Beta (Comic Series)

"No! There will never be another Alpha. Not now. Not ever. Alpha is no longer with us... but her words still guide us. She gave us our orders. They have crossed into our land. They have taken her life. Now they all die."

- Beta to The Whisperers about Rick's group.

Beta is a character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 154 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. A high ranking member of The Whisperers, acting as second in command to Alpha, he serves as the secondary antagonist of Volume 26: Call to Arms and the primary antagonist of Volume 27: The Whisperer War.

Location Unknown
Nothing is known about Beta's life before the outbreak began.

Call To Arms
Beta confronts Negan, with many other Whisperers, after Negan crosses the border marking the entrance to the Whisperer's territory. After Negan expresses his wish to join the Whisperers, Beta orders the other Whisperers to take Negan to Alpha. Later that day, Beta confronts Michonne and Aaron in the same location. Michonne attempts to explain that she means no harm and is only after a fugitive who crossed the border, Beta ignores this and with his fellow Whisperers attack the pair. Michonne and Aaron try to deflate the situation and refuse to kill any of the Whisperers. Beta takes advantage of this and stabs Aaron in the gut.

Before Beta can deliver a final fatal strike to Aaron, Michonne intercepts his strike and saves Aaron by deflecting his blades, she then slashes Beta across his face with her katana causing him to scream. After Michonne kills another Whisperer, Beta knocks her to the ground remarking that she "will make a lovely mask". Once again, Beta is interrupted before he can kill Aaron or Michonne this time by the Alexandrian militia led by Dwight. The Militia kills every member of Beta's Whisperer party with the exception of Beta himself, who escapes.

Beta returns to the Whisperer camp where upon seeing Alpha strike Negan he offers to kill him on the spot she orders him not to do so. He then slams Negan against a tree for lying and claiming that he was unaware of the existence of the Whisperers. After commenting about Beta's impressive height and intimidating appearance, Negan says that despite his lies he has a lot to offer the Whisperers.

As Negan begins to settle into the Whisperer community, Beta starts to question his presence. Alpha asks whether he is challenging her and her commands, but Beta assures her he isn't and Alpha forgives him. Most of the Whisperers appear amazed on how skilled Negan is at killing Walkers though Beta does not trust him in the least. During the night, Negan sees a Whisperer woman being raped, but ends it and tries to kill the two men trying to rape her though Beta intervenes and stops him and informs Negan of the men's right to rape the girl and that he prevented her from being able to prove her strength. Beta informs Alpha that Negan's insult must not go unpunished.

The Whisperer War
After Negan flees, Beta discovers Alpha's headless body. He knows that Negan killed Alpha, and is extremely furious with her death. Beta says that after Alpha's death, there will never be another alpha(even though he still becomes the de-facto leader of The Whisperers), and prooceds to declares war against Negan and the rest of the Hilltop Colony, saying that "they will all die"

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Beta has killed:
 * Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people.

Negan
"You denied her the right to defend herself."

- Beta to Negan. Beta has a poor relationship with Negan. Beta wanted to kill Negan but Alpha denied it. Beta is shown to be jealous that Alpha is close with Negan. Negan is shown to dislike Beta by making jokes about his height, mocking him and calling his names. Negan is outraged at the fact that Beta defends and tolerates rapists in the camp. After Negan kills Alpha, Beta declares war against him and the rest of the Hilltop Colony by promising that they will all die due to that.

Alpha
"No. You are my Alpha."

- Beta to Alpha. Beta is shown to have a good relationship with Alpha respecting her as their leader ("Alpha"). Its implied that he might have feelings for her. Alpha is shown to trust Beta, saying Beta stood by her for a long time. Beta disagrees with Alpha with what to do with Negan. Alpha questions Beta if he is challenging her for leadership in which Beta begs forgiveness in which he is granted by Alpha. Beta did seem to be growing jealous and angry that Alpha favored Negan over him. Alpha's death has caused Beta to reject the idea of allowing someone else to take her role, showing just how deeply he trusted her leadership. However, Beta still becomes the de-facto leader of their group.

Volume 26: Call To Arms

 * Issue 154
 * Issue 155
 * Issue 156

Volume 27: The Whisperer War

 * Issue 157

Trivia

 * Negan nicknames Beta "Frowny Mctwoknives" and "Beta Mctwoknives" due to the latter wielding two large knives.
 * Beta, like Alpha, is likely a reference to social hierarchy.
 * Beta is the tallest character encountered in the comics so far, possibly around 7 feet in height.