The Walking Dead Weekly #27

History

Image Comics announced the Walking Dead Weekly reprint series in October 2010, timed directly to the premiere of the AMC television adaptation, with writer Robert Kirkman framing it as a new-reader on-ramp for fans who had discovered the property through the show. Beginning January 5, 2011, Image released one reprint per week, covering the first 52 issues of the series across a full calendar year. Weekly #27 — reprinting the original issue by writer Robert Kirkman, penciler/cover artist Charlie Adlard, and gray-tone artist Cliff Rathburn — hit shops on July 6, 2011, exactly 27 weeks into the program.

Trivia · 8 facts

• This issue is a reprint, not a first printing — it reproduces the content of The Walking Dead #27 (original cover date: April 2006) exactly.
• The Walking Dead Weekly ran for 52 issues in 2011, reprinting the first 52 issues of the ongoing series one per week beginning January 5, 2011.
• The series was announced by Image Comics in October 2010 in direct response to the premiere of the AMC television adaptation of The Walking Dead.
• The original issue #27 contains the first appearance of The Governor (real name Brian Blake in the comics), the series' central antagonist across multiple story arcs.
• The original issue #27 also marks the first appearance of Caesar Martinez and the first depiction of Woodbury, Georgia — the survivor community The Governor controls.
• The creative team for the underlying story is writer Robert Kirkman, penciler and cover artist Charlie Adlard, and gray-tone artist Cliff Rathburn; letterer Rus Wooton is also credited.
• The issue falls within Volume 5: The Best Defense, which is the first volume in the collected editions to feature Charlie Adlard as cover artist.
• The content of the original issue #27 has been collected in multiple formats: the Volume 5: The Best Defense trade paperback, the Book Three hardcover, the Omnibus Volume 2, the Compendium Volume 1, and the Walking Dead Deluxe #27 (full-color reissue, November 2021).