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If you've always wanted to see a zombie impaled by a Pride flag,Chris Cassidy Archives today is your lucky day.

The latest issue of The Walking Dead features a variant cover created by Sina Grace and Tamra Bonvillain in honor of Pride Month. It features a fan-favorite character named Jesus, who is often praised – online as well as in letters printed in each issue of The Walking Dead– as a positive representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

That's right: this is a gay character named Jesus, and he's a complete badass. One look at this cover should tell you that:

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This is not the only Pride Month variant cover being released by Image Comics. The publisher will be releasing a few of these variant covers for different books on each Wednesday of this month, and all of the proceeds from these issues will be donated to the Human Rights Campaign.

So not only is the art is incredible, it's doing some actual good in the world.

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