Crossed: Issue 1

Crossed Issue 1 is the second issue in Crossed (Volume One) and the second issue overall.

The previous issue is Crossed: Issue 0 and the next issue is Crossed: Issue 2.

Plot
One year later, survivors Stan and Cindy observe as a large group of The Crossed slaughter and rape several people in a town square, and they both return to their camp not wanting to watch what happens to the poor souls. Once back with the others, a man named Joel speaks with the group on how he believes that The Crossed are weakened by table salt, since he once was chased by a Crossed man inside a grocery store until he tripped on a pile of spilled salt and had a violent reaction to it. The others are of course skeptical and Kelly, a survivor who was blinded by the nuclear explosion, asks if he's willing to risk his family and his own life to test his theory.

Later on as everyone leaves camp in order to not get ambushed, Joel's wife Amy breaks her ankle climbing up a hill while The Crossed are right behind them and she begs him to take their daughter and leave her behind, but Joel arrogantly believes his salt can save them as he puts themselves in a ring of it. At first, The Crossed seem incredibly annoyed and Joel believes his idea worked, until The Crossed walk past the circle and proceed to rape and mutilate Joel and his family. Cindy advises Stan to not look back.

Deaths

 * Seven People - Killed off-panel by the Crossed, skeletons shown.
 * Three People - Killed off-panel by the Crossed in various manners, implied.
 * Ex-Marine - Killed off-panel by the Crossed in an unknown manner, mentioned.
 * Ten People - Killed by the Crossed in various ways, shown in flashback.
 * Crossed Woman - Crushed underneath a truck driven by Cindy, shown in flashback.
 * Unknown Crossed - Ran over by Cindy, shown in flashback.
 * Cindy's Unnamed Crossed Husband - Killed off-panel in an unknown manner by Cindy, mentioned in flashback.
 * Joel - Mutilated and raped by the Crossed.
 * Amy - Mutilated and raped by the Crossed.
 * Arwen - Mutilated by the Crossed.
 * Total - 27