The Walking Dead Series will be in Full Color for the First Time this October

Read it again! Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment will revisit the historic independent series that took the entertainment world by storm 17 years ago—The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (Fire Power, Oblivion Song) and Charlie Adlard (Vampire State Building)—with newly, fully colored issues. Featuring the stunning work of the masterful Dave McCaig, these new issues will launch in October with The Walking Dead Deluxe #1. Kirkman first announced the fully colored issues during Skybound Xpo, Skybound’s virtual pop-culture convention.

This deluxe revival of the series will also feature a memorable array of variant covers—by such artists as David Finch, Tony Moore, Julian Totino Tedesco, and Arthur Adams—commemorating major character introductions and the series’ most memorable twists and turns. Each issue will include a new installment of “The Cutting Room Floor,” featuring Kirkman's original handwritten plots along with commentary on abandoned storylines and plot points that may have changed along the way.

This definitive presentation of the story will NOT be collected into trade paperback any time soon, so fans and new readers should not trade-wait to experience this fully colored edition of the popular survival horror series. Issue #1 will be available on October 7 at your local comic shop. Each following month two issues will be released.

• The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 7:
• The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 Cover A David Finch & Dave McCaig
• The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 Cover B Tony Moore & Dave McCaig
• The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 Cover C Charlie Adlard
• The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 Cover D Julian Totino Tedesco
• The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 Cover E Arthur Adams

Get a glimpse of the newly colored pages and variant cover below!