Issue 157

Issue 157 is the one-hundred and fifty-seventh issue of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and the first part of Volume 27: The Whisperer War. It was published on August 3rd, 2016.

Plot
''The time has come. The forces are aligning. The war has begun! Has Rick brought about the demise of everything he's built? Or will he triumph once again? Know this… there will be a cost.''

Credits

 * Rick Grimes
 * Carl Grimes
 * Andrea
 * Maggie Greene
 * Michonne
 * Eugene Porter
 * Gabriel Stokes
 * Aaron
 * Heath
 * Paul Monroe
 * Dwight
 * Negan
 * Alex
 * Magna
 * Yumiko
 * Connie
 * Hershel Greene
 * Dante
 * Lydia
 * Laura
 * Beta
 * William
 * Zachary
 * The Whisperers
 * Stephanie (Voice Only)
 * Alpha (Zombified)
 * Barbara (Cover)
 * Annie (Cover)
 * Siddiq (Cover)
 * Alpha (Cover)
 * Julia (Cover)
 * Vincent (Cover)

Deaths

 * None

Trivia

 * First appearance of William.
 * First appearance of Zachary.
 * Alpha appears alive on the cover, despite having died in the previous issue. This is the second time a character has appeared alive on a cover after having already died, the first being Kal, who appeared on the cover for Issue 124, despite having died in Issue 123.