Now, knowing that it will be the very last issue altogether, the page count makes even more sense.
Such a thing was already assumed, but the issue’s size made it seem all the more important anyway.
As does the fact that it’s dropping right before San Diego Comic-Con.
Robert Kirkman had recently clued fans in on the fact that the issue was going to be a triple-sized affair, and that it would go into the aftermath of Rick Grimes’ untimely death at the hands of Sebastian Milton.