Image Comics will launch The Walking Dead Deluxe, with color versions of the original stories plus extras, in October.  Featuring colors by Dave McCaig over the original art by Charlie Adlard, the new series will ship twice-monthly after the October 7 launch.  In addition to the newly-colored original stories, the deluxe editions will also include "The Cutting Room Floor," with Robert Kirkman’s original handwritten plots and commentary on abandoned storylines and plot points that may have changed before publication.

The series will not be collected "any time soon," according to the announcement, which urges fans not to trade-wait.

The first issue will include an A cover by David Finch and Dave McCaig; B cover by Tony Moore and McCaig; C cover by Adlard; D cover by Julian Totino Tedesco, and E cover by Arthur Adams.

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