Parallels S9

#### **A New Beginning** (9x01)

* The communities having rebuilt and prospered a year and a half after the war. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, the time jump is two years.
* Alexandria being rebuilt and using pikes at their gates. (Issue 127)
* Rick's new look after the war. (Issue 127)
* Rick and his family watching a flock of birds flying on a field. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, this is a nod to Luke commenting that the birds are migrating.
* Regina walking trough the Sanctuary's crops with a cane. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Rick is the one who starts using the cane.
* Maggie having a son and naming him Hershel. (Issue 130)
* Rick gaining celebrity status for ending the war against Negan. (Issue 132)
* Daryl telling Rick that he no longer wants to lead the Sanctuary. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, Dwight confesses this to Rick.
* Gregory trying to convince Earl to kill Maggie. (Issue 137)
	+ In the original issue, Gregory tries to convince the Rose family.
* Earl attempting to kill Maggie while wearing a dark hood. (Issue 150)
	+ In the original issue, Rick is attacked by Morton.
* Maggie confronting Gregory and claiming he can't even murder someone. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Maggie confronts Gregory for trying to poison her.
* Rick spending time with Hershel at Hilltop. (Issue 132)
* Rick visiting Maggie at Hilltop to convince her to help the Sanctuary. (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, Rick visits Hilltop to drop off Carl.
* Gregory being hanged as punishment. (Issue 141)

#### **The Bridge** (9x02)

* Aaron losing his arm in an accident. (Issue 28)
	+ In the original issue, this is a nod to Rick having his hand amputated.
* Daryl beating Justin with a frying pan. (Issue 134)
	+ In the original issue, Carl attacks Brandon with a shovel.
* Rick talking with a locked up Negan about how the communities are thriving without him. (Issue 129)
* Rick telling Negan that he will never be released from his cell. (Issue 129)

#### **The Obliged** (9x04)

* Rick telling Eugene that he's valuable to the communities. (Issue 127)
* Negan talking with Michonne from his cell. (Issue 140)
	+ In the original issue, Negan talks with Andrea.
* Negan taunting Michonne about her past. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, Negan taunts Rick about escaping.

#### **What Comes After** (9x05)

* Michonne telling Rick "We don't die". (Issue 113)
	+ In the original issue, Andrea tells this to Rick and it becomes their motto.
* Maggie's attempt to murder Negan for revenge. (Issue 174)
* Negan begging Maggie to kill him. (Issue 174)
* Maggie choosing to spare Negan so he can suffer in jail. (Issue 174)
	+ In the original issue, Maggie leaves Negan to live alone in a cabin.
* Magna's group being surrounded by a herd in the woods. (Issue 127)
* Magna's group being rescued by an older Judith. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, they are rescued by the Alexandria herd patrol.

#### **Who Are You Now?** (9x06)

* Magna's group being taken to Alexandria by Judith, Eugene, Rosita, Aaron, and Laura. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, they are taken by the Alexandria herd patrol.
* Aaron using a prosthetic metal arm. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Rick uses a prosthetic hook.
* Henry calling Carol and Ezekiel "Mom" and "Dad" and Judith also calling Michonne "Mom". (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Carl starts referring to Andrea as his "Mom".
* Henry wanting to go to the Hilltop to become Earl's apprentice and Ezekiel refusing at first. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Carl tries to convince Rick.
* Carol convincing Ezekiel to let Henry go to Hilltop. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Andrea convinces Rick.
* Carol going with Henry to Hilltop. (Issue 128)
	+ In the original issue, Rick travels with Carl.
* Ezekiel preparing a fair to unite the communities. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Alexandria prepares the fair.
* Magna's group being questioned by the Alexandria council. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, they are interviewed by Rick and Andrea.
* Gabriel trying to use the radio to locate other survivors or communities. (Issue 143)
	+ In the original issue, Eugene starts using a new radio.
* Judith talking to an imprisoned Negan. (Issue 127)
	+ In the original issue, Carl visits and talks with Negan.
* Magna trying to break into Michonne's house. (Issue 131)
	+ In the original issue, Magna and her group break into Andrea's house and ambush her.
* Eugene and Rosita covering themselves in mud and hearing the Whisperers. (Issue 130)
	+ In the original issue, Marco and Ken hear the Whisperers.

#### **Stradivarius** (9x07)

* Magna's group having used a container as their movable shelter. (Issue 127)
* Rosita leaving the injured Eugene behind in a barn. (Issue 130)
	+ In the original issue, Marco leaves Ken behind.

#### **Evolution** (9x08)

* Negan taunting Gabriel with smelling his potty. (Issue 129)
	+ In the original issue, Negan taunts Rick.
* Henry learning how to be a blacksmith under Earl's teaching. (Issue 130)
	+ In the original issue, Earl teaches Carl.
* Daryl, Aaron, and Jesus finding Eugene hiding in a barn. (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, Dante finds the barn empty.
* Eugene explaining the walkers are evolving because they were whispering. (Issue 131)
	+ In the original issue, Marco explains he heard whispers.
* The rescue group being attacked by the Whisperers in a graveyard. (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, they are attacked outside a barn.
* The Hilltop community dinner. (Issue 131)
* Rosita waking up to warn the others about the new threat. (Issue 130)
	+ In the original issue, Marco wakes up hysterically.
* Henry ending up in jail for drunken misbehavior. (Issue 135)
	+ In the original issue, Carl ends up in a cell for beating some bullies.
* Gabriel leaving Negan's cell door unlocked. (Issue 140)
	+ In the original issue, Olivia leaves it unlocked.
* Negan leaving his cell. (Issue 152)
* Jesus being stabbed in the back by a Whisperer. (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, the Hilltoper scout Doug is stabbed.
* A Whisperer telling Jesus "You are where you do not belong" after stabbing him. (Issue 134)
	+ In the original issue, a Whisperer says this before attacking Jesus.
* Daryl unmasking a Whisperer. (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, Dante is the one who unmasks a Whisperer.

#### **Adaptation** (9x09)

* Daryl and Michonne killing some Whisperers on a bridge. (Issue 133)
	+ In the original issue, only Jesus fights and kills the Whisperers.
* Lydia surrendering and being taken to Hilltop. (Issue 134)
	+ In the original issue, only Jesus takes her.
* Negan's journey in the outside world. (Issue 174)
* Rosita revealing to Siddiq she's pregnant. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, Rosita reveals this to everyone in the Alexandria dining hall.
* Eugene overhearing Rosita's pregnancy news. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, Rosita first tells Eugene the news.
* Rosita and Siddiq revealing they had a fling. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, they had an affair.
* Daryl interrogating Lydia. (Issue 135)
	+ In the original issue, Jesus interrogates Lydia.
* Henry and Lydia talking to each other. (Issue 135)
	+ In the original issue, Carl talks to Lydia.
* Alden and Luke being held at gunpoint by Alpha. (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, Dante is held at gunpoint.
* Alpha telling Alden and Luke: "Trail ends here". (Issue 132)
	+ In the original issue, Alpha tells Dante not to move.

#### **Omega** (9x10)

* Henry bonding with Lydia during their time in jail. (Issue 136)(Issue 137)
	+ In the original issues, Carl bonds with Lydia.
* Henry releasing Lydia out of her cell and taking her to the garden. (Issue 137)
	+ In the original issue, Carl takes Lydia outside.
* Lydia eating a worm and offering one to Henry. (Issue 137)
	+ In the original issue, Lydia licks Carl's eye socket.
* Lydia and Henry holding hands as they sleep. (Issue 137)
	+ In the original issue, Lydia and Carl hold hands as they have sex.
* Alpha arriving at Hilltop with a group of Whisperers looking for Lydia. (Issue 138)

#### **Bounty** (9x11)

* Alpha telling the Hilltop leader she's showing her face because she means no harm. (Issue 138)
* Alpha claiming that there will be no conflict as long as Lydia is returned to her. (Issue 138)
* Daryl talking to Alpha at the Hilltop gates. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Maggie talks with Alpha.
* Alpha proposing a trade for Lydia. (Issue 138)
* Alden and Luke being used as hostages. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Dante and Ken are the hostages.
* Henry trying to convince Daryl not to give Lydia back. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Carl tries to convince Maggie.
* Lydia telling Henry she misses her people. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Lydia tells this to Carl.
* Lydia kissing Henry before leaving. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Lydia kisses Carl.
* Alpha slapping Lydia and telling her to address her as Alpha and not mom. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Alpha only talks to Lydia.
* Henry leaving Hilltop at night to go in search of Lydia. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Carl leaves shortly after.
* Adeline giving Henry's letter to Daryl. (Issue 138)
	+ In the original issue, Sophia discovers that Carl is missing and tells the others.

#### **Guardians** (9x12)

* Henry following the Whisperers and being found by Beta. (Issue 139)
	+ In the original issue, Carl is caught by Alpha.
* Henry being taken to the Whisperers' camp. (Issue 139)
	+ In the original issue, Carl is taken to the camp.
* The Whisperers camping in the woods. (Issue 140)
* Negan taunting Michonne about how he could've killed her when he escaped from his cell. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, Negan taunts Rick about this.
* Negan claiming the real reason he is locked up is to prove that Rick is a merciful person. (Issue 141)
	+ In the original issue, Negan tells this to Rick.
* Negan telling Michonne he can help her with her leadership issues. (Issue 149)
	+ In the original issue, Negan ends up advising Rick.
* Daryl and Connie using Whisperers' masks to infiltrate the camp. (Issue 159)
	+ In the original issue, Dwight and the Militia use the masks during the war.

#### **Scars** (9x14)

* Henry being embarrassed by his scar and Lydia saying that she likes it. (Issue 137)
	+ In the original issue, Lydia calls Carl's eye socket sexy.

#### **The Calm Before** (9x15)

* The communities attending a fair at the Kingdom. (Issue 142)(Issue 143)
	+ In the original issue, the fair is outside Alexandria.
* Eugene tinkering with a radio. (Issue 143)
* Alpha infiltrating the fair with a disguise. (Issue 142)
* Alpha being welcomed by Ezekiel at the fair. (Issue 142)
	+ In the original issue, Alpha meets Earl.
* Alpha showing Daryl her enormous herd from a cliff and threatening him. (Issue 143)
	+ In the original issue, Alpha shows the herd to Rick from the top of a building.
* Alpha telling Daryl the communities' way of life is a lie and a myth. (Issue 143)
	+ In the original issue, Alpha tells this to Rick.
* Alpha killing a Whisperer who saw her crying. (Issue 148)
* The heads on pikes marking the Whisperers' border. (Issue 144)
* Alpha decapitating ten victims from the fair. (Issue 144)
	+ In the original issue, Alpha decapitates twelve victims.
* Tara, Enid, and Henry being the more prominent victims. (Issue 144)
	+ In the original issue, Rosita and Ezekiel are the victims.
* Daryl, Michonne, Carol, and Yumiko discovering the border. (Issue 144)
	+ In the original issue, Rick, Carl, Lydia, Andrea, Michonne, and Dante discover the border.
* Siddiq addressing the deaths and giving a hopeful speech to the crowd. (Issue 145)
	+ In the original issue, Rick only addresses the deaths of the pike victims.

#### **The Storm** (9x16)

* The group encountering frozen and brittle walkers in the snow. (Issue 8)
* Lydia's suicide attempt through suicide-by-walker. (Issue 42)
	+ In the original issue, this is a nod to Carol's suicide.
* An unknown voice coming through the radio but not being heard. (Issue 151)
	+ In the original issue, Stephanie's voice comes through and Eugene is present to hear it.