Image Comics has shared the preorder numbers on its 25 cent promotional issue for The Walking Dead (see "Specially Priced Titles For February") and revealed 11 variant covers for its 25th Anniversary in February.

Image Comics announced that Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s The Walking Dead #163 garnered preorders exceeding 730,000 (aided by 1/200 and 1/500 incentive covers, see "Preview: 'The Walking Dead' #163").  The piece sales on the promotionally priced 25-cent issue have overtaken every other high-charting comic in print currently and surpassed the orders of the Batman: The 10 Cent Adventure one-shot that topped Diamond’s sales charts in January 2002 (see "10 Cent Batman Boffo").  The dollars are signfiicantly less than a normal issue, putting a lot of copies of a potential jumping-on point into the market.

The publisher also revealed the first 11 of 15 "tribute covers" for February issues that celebrate iconic cover images from the company’s history.

Available in stores on Wednesday, February 1st:

  • Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s Deadly Class #26 commemorating Marc Silvestri’s Cyber Force #1

Available in stores on Wednesday, February 8th:

  • Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta’s East Of West #31 commemorating Rob Liefeld’s Team Youngblood #19
  • Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s The Wicked + The Divine #26 commemorating Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals #1

Available in stores on Wednesday, February 15th:

  • Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker’s Invincible #133 commemorating Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood #1
  • Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw’s God Country #2 commemorating Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon #1
  • Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser’s Kill Or Be Killed #6 commemorating Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead #1
  • Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals #16 commemorating Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine #1
  • Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead #164 commemorating Jim Lee’s Wild C.A.T.S. #1

Available in stores on Wednesday, February 22nd:

  • Charles Soule and Ryan Browne’s Curse Words #2 commemorating Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker’s Invincible #1
  • Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Descender #19 commemorating  Dale Keown’s Pitt #2
  • Tim Seely and Mike Norton’s Revival #47 commemorating Marc Silvestri, Brian Haberlin, Michael Turner, and David Wohl’s Witchblade #1  

Click the Gallery below to see all 11 variants!