The Walking Dead continues with Issue #78 and another Day and Date release just in time for Halloween

Autumn winds carry the chills of the season this week as the dead rise once more on comiXology, this time with the day and date release of The Walking Dead #78 just in time to the herald the series premiere of The Walking Dead television show on AMC this Halloween.

EDITOR NOTE: For those of you wondering where the heck The Walking Dead #78 is (beyond your local comic store, which should have it as of yesterday): we didn’t get approval from the Great Fruit, so you can’t get it on the app (yet). Instead, buy it from comics.comixology.com, and it will appear in “My Comics” tab on your Comics by comiXology app.

With their first halloween in the community already an unqualified success back in issue #71 Rick and the gang prepare for a much more sober event this month as the community braces for it’s first ever…funeral. However can the ever humble band of survivors recover from an attack within their own gates in time to prepare them for an attack from the outside. Ready or not here it comes!

Read issue #78 on comiXology today then go back and start the series over from the beginning with collected trades and every single issue of the series from #1 to #77 available for download on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, it’s safer than venturing outdoors to pick up a copy. After all tis’ the season for the rising undead and what better way to celebrate it than with the greatest zombie saga of all time, be safe out there.

What do you think of the lastest issue? And are you excited for The Walking Dead AMC series starting next week?