The Walking Dead #163
Publisher: Image Comics
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Cover Price: $0.25
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Charlie Adlard.
Cover: Charlie Adlard. Cover B has colors by Dave Stewart
Format: 32 pgs., Black & White
This issue begins a new story arc, promotionally priced in conjunction with Image’s 25th anniversary, which falls on the issue’s release date. It features the aftermath of the Whisperer War. The variants depict Rick Grimes with Negan’s leather jacket and his bat Lucille.
Cover B variant is a 1/200 incentive variant, which means the retailer has to order 200 copies to get one copy of Cover B.
Cover C variant is a 1/500 incentive variant, which means the retailer has to order 500 copies to get one copy of Cover C.
[Click Gallery below for the B and C variant covers.]

From Image Comics; Variants Revealed
Posted by ICv2 on January 6, 2017 @ 4:52 pm CT

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