Hap Abernathy (Comic Universe)

Hap Abernathy
Actor	Fred Berman (Audiobook)
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Blond (Graying)
Age	75
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Former Seaman in the U.S. Military Former Naval Cook Retired School Bus Driver Post-Apocalypse Soldier for the Woodbury Army
Family	Unknown
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
The Walking Dead: Comic Series
First Appearance	Issue 43
Last Appearance	Issue 48
The Walking Dead: Novel Series
First Appearance	"The Fall" ("Chapter Seventeen")
Last Appearance	"Lake of Fire" ("Chapter Four")
Fate
Death Chapter	"Lake of Fire" ("Chapter Four")

“

I'm... I'm done. I expected it to happen... s-sooner or later. It was a... good... good run I had in this world. ―Hap's last words before shooting himself after being bitten.

”

Hap Abernathy is a survivor of the outbreak in Skybound Entertainment's Comic Universe. He is a supporting character in Thomas Dunne Books' The Walking Dead and a minor antagonist in Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is an elderly resident of Woodbury and a member of the Woodbury Army.

He is described as "a gaunt, graying, retired school bus driver from Atlanta, in his soiled Atlanta Braves cap and gray eyes, who currently looks like a candidate for a hip replacement with his pronounced limp and bandaged ribs."

Pre-Apocalypse

Atlanta, Georgia

Hap was born in 1929 and lived in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

In the early 1950s, he had done a stint in the Navy back in the Korean War and had been a good cook and a typical swabbie.

For most of his life, he shuttled middle-school kids to and from school in his yellow bus for 34 years at the Decatur School District.

In mid-2003, he went to LensCrafters in Belvedere Park as his eyesight had deteriorated, and have trouble with the young optometrist. The professional kept making cracks about “men of a certain age” as he examined his eyes, which made him so crazy that he finally insulted by shoving the instrument tray over and walking out. As a result, he bought the poorly-made eyeglasses from Walgreens instead of receiving the right glasses.

Post-Apocalypse

The Fall of the Governor - Part Two/Made To Suffer

"The Fall"/"Issue 48"

Upon his arrival to Woodbury, Hap became a member of the Woodbury Army. He later took part in the prison assault, and when Lilly put a gun in the Governor's mouth, he tried to reason with her, telling her she didn't have to kill him. He is then interrupted by the swarm of zombies and witnessed the death of The Governor. He was also one of the few survivors of the assault.

Descent

"Lake of Fire"

Hap listens in but slowly falls asleep at the town meeting, where the Woodbury residents discuss how to divert or take out the herd of walkers coming towards Woodbury. Later, he goes on a run with Bob to gather medicine, and after discovering a secret labyrinth, Hap sees what he thinks is a small racoon, but is a walker that latches onto Hap's ankle. Bob tries helping Hap, by tying a bandana around his ankle but Hap has given up and accepts his fate, and grabs Bob's pistol and shoots himself. He is later buried next to Penny in Woodbury.

Death

Killed By

• Zombies (Caused)

During a supply run, Hap is bitten on the right ankle by a walker crawling on the floor.

• Himself (Suicide)

Bob tries to help him by amputating the limb, but Hap grabs Bob's gun instead, and shoots himself in the head.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Hap has killed:

• Himself (Suicide)
• Numerous counts of zombies

Relationships

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

Allies Woodbury Brian Blake † - Governor Bruce Cooper † Gabriel Harris † Bob Stookey † Austin Ballard † Tom Blanchford † Gloria Pyne † Lilly Caul Jared † Smitty † Red † Wes Strunk † Johnny Pruitt † Rudy Warburton † Daniel † Raymond Hilliard † Eric † James Steagal † Jameson † Evan † Andy † Arlo Simmons †

Enemies Meriwether County Correctional Facility Rick Grimes † Lori Grimes † Carl Grimes Glenn Rhee † Andrea † Michonne Hawthorne Tyreese † Hershel Greene † Billy Greene † Patricia † Axel † Woodbury Alice Warren † - Former Ally

Appearances

• List
• Table (Novel Series)

Novel Series The Fall of the Governor - Part Two "The Fall" "Chapter Seventeen" "Chapter Eighteen" "Chapter Nineteen" "Chapter Twenty" "Chapter Twenty-One" "Chapter Twenty-Three" Descent "Lake of Fire" "Chapter Three" "Chapter Four" Comic Series Volume 8: Made To Suffer Issue 43 (No Lines) Issue 44 (No Lines) Issue 47 (No Lines) Issue 48

Novels	1	2	3	4	5
Rise of the Governor
The Road to Woodbury
The Fall of the Governor
Descent
Invasion
Search and Destroy
Return to Woodbury

✔	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

Trivia

• Hap's name was revealed in The Fall of the Governor.
• He shares the same last name with another Woodbury resident, though it is unlikely that they are related.
• Hap is one of the six Woodbury soldiers who survived the prison assault, along with Lilly Caul, Matthew Hennesey, Speed Wilkins, Gloria Pyne and Ben Buchholz.
• When Volume 8 was originally released it appears Hap was originally the same character as Red due to their similar appearance and the position they're standing at the end of Issue 48. The novel series retconned this and they are canonically separate characters.
  • This explains why the novels state Hap to be 75 years old, while he appears much younger in the comics.
  • Though it is possible that the picture used on this wiki is not actually him, as in the novel, it's stated that he wears a cap, while in the comics, he's not. It could be that the line Hap says in the novels was actually meant to be for Red, as in the novel, there are a lot of contradictions, like characters speaking lines that they didn't speak in the comics. This is yet to be confirmed.