The Walking Dead #161

The penultimate chapter of "The Whisperer War" arrives with a cover that puts two figures in stark, unsettling contrast: a brooding, long-haired figure looms large in the upper half while a wild-haired, scarred woman glares up from the bottom, surrounded by blood-red splatter. Behind them, a building erupts in fire and smoke as panicked figures scatter in every direction. Charlie Adlard's stark black-and-white linework makes that burst of red hit all the harder, capturing the desperation and chaos at the heart of this six-part arc. With only one installment left after this, Robert Kirkman's Whisperer War is clearly barreling toward something that won't leave Alexandria's survivors unscathed.