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Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice - Part Four
On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, Valve released the first of four parts of The Sacrifice comic revealing the events leading up and during The Sacrifice campaign.
Part Four was released on October 5 at the same time as the DLC for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 The Sacrifice.
The Sacrifice reveals the events from the end of Blood Harvest and shows part of the Left 4 Dead Survivors' history just after the start of the Green Flu. The comic is considered to be canon by Valve including the death of Bill one week after Blood Harvest as it was seen in The Passing.
The Sacrifice: Part Four begins with Francis rudely awakened from a dream by Zoey, who is still angry about Bill's decision during the train escape to leave everyone except themselves behind. With arguments in the plans morally dividing the Survivors, it cuts to Bill's past. Two days after the first Infection, Bill is about to undergo surgery in a veterans' hospital when one of the staff turns, with Bill forced to fight against the blackout from anesthesia and kill the Infected before he is killed in turn. Pulling back the panic and fear, Bill escapes the hospital and streets of Infected to make it home. Now equipped in his old army clothing with firearms, Bill is ready to properly face the new threat.
Back to present, while Bill and Louis discuss the Florida Keys, Francis placates Zoey with the fact that while Bill doesn't always do what is right, he still does it for the right reasons. Louis finds a yacht for transport which Bill is against, as he wanted to find a sailboat. Louis excitedly boards only to nearly fall into a room full of Witches, which injure his leg before he escapes. On locating a sailboat, they find it is stocked full of supplies with a dead corpse, which Bill deduces that the sailboat Survivors must have left to raise the bridge for the sailboat to escape from, but didn't make it back. Following this plan, the Survivors take the injured Louis with them, due to the obvious danger of being alone, and fight their way to the bridge, where the button to raise it fails. Bill and Zoey head to the generator to get it working, where Bill tries to apologize, but Zoey cuts him off and says she will follow the plan to head to the Florida Keys. But the sound the generator makes alerts the Infected forcing them to run back to the bridge. As the bridge raises, it is extremely noisy, and alerts hundreds and hundreds of Infected. The bridge grinds to a halt, as three Tanks fight their way through the horde towards the bridge. With the group panicking and morale at rock bottom, Bill leaps off the bridge to fight his way back to the generator to turn it on, drawing three of the Tanks after him while the others, now pushed back to action, cover him and fight off the remaining Tank which stayed behind. Bill manages to turn on the generator but before he can make it back, is mortally injured by a Tank's punch, hurling him into a side room against heavy machinery. Unable to stand up, Bill faces the three Tanks heading for him while lighting a cigarette with a smile on his face. On the raised bridge, Francis wants to go find Bill, but Zoey stops him; if they lower the bridge, all of Bill's efforts for them will be wasted. A dejected Francis can only agree, as Zoey takes up leadership with revised plans: wait it out, remain quiet so the Infected will disperse, take Louis to the sailboat and get away from here. Zoey repeats Bill's motto and words he lived by: "We look after our own."
In the epilogue, Zoey, Louis and Francis are seen on the sailboat heading towards deserted islands in the distance.
Part Four was released on October 5 at the same time as the DLC for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 The Sacrifice.
The Sacrifice reveals the events from the end of Blood Harvest and shows part of the Left 4 Dead Survivors' history just after the start of the Green Flu. The comic is considered to be canon by Valve including the death of Bill one week after Blood Harvest as it was seen in The Passing.
The Sacrifice: Part Four begins with Francis rudely awakened from a dream by Zoey, who is still angry about Bill's decision during the train escape to leave everyone except themselves behind. With arguments in the plans morally dividing the Survivors, it cuts to Bill's past. Two days after the first Infection, Bill is about to undergo surgery in a veterans' hospital when one of the staff turns, with Bill forced to fight against the blackout from anesthesia and kill the Infected before he is killed in turn. Pulling back the panic and fear, Bill escapes the hospital and streets of Infected to make it home. Now equipped in his old army clothing with firearms, Bill is ready to properly face the new threat.
Back to present, while Bill and Louis discuss the Florida Keys, Francis placates Zoey with the fact that while Bill doesn't always do what is right, he still does it for the right reasons. Louis finds a yacht for transport which Bill is against, as he wanted to find a sailboat. Louis excitedly boards only to nearly fall into a room full of Witches, which injure his leg before he escapes. On locating a sailboat, they find it is stocked full of supplies with a dead corpse, which Bill deduces that the sailboat Survivors must have left to raise the bridge for the sailboat to escape from, but didn't make it back. Following this plan, the Survivors take the injured Louis with them, due to the obvious danger of being alone, and fight their way to the bridge, where the button to raise it fails. Bill and Zoey head to the generator to get it working, where Bill tries to apologize, but Zoey cuts him off and says she will follow the plan to head to the Florida Keys. But the sound the generator makes alerts the Infected forcing them to run back to the bridge. As the bridge raises, it is extremely noisy, and alerts hundreds and hundreds of Infected. The bridge grinds to a halt, as three Tanks fight their way through the horde towards the bridge. With the group panicking and morale at rock bottom, Bill leaps off the bridge to fight his way back to the generator to turn it on, drawing three of the Tanks after him while the others, now pushed back to action, cover him and fight off the remaining Tank which stayed behind. Bill manages to turn on the generator but before he can make it back, is mortally injured by a Tank's punch, hurling him into a side room against heavy machinery. Unable to stand up, Bill faces the three Tanks heading for him while lighting a cigarette with a smile on his face. On the raised bridge, Francis wants to go find Bill, but Zoey stops him; if they lower the bridge, all of Bill's efforts for them will be wasted. A dejected Francis can only agree, as Zoey takes up leadership with revised plans: wait it out, remain quiet so the Infected will disperse, take Louis to the sailboat and get away from here. Zoey repeats Bill's motto and words he lived by: "We look after our own."
In the epilogue, Zoey, Louis and Francis are seen on the sailboat heading towards deserted islands in the distance.
51 pages, ebook
Published October 5, 2010
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Michael Avon Oeming
822 books64 followersMichael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer.
His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name.
The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass,[1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma,[2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics.
As of 2010, he is employed as a staff member of Valve Corporation, working on Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.
His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name.
The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass,[1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma,[2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics.
As of 2010, he is employed as a staff member of Valve Corporation, working on Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.
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May 3, 2025
Well damn, that was somewhat of an unfortunate way to go out. But you know what, that feels like the most appropriate way he could've gone out, cause Bill is a BADASS. Man sliced his way through that hospital and took down all of those zombies like it was nothing! He's definitely getting all those points and becoming thee highest rank by the end of this round. Also, I love how they straight up tell you at the end of this to just go play Left 4 Dead. Like, what are you doing here, reading this dumb comic? You could actually go play the game and do all of that stuff you just saw! Unless you are a friendless LOSER!
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May 16, 2020
Quite awesome to see the story behind the last campaign of Left 4 Dead, and also to see the bakground story of the game. Loved it, I can't say I am that big fan of the art though.
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