The Walking Dead: Who Are the Marauders?

With the Fourth Season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead taking place tonight, a lot of attention has been focused on the events of Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment’s The Walking Dead #57.Since they first appeared on the show (in the episode “Claimed,” one of our favorites this season), there’s been speculation as to what role Daryl’s (nee Joe’s) group might play in the larger series, and whether they would be adapted from existing characters from the comic books, video games or novels in The Walking Dead‘s universe.At some point a few weeks ago, many members of the media and even occasionally those involved with the show started referring to the group as “marauders,” a phrase that could be interpreted as a fairly generic description of Joe’s group, who appear to be essentially a motorcycle gang without the motorcycles. In the world of The Walking Dead, however, “The Marauders” is actually a specific group of people.