The Walking Dead #164

The Walking Dead #164, subtitled "A Fallen House," presents one of the series' more quietly striking covers: two adults and a child — silhouetted against a burnt-orange sky — stand with their backs to us, gazing out over a vast, densely packed settlement that stretches to the horizon. Their long shadows stretch toward the viewer, lending the image a mood of weary resolve that feels both hopeful and heavy. Writer Robert Kirkman and cover artist Charlie Adlard deliver a composition that speaks volumes without showing a single face.