The Walking Dead #153

Titled "Heavy Hangs the Head," this 2016 Skybound/Image issue presents one of the series' most striking cover images: Negan crouched low, bat in hand, staring down at a bloodied, outstretched hand lying in a spreading pool of red on a tiled floor. The tension radiating from Charlie Adlard's cover art — all shadow and grim intensity — perfectly captures the weight the title implies. Robert Kirkman and the creative team were clearly in fine form here, delivering the kind of quietly ominous storytelling that made The Walking Dead such a compelling read.