Hello gang! It’s time for your advanced look at an upcoming cover! The next issue up is issue #160, WHISPERER WAR PART 4, out in November! I think it’s safe to say a LOT is going to happen in the next two issues before this hits your local comic shops…
THE WALKING DEAD #160
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER A: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART (above)
COVER B: ARTHUR ADAMS & NATHAN FAIRBAIRN (below)
November 2 | 32 Pages | Black & White | Mature | $2.99
THE WHISPERER WAR PART 4
The war rages on.
And of course, this main cover will be joined by our previously announced Arthur Adams and Nathan Fairbairn variant!
Hit us with your thoughts below! I have a feeling this WHISPERER WAR is going to get REAL ugly…
Finally! Waited SO long for this!
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Before, it had enemies on the top, friendlies on the bottom…
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Is this a sign? “A FUTURE UNCERTAIN”?! (Issue #137 throwback)
Does anyone know what that is in Lydia’s hand? A zombie head/mask, or mud, or something?
It looks like Alpha’s mask. Which probably isn’t good news XD
Probably a Whisperer mask. Probably to reflect her life as one.
I was thinking Lydia might be holding a Whisperer mask while Carl is in the background to symbolize her internal conflict of which side to fight on for the external conflict. Does she fight with Carl and the group responsible for her mother’s death, or does she fight with the Whisperers who have wronged her in other ways? Of course, she also might be contemplating on using Whisperer skins to fight her former group. It was hinted in the SDCC panel by Kirkman that some Survivors will use Whisperer skins during the Whisperer War. So, maybe Earl’s making the weapons, and Lydia’s preparing the “armor” for the Whisperer War.
It has (blond) hair on it, so definitely NOT mud. And why would she look at any other whisperer mask like that if it isn’t her mommy’s ?
Carl looks a little… “off” on this one? He just looks sort of plastic and his scar looks like someone just stapled a rosebud to his face.
Sometimes I wonder if Adlard’s rushed or had some funny tea or something.
He looks fine to me. And this cover had to have been done around June or July, so who knows. I know that Charlie was drawing the interiors of #160 around his birthday.
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Certainly looks different from Issue #137, but I definitely feel like that was a reference “photo”
Its not just Carl. Lydia looks like a Bratz doll.
Its not just Carl. Lydia looks like a Bratz doll.
Is it just me or does it look like Carl is munching on popcorn right now, i mean…..those cheeks.
I think Carl is looking super pissed because he told his dad to kill Negan, then Negan kills his monster in law
Lydia is holding beta’s skullet mask because she killed the big jolly sick fuck for raping her.
The sword looks like if it was pushed a little closer to the right, Carl would be getting stabbed in the back and with Lydia holding a Whisperer mask, that could symbolize her stabbing him in the back to fight with her own people. After Alpha’s cover I’ve starting looking into things more.
I think the cover B with Rick looks so ugly. Why did they have to change Ricks appearance so much.
I’m really curious who is going to be on issue 161 and 162. We have run out of bad guys/ whisperers that we know. Maybe the next cover will have a girl from the Ohio community or maybe the new king of the kingdom will be a bad guy and his face will be on the next issue. No matter what this whisperer war has got me excited.