The Walking Deads Most Gruesome Death Is Absolutely Horrifying

The Walking Dead comic book and television series has featured plenty of gruesome deaths, but one stands out as the most horrifying ever.

Warning! Spoilers for The Walking Dead by Image Comics below

There are few comics and television series more violent and gruesome than The Walking Dead, but one death stands out as the most horrifying in the entire series. In The Walking Dead comic book, Father Gabriel meets his end after being devoured by a group of zombies, but it's the events leading up to the character's demise that make his end the darkest death in either the comic or AMC series of the same name.

Nobody is safe in The Walking Dead, as the Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore series has killed off some of its most beloved protagonists (and villains) in truly disgusting fashion. Readers and viewers of The Walking Dead are still traumatized from Glenn's head getting bashed in by Negan. Or in the comics, when the Governor brutally killed Rick Grimes' wife Lori and daughter Judith. Some deaths have been more impactful than others, while others have been played purely for shock value. However, Father Gabriel's death in The Walking Dead remains one of the most truly disturbing moments in the comic book series.

In The Walking Dead #158 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn, Rus Wooton, and Dave Stewart, the war between Alexandria and the Whisperers is underway, as Father Gabriel is on lookout duty on a water tower. Unfortunately, he sees a group of walkers approaching and tries to climb down. However, his leg gets caught in the ladder in his panic to get down. Father Gabriel's mangled leg makes him a perfect feast for the zombies, as blood pours down his body as he's left hanging upside down. However, it somehow gets worse for him. Beta, the leader of the Whisperers, shows up and slices his stomach open, leaving his intestines to pour out of his body, as he tells Gabriel "you should have whispered..." As Gabriel breathes his last breath, he's overcome by zombies, who rip his body to pieces and feast on him.

Father Gabriel's last moments were as horrifying as it gets in The Walking Dead universe, as he can only watch as he's sliced open and eaten alive. The scene is so graphic, we can't share it in full.

So, while humans such as the Governor and Negan have had some seriously messed-up kills in the comics, the most horrifying zombie death belongs to Father Gabriel. Time will tell if he'll meet a similar demise in The Walking Dead television series or whether the show will diverge further from its source material.