The following is a list of characters from The Walking Dead comic book series, created by Robert Kirkman.
While in a shootout against an escaped convict with his partner and best friend, Shane Walsh, Rick is wounded and subsequently awakens from a coma some time later.
Rick then kills Sherry after the Savior's betray his alliance, and then he learns that Andrea was bitten and is dying, causing him great grief.
Carl begins as a normal and innocent child, but as the events of the new world order force him to grow up, he becomes colder and competently makes sometimes tough decisions for the good of his group of friends.
As a teenager, Carl resides at the Hilltop Colony as a blacksmith apprentice but still remains close friends with Sophia, while contacting and later forming a sexual relationship with Whisperer, Lydia.
She is shown to be one of the greatest rifle shooters in the Walking Dead universe, known for sniping at foes of the group whether they are human or zombies.
Duane Jones was a young boy hiding out with his father, Morgan, in various houses in Rick's neighborhood, attempting to ride out the zombie apocalypse.
Upon leaving, Allen suffered terribly when Donna was killed by zombies, sending him into a downward emotional spiral that he never truly recovers from.
Andrea tried to offer him comfort, due to her similar loss of her sister, but, Allen rejected her sympathy and maintained a bitter relationship with her.
With time, he gradually gained a sense of acceptance, but this new-found peace was short-lived; Allen was bitten on the foot by a zombie, while helping the others clear out the remaining areas of the prison the group was staying in.
Before the events of the series, Donna made all the big decisions in her relationship with her husband, while leaving the financial responsibilities with Allen.
Shortly after, when the group attempts to settle at Wiltshire Estates, Donna is killed by a zombie and her body devoured by more of the undead, leaving Allen permanently devastated.
Jim is left under a tree on the outskirts of Atlanta, in the hopes that, upon reanimating, he can be reunited with the undead members of his family that may still exist.
Unbeknownst to the others, Chris exhorts Julie into a youthfully idealistic suicide pact, and haphazardly executes it one night, in the prison, shooting her.
Tyreese, in furious rage chokes Chris to death, then beats his reanimated corpse until he is nothing but pulverized pieces, which he then burns.
Despite this, he is greatly admired by his fellow survivors and is a role model to Carl, while acting as Rick's right-hand man (despite often being conflicted with him on several issues).
He is killed in the final stages of the assault on the prison by the Woodbury Army; his death leads his father to allow himself to die as well.
[23] Hershel was the patriarch of the Greene family and owner of the farm where Rick's group are invited to stay after Carl is shot.
She successfully overthrows Gregory as leader, outing him as a coward for siding with the man who murdered Glenn, only caring for his own safety.
Eventually she becomes the de facto leader of the community as she moves reinforcements to save the civilians of Alexandria in the war against the Saviours during the bombings.
Two years after the war, she remains a strong and capable leader, while also taking care of her two-year-old son, Hershel Greene II She continues to come into conflict with Gregory, who orchestrates a plan to kill her with other parents who disagree with her actions towards their sons' injuries after Carl Grimes had beaten them to save Sophia.
Shawn was Hershel's oldest son and the first member of the Greene family to be killed by zombies, as shown in the video game adaptation The Walking Dead: Season One.
Patricia then becomes an outcast amongst the survivors (mainly Maggie & Hershel), but regains acceptance by saving Rick's life via a blood transfusion before the attack on the prison.
When Dexter is accused of murder, he organizes Andrew to find a way into the previously unexplored Block A and gather up the guards riot gear to take over the prison.
Being the only of the four convicts to remain with the survivors over the majority of the story, he eventually finds their trust through hard work and earnest commitment.
After Thomas is revealed to be responsible and not receiving any apology, he loses his patience and orders Andrew to scavenge the prison's riot gear.
Amidst the confusion with Thomas, Dexter gathers Andrew and a defecting Patricia with their new riot gear to force out the survivors.
Over the course of the series, she finds herself repressed and unhappy over the deaths of her loved ones, believing she doesn't deserve any happiness or a chance to start over, due to the pain of leaving her daughters behind, assuming they've been killed along with her ex-husband, Dominic.
Eugene is a high school science teacher who has lied about being a scientist working on a cure for the outbreak disease in order to receive protection from others.
He had survived over several months alone in the church by turning away his followers and any other civilians when the zombie attacks started, saving him from internal conflict.