Full credits: Volume 1: Robert Kirkman, creator, writer, letterer (chapters 1-3) ; Tony Moore, penciler, inker, gray tones (chapter 1) ; Charlie Adlard, penciler, inker (chapters 2-8) ; Cliff Rathburn, gray tones (chapters 2-8) ; Rus Wooton, letterer (chapters 4-8) ; Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn, cover ; Volume 2: Robert Kirkman, creator, writer ; Charlie Adlard, penciler, inker ; Cliff Rathburn, gray tones ; Rus Wooton, letterer ; Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn, cover ; Volume 3: Robert Kirkman, creator, writer ; Charlie Adlard, penciler, inker (chapters 17-19) ; Stefano Guadiano, inker (chapters 20-24) ; Cliff Rathburn, gray tones ; Rus Wooton, letterer ; Charlie Adlard & Dave Stewart, cover ; Volume 4: Robert Kirkman, creator, writer ; Charlie Adlard, penciler, inker (issue #193) ; Stefano Guadiano, inker (chapters 25-32) ; Cliff Rathburn, gray tones ; Rus Wooton, letterer ; Charlie Adlard & Dave Stewart, cover.

Originally published in single magazine format; volume 1 originally published as The walking dead #1-48 and Image holiday special 2005 ; volume 2 originally published as The walking dead #49-96 ; volume 3 originally published as The walking dead #97-144 ; volume 4 originally published as The walking dead #145-193.

Volume 1. Days gone bye ; Miles behind us ; Safety behind bars ; The heart's desire ; The best defense ; This sorrowful life ; The calm before ; Made to suffer -- Volume 2. Here we remain ; What we became ; Fear the hunters ; Life among them ; Too far gone ; No way out ; We find ourselves ; A larger world -- Volume 3. Something to fear ; What comes after ; March to war ; All out war, Part One ; All out war, Part Two ; A new beginning ; Whispers into screams ; Life and death -- Volume 4. No turning back ; Call to arms ; The whisperer war ; A certain doom ; Lines we cross ; New world order ; The rotten core ; Rest in peace.