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This article is about the Novel Series character. You may be looking for his appearance in the Comic Series.

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.[src]

Hap Abernathy is a comic-adapted character first encountered in The Fall of the Governor. He is an elderly resident of Woodbury and a soldier of the town's 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[]

Main Article: Hap Abernathy (Comic Series)

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

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[]

Bob Stookey[]

Okay, breathe, Old Hoss, just breathe. Gonna be okay, gonna get you outta here.
―Bob to Hap after he is bitten.[src]

Bob and Hap had a close relationship. Bob was deeply saddened by the death of Hap, and before he took his life he tried anything to save Hap's life. Bob mentions that he loved Hap's stories and his curmudgeonly personality.

Appearances[]

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

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[]

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