Walking Dead Day Will Feature Collectible Blind Bag Editions of Milestone Issues
Image/Skybound announced that this year’s Walking Dead Day, on October 13th, in celebration of the series’ 15th anniversary, will feature collectible blind bag editions of milestone issues from Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s The Walking Dead.
They say that “Fans will experience the thrill of surprise when they purchase any of the Walking Dead Day Blind Bag editions.” Essentially, the blind bags are reprints of key issues from the history of The Walking Dead and each variant will come in differentversions. The covers will feature art by J. Scott Campbell, James Harren, Emma Rios, Declan Shalvey, and Sana Takeda, among other “exciting to-be-announced artists”. Each issue will retail for $3.99USD/4.99CDN.
From the Skybound website:
We told you we had more in store for you for WALKING DEAD DAY and today’s news is a doozy! Coming to a comic shop near you are THE WALKING DEAD 15th Anniversary Blind Bag Variants! These 15 collectible blind bag comics feature milestone issues of THE WALKING DEAD from the first issue to Michonne’s first appearance to the death of Glenn and much much more! Each issue will feature new original art by iconic comics artists like by J. Scott Campbell, James Harren, Emma Rios, Declan Shalvey, and Sana Takeda, among other exciting to-be-announced artists. The blind bags will be concealing multiple versions of the artwork as well.
You might find a colored version of the art, a sketch version, a virgin version (with no title) or something else entirely. We won’t be showing off any of this artwork until after the books are released so it’ll be a total surprise.
Below you can find a list of which key WALKING DEAD issues will be featured in these variants along with the Diamond Code for each so you can tell you local shop which covers you want to order. These are going to be amazing, so you won’t want to miss out. And of course, keep it tuned here and on our social channels for more news about WALKING DEAD DAY and the 15th anniversary of The Walking Dead!
MAY188674 WALKING DEAD #1 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188675 WALKING DEAD #2 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188676 WALKING DEAD #7 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188677 WALKING DEAD #19 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188678 WALKING DEAD #27 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188679 WALKING DEAD #48 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188680 WALKING DEAD #53 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188681 WALKING DEAD #92 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188682 WALKING DEAD #98 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188683 WALKING DEAD #100 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188684 WALKING DEAD #108 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188685 WALKING DEAD #127 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188686 WALKING DEAD #138 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188687 WALKING DEAD #167 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
MAY188688 WALKING DEAD #171 15TH ANNIVERSARY BLIND BAG VARIANT
Comic book stores need to put in their final orders for these issues on Monday, July 9th, so get in touch with your local Strange Adventures to reserve whichever issues you’re interested in.
