Some people have far too much time on their hands and all I can say is God Bless 'em. If it wasn't for people like Jason McDonald we wouldn't have this amazing Walking Dead themed Google map with issue by issue annotation. He's taken the time to map out the route taken by the characters in the Robert Kirkman written comic book by the events that happen in each issue but beware it's right up to date with issue #64 so if you're not caught up there could be spoilers.

The stunning brilliance of this effort got me thinking about all the other comic book maps I've come into contact with over the years and just how cool each one has been. Before we had the internet and the commonplace practice of viral marketing comic book maps were bringing a sense of the real world to fantasy locations such as Gotham City and Marvel's superhero packed New York. There's something so appealing about a good map, it helps build the world in your mind giving weight and real structure to places that as comic book fans we all know so well.

Sometimes the map can aid to help easily explain a change in status quo like this promotional map from the 1995 X-Men crossover event the Age of Apocalypse which supposed Professor Xavier died before forming the X-Men allowing alpha mutant Apocalypse to gain control of a world where mutants are the dominant species. This is not the marvel universe we know and love and the events and locations on the map help to demonstrate this whilst also adding that 'need to know factor' to the story. I particularly like the fact that London is the capital of the Human Council, as always good old Blighty stands up to the axis of evil.

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