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17. The Whisperers Arrive - The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead The Whisperers
Image Comics

Rick is currently waging All Out War on Negan, a storyline that looks like playing out until the end of Season 8 at the very least. And yet talk has already turned to the next villain beyond the baseball bat swinging maniac, and it's widely believed either the tail-end of Season 8 or first half of Season 9 will introduce us to The Whisperers.

They're an antagonistic group led by a man called Alpha, and are distinct for covering themselves in walker guts to move freely among the dead. We've seen characters on the show do that before in extreme circumstances, but it's a way of life for The Whisperers.

They're introduced to the comics in the volume that follows All Out War, and with hints of a time jump - and a walker with skin missing - the signs are we'll be seeing them sooner rather than later. They're creepy as hell, scary, and pose a huge threat to the other survivors, and given how visually different they look their introduction should be extremely memorable, and a nice change of pace after so long with Negan.

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