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This article is about the Comic Series character. You may be looking for his Escapists, Road to Survival, Survivors, or TV Series counterpart. For other pages with the same name, see: Allen

Y'know--Donna was eight years older than me. She was always wiser--more level-headed... she always knew what to do, or was able to convince me that she did. I don't know how I'm going to see those boys to adulthood without her. I really don't know what I'm going to do. But I'm going to try. I'm going to do my best. For her.
―Allen to Rick Grimes about his wife Donna.[src]

Allen is a survivor of the outbreak in Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a member of the Atlanta Survivor Camp, as well as the husband of Donna and father of Billy and Ben.

Overview[]

Allen is a friendly and unassuming family man, getting along with pretty much everyone at the camp. Despite being the breadwinner of the family, he admits that he greatly relies on his wife Donna for emotional support and guidance, due to her being older and more experienced than him. He is naturally devastated by his wife's death, and falls into a deep depression afterwards. Allen turns into a shell of the cheerful man he once was, becoming quiet and emotionally distant from the rest of the group, including his own children. He also becomes irritable and occasionally aggressive, as shown when he snapped at Andrea when she attempted to comfort him. Due to his emotional distress, Allen is often delegated to less dangerous tasks, such as babysitting. Shortly before his demise, Allen seems to finally start to move on from his wife's death, and volunteers to help Rick and the others clear out part of the prison. Sadly, he is bitten shortly afterwards, and doesn't survive even with his leg being amputated.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Gainesville, Georgia[]

Not much is known about Allen's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was born in 1971 and was employed at a mall in Gainesville as a shoe salesman.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Atlanta, Georgia[]

When the zombie outbreak began, Allen and Donna had heard that Atlanta would be the safest place to be due to the military's attempts to make it a safe-zone. Thankfully, due to their car breaking down, they arrived late and found that this was not the case. Going around the city, the family came across survivors Glenn, Dale, Amy, and Andrea, who had set up camp on the south side.

Days Gone Bye[]

Allen resides at the Atlanta Camp with other survivors, including his wife, Donna, and his sons, Ben and Billy. He attends shooting practice, and helps fight off the zombies that attack and kill Amy. He is seen later at Amy's funeral.

Miles Behind Us[]

Allen and Donna are happy that the group are moving and on the road, and are very happy when the group finds Wiltshire Estates, hoping that they can raise their children there. were happy together while with the survivors as they searched for a new location to stay in after departing Atlanta. However, tragedy struck while clearing out a housing estate. Donna was killed during the clearing, leaving him and the twins devastated. Allen snaps at Andrea after she consoles Allen, claiming that she didn't even know Donna. From then on, Allen keeps to himself and shows signs of mental weakness.

Safety Behind Bars[]

From that day on, Allen's mental state began to deteriorate, sometimes at the wrong times. During a fight with the undead occupants of the prison, Allen had a mental break down, and only came around once Andrea began yelling for more ammunition.

The Heart's Desire[]

Allen offers to help find the generator of the prison along with Rick, Tyreese, Dale, and Axel. In the process, Allen gets bitten in the Achilles tendon by a lurker. Allen gets his leg amputated by Rick. Allen apologizes to Andrea for his past actions towards her and asks of her and Dale to look after his sons if he passes away. After a long struggle against blood loss and a serious infection setting in, Allen died in his sleep, but not before leaving Andrea and Dale to take the twins as their own. After his death, his body was buried in the prison.

Death[]

Killed By

While searching further into the prison, Allen remains behind to catch his breath after an incident in the library, when suddenly, a lurker crawls from behind and bites him on the leg.

In order to prevent infection from spreading, Rick amputates his leg with an axe. However, a few days later, Allen dies from blood loss in his sleep. Rick then puts him down to prevent reanimation.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Allen has killed:

Relationships[]

For a more in-depth look at Allen's relationships, read here: Allen (Comic Series)/Relationships

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

Issues 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Book One 👁
Book Two 👁 👁
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
Book Six
Book Seven
Book Eight
Book Nine
Book Ten
Book Eleven
Book Twelve
Book Thirteen
Book Fourteen
Book Fifteen
Book Sixteen
Appears Voice is heard
👁 Appears with no lines Appears in a flashback
Appears as a walker 🖼 Appears in a photograph/video
Appears as a corpse Appears in a hallucination/dream

Gallery[]

For more images of Allen, please visit Allen (Comic Series)/Gallery.

Trivia[]

  • It is revealed by Allen that he is at least 8 years younger than his wife, Donna. However, the script book reveals his age to be 32 and Donna's 36, in which Donna is only 4 years older than Allen.
  • Hershel Greene was originally going to be the one to lose his leg, but Kirkman felt bad for Hershel, who had lost half of his children, so he decided Allen should be the one to lose his leg.[1]
    • Similar to Abraham Ford, Allen's death wasn't originally planned to happen until Issue 20 was released.
  • Kirkman originally planned for Allen to be killed by the barn zombies on Hershel's farm in Issue 11.

References[]

  1. Issue 43, page 30, "Letter hacks"

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