40 minutes! Wonder if anyone else has that problem? I can always go back and soak up the drawings. As a person who likes to draw myself I am in awe. To round off, buy it. Amazon offers the cheapest price. Shops in the UK retail at £10.99 per volume. Amazon is much more reasonable if you are sceptical like I was. Think of it as an investment, should any zombie related stuff goes down. :) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good *by W***R on 13 December 2012* A very enjoyable read on my Kindle fire HD. The panel view brings out all the gory detail of the artwork, and really brings the story to life. The story is very much based around the small group of survivors and how they interact with each over. There are plenty of gruesome moments in between the more "human" aspects of the story, and the result is a well balanced horror/human tale. The only slight complaints would be that some of the dialogue can seem a bit clunky at times (but not enough to spoil things), and it would have been nice if it had been colour graphics rather than black and white shading. All in all a good start to the series. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye - The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us - The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/51393575-the-walking-dead-volume-1-days-gone-bye-01](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/51393575-the-walking-dead-volume-1-days-gone-bye-01) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-06-01*