Jim (Comic Series)

"My family! MY FAMILY!! YOU KILLED THEM!!!"

- Jim when killing a zombie.

Jim is a character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and is a mechanic who lived with his family in Atlanta, Georgia, his family later were killed and Jim joined the Atlanta survivor group, being a quiet member of the group, Jim held in his anger for his families' deaths, later releasing it when the Atlanta camp was attacked.

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Little has been revealed about Jim's past apart from that he was a mechanic and had at least a sister, wife, and mother and between them they all had five children.

Days Gone Bye
When the dead began to rise, Jim remained generally unaware of this until the city of Atlanta, decreed a safe zone by the government, gradually started to become overrun with the undead. Jim saw his boss getting infected and became one of the few who managed to escape from the city as it was completely overwhelmed. However, Jim witnessed the deaths of his entire family, as they shielded him from the zombies long enough to allow him to escape. Emotionally traumatized and devastated by the loss of his family, when Jim joined the survivor group just beyond the cities outer limits, he was noticeably the most taciturn member, revealing almost nothing about his past and barely saying a word.

He attended the funeral of Amy, and expressed his liking for her, dubbing her as "pretty and smart."

Killed By
During the zombie attack on the camp, after failing to kill one with his pistol, Jim grapples with a zombie and flies into an uncontrollable rage, driving him momentarily insane. He beats the zombie to death with his pistol, whilst screaming and cursing at it for killing his loved ones. After coming to his senses, he finds the zombie had bitten him during the brawl, taking a massive chunk out of his arm. Jim suffered the effects of the zombie plague for days. Refusing a mercy killing and unable to stay with the group, Jim was willingly abandoned at the entrance to Atlanta, in the hopes that upon reanimating, he could be reunited with the undead members of his family that may still exist.
 * Zombies

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Jim has killed:
 * Numerous counts of zombies.

Rick Grimes
"Goodbye, Jim."

- Rick's parting words to Jim.

Rick and Jim weren't seen interacting very much, although Rick did seem to be very saddened when he learnt that Jim's family had all been eaten by walkers allowing Jim to escape and did feel sorry for him. Also Jim helped Glenn and Rick find the gun store in Atlanta on the map, which both Rick and Glenn were grateful for. Rick was also shocked when he discovered that Jim was bitten and got into a fight with Shane as he blamed Jim and Amy's deaths on him. Rick, like everyone else in the Atlanta group was devastated as they left Jim against the tree.

Donna
"Please...they have to do this for me. T--talk them into it. It's the only way I'll ever be with my family again."

- Jim to Donna about his condition.

Donna took care of Jim after he was bitten. Jim spoke to her more than anyone in the group, and they both believed and hoped that Jim might not reanimate.

Allen
"Maybe it won't happen to him."

- Allen to Donna about Jim's infection.

Allen seemed to care for Jim. He implied that he would've liked to take care of Jim during his incapacitated state, but Jim wouldn't allow any men to do it. After seeing Jim survived for over a day or so after being bitten, he tried to be optimistic and suggest that Jim may live.

Amy
"She was a pretty girl. SMART, too. She shoulda been going to college...living her life...being young...being happy. This shouldn't have happened. She didn't deserve this."

- Jim about Amy.

Jim and Amy weren't seen interacting much, but it is shown at Amy's funeral that Jim admired her and said that she didn't deserve the fate she got.

Glenn
"Jim got out of the city, but he saw his entire family torn apart before he did."

- Glenn about Jim to Rick.

Glenn showed a deep sense of sorrow and sympathy for Jim, due to Jim's entire family being eaten in front of his eyes.

Trivia

 * Robert Kirkman answered the question whether naming characters the same name, Billy, Chris, Jim, Eugene, Eric, and Bruce was an oversight, "It's not oversight at all. It's completely unrealistic for a group of people to meet at random and never encounter the same names."
 * In the Comic Series, Jim is bitten on the arm, but in the TV Series, he is bitten on the abdomen.
 * Though Jim and Amy were not drawn in the Comic Series by Charlie Adlard, both characters have been drawn by him. His renditions can be seen in the Volume 1 Hardcover.
 * He is also one of the few survivors to last longest after being bitten, the others being Dale and Allen, as well as Lee Everett.
 * Jim is the only one of these four that don't amputate their limbs (Allen, Dale), or have the chance to (Lee).
 * Jim is also chronologically the first one among these characters to die.
 * It is revealed that Jim is 41 years old in the script book.
 * Jim is one of the only four named characters to be killed in a single-digit Issue of the Comics, the others being Amy, Shane, and Donna.