I say 46 too. I've had a bad feeling about that and I was right.

 

There have been a good amount, but it seems to have stopped recently. The cover for issue 46 was a big one, basically flat out showed the big death.

 

In hindsight, we see these things as spoilers, but the Katana at Tyreese's neck could have meant a lot of things, and I don't think we saw that first and said 'oh, Tyreese is definitely going to die'. We see a lot of covers with guns pointed at people, and swords pointed at people, etc. and only when those people actually die do we go back and say 'oh, that spoiled it'. We really had no idea.

 

I agree, but it would still make me nervous to see my favorite character with a gun pointed at his head, or a katana on his neck... Then the death wouldn't be as much of a surprise....

 

What about #65 and even more recetly #123.

#65 shows Dale through the sights of a rifle scope; grasping his bloodied right shoulder. Although he was never shot, he's holding the shoulder on which he was bitten; and in this issue his death is imminent, having already been bitten and lost both legs. Technically; Dale doesn't succumb to his wounds until #66, but I think it's a bit of a spoiler nonetheless--Kirkman even remarks, regarding the cover of #65, in the "Sketchbook" section of the Hardcover Book Six; "Dale in the sights of a gun. I didn't know how this would work and again, Charlie really pulled it off. Considering Dale did die in this arc...this cover, for my tastes, is a little too literal and spoiler-y but damn, it sure is a cool image.".

More recently, #123 shows Dwight sighting-in Rick for a shot with his crossbow; from both the front and behind angles. While this cover doesn't spoil a death; it certainly spoils, what I think most would agree is a rather shock and unexpected event that left Rick(and the readers) in a very precarious position. His fate, and more literally his life hanging in the balance. Because at the end of the issue we don't know whether or not the bolt was tainted(and technically still don't), how serious the wound itself was, and if Rick even made off of the battle field and into relative safety. After all, Negan and Dwight were right on his heels.


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