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{{SimilarName|the Comic Series character|the [[Harold Abernathy (Novel Series)|article]] about his appearance in the Novel Series}}
 
{{Character Info
 
{{Character Info
 
|name = Harold Abernathy
 
|name = Harold Abernathy
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|age = 32
 
|age = 32
 
|status = Dead
 
|status = Dead
|name_gallery = Eugene stabs Harold in the neck.
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|name_gallery = Harold is stabbed in the neck by Eugene.
 
|deathimage = Harolds death.png
 
|deathimage = Harolds death.png
 
|ethnicity = Caucasian-American
 
|ethnicity = Caucasian-American
 
|lifespan = #28 to #31
 
|lifespan = #28 to #31
 
|last = [[Issue 31]]
 
|last = [[Issue 31]]
|gallery = [[Harold Abernathy (Comic Series) Gallery]]
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|gallery = [[Harold Abernathy (Comic Series)/Gallery|Image Gallery]]
|cause of death = Stabbed by [[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene Cooney]].
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|cause of death = Stabbed in the neck by [[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene Cooney]].
 
|occupation = Truck Driver <small>''(Pre-Apocalypse)''</small><br />Cage Fighter <small>''(Post-Apocalypse)''</small>
 
|occupation = Truck Driver <small>''(Pre-Apocalypse)''</small><br />Cage Fighter <small>''(Post-Apocalypse)''</small>
 
|family = Unknown
 
|family = Unknown
 
|gender = Male
 
|gender = Male
 
|hair = Blond
 
|hair = Blond
|death issue = [[Issue 31]]}}
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|death issue = [[Issue 31]]}}
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{{Quote|Whoa, Eugene. What's the big deal? You're getting a rematch! What's your beef?!|Harold to a furious [[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene]].|Issue 31}}
 
{{Quote|Whoa, Eugene. What's the big deal? You're getting a rematch! What's your beef?!|Harold to a furious [[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene]].|Issue 31}}
   
'''Harold Abernathy''' is a character first encountered in [[Issue 28]] of [[Image Comics]]' ''[[The Walking Dead (Comic Series)|The Walking Dead]]'' and is a lighthearted [[Woodbury, Georgia (Comic Series)|Woodbury]] cage fighter, who is mildly injured in a fight with another cage fighter, [[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene Cooney]].
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'''Harold Abernathy''' is a character first encountered in [[Issue 28]] of [[Image Comics]]' ''[[The Walking Dead (Comic Series)|The Walking Dead.]] ''He is'' ''a resident and a cage fighter of [[Woodbury, Georgia (Comic Series)|Woodbury]].
   
 
==Pre-Apocalypse==
 
==Pre-Apocalypse==
===Augusta, Georgia===
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===[[Augusta, Georgia]]===
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''Main Article: [[Harold Abernathy (Novel Series)]]''
Almost nothing is known about Harold before or as the outbreak began. He used to be a truck driver from Augusta.
 
   
 
==Post-Apocalypse==
 
==Post-Apocalypse==
===Woodbury, Georgia===
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===[[Woodbury, Georgia (Comic Series)|Woodbury, Georgia]]===
He sports a mullet and is enthralled by the sport of cage fighting. He seemed friendly and carefree. [[Stevens (Comic Series)|Stevens]] and [[Rick Grimes (Comic Series)|Rick Grimes]] refuse to watch his matches, which greatly disappoints him. He knocks out Eugene's teeth during a fight, which greatly upsets Eugene. Harold is in the middle of the process of removing his bandages from the wounds he sustained during his fight with Eugene when Eugene comes in seeking revenge. Harold tries to calm him with no avail and get his neck stabbed as Eugene calls him a "fucker".
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He sports a mullet and is enthralled by the sport of cage fighting. He seemed friendly and carefree. [[Dr. Stevens (Comic Series)|Dr. Stevens]] and [[Rick Grimes (Comic Series)|Rick Grimes]] refuse to watch his matches, which greatly disappoints him. He knocks out Eugene's teeth during a fight, which greatly upsets Eugene. Harold is in the middle of the process of removing his bandages from the wounds he sustained during his fight with Eugene when Eugene comes in seeking revenge. Harold tries to calm him with no avail and get his neck stabbed as Eugene calls him a "fucker".
   
 
==Death==
 
==Death==
===Killed By===
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;Killed By
 
*[[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene Cooney]]
 
*[[Eugene Cooney (Comic Series)|Eugene Cooney]]
While being patched up by Stevens, an angry Eugene storms in and stabs Harold in the neck.
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While being patched up by Stevens in the infirmary, an angry Eugene storms in and stabs Harold in the neck.
   
 
==Killed Victims==
 
==Killed Victims==
 
This list shows the victims Harold has killed:
 
This list shows the victims Harold has killed:
*Possibly numerous counts of [[zombies]].
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*Possibly numerous counts of [[zombies]]
   
 
==Relationships==
 
==Relationships==
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It is clear that Eugene and Harold were not friends, as proven when Eugene aggressively confronted Harold in Dr. Stevens' clinic after having his teeth knocked out by Harold. Their dialogue did not suggest any sort of friendship, and Eugene had no problem sticking a knife in Harold's throat as payback.
 
It is clear that Eugene and Harold were not friends, as proven when Eugene aggressively confronted Harold in Dr. Stevens' clinic after having his teeth knocked out by Harold. Their dialogue did not suggest any sort of friendship, and Eugene had no problem sticking a knife in Harold's throat as payback.
   
===[[Stevens (Comic Series)|Stevens]]===
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===[[Dr. Stevens (Comic Series)|Dr. Stevens]]===
 
They seemed to be on good terms. Although he didn't seem upset, he was greatly shocked after Eugene stabbed him, and panicked when he was unable to save him.
 
They seemed to be on good terms. Although he didn't seem upset, he was greatly shocked after Eugene stabbed him, and panicked when he was unable to save him.
   
 
===[[Rick Grimes (Comic Series)|Rick Grimes]]===
 
===[[Rick Grimes (Comic Series)|Rick Grimes]]===
 
Whilst he was alive, Harold was reasonably friendly to Rick and wasn't hostile whilst they were in the hospital together. Rick was enraged that he was unable to save Harold after Eugene stabbed him
 
Whilst he was alive, Harold was reasonably friendly to Rick and wasn't hostile whilst they were in the hospital together. Rick was enraged that he was unable to save Harold after Eugene stabbed him
 
=== [[Hap Abernathy (Comic Series)|Hap Abernathy]] ===
 
They were never seen together on-screen throughout the whole comics. But it's assumed that they had a good relationship, Hap was probably saddened by his son's death.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
===[[Novel|Novel Series]]===
 
*"[[The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor|The Fall of the Governor]]"
 
 
===[[The Walking Dead (Comic Series)|Comic Series]]===
 
===[[The Walking Dead (Comic Series)|Comic Series]]===
 
====[[Volume 5: The Best Defense]]====
 
====[[Volume 5: The Best Defense]]====
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*He is the first member of [[Woodbury, Georgia (Comic Series)|Woodbury]] shown to die in the [[The Walking Dead (Comic Series)|Comic Series]].
 
*He is the first member of [[Woodbury, Georgia (Comic Series)|Woodbury]] shown to die in the [[The Walking Dead (Comic Series)|Comic Series]].
 
*Harold's last name and occupation were revealed in the novel, ''[[The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor|The Fall of the Governor]]''.
 
*Harold's last name and occupation were revealed in the novel, ''[[The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor|The Fall of the Governor]]''.
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*He shares the same last name with another [[Hap Abernathy (Comic Series)|character]] from the Comic Series, thought it is unlikely that they are related.
   
 
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[[Category:Deceased]]
 
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[[Category:Novel Characters]]
 
 
[[Category:Woodbury]]
 
[[Category:Woodbury]]
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[[Category:Augusta]]
 
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Revision as of 23:57, 26 December 2019

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

Whoa, Eugene. What's the big deal? You're getting a rematch! What's your beef?!
―Harold to a furious Eugene.[src]

Harold Abernathy is a character first encountered in Issue 28 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a resident and a cage fighter of Woodbury.

Pre-Apocalypse

Augusta, Georgia

Main Article: Harold Abernathy (Novel Series)

Post-Apocalypse

Woodbury, Georgia

He sports a mullet and is enthralled by the sport of cage fighting. He seemed friendly and carefree. Dr. Stevens and Rick Grimes refuse to watch his matches, which greatly disappoints him. He knocks out Eugene's teeth during a fight, which greatly upsets Eugene. Harold is in the middle of the process of removing his bandages from the wounds he sustained during his fight with Eugene when Eugene comes in seeking revenge. Harold tries to calm him with no avail and get his neck stabbed as Eugene calls him a "fucker".

Death

Killed By

While being patched up by Stevens in the infirmary, an angry Eugene storms in and stabs Harold in the neck.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Harold has killed:

  • Possibly numerous counts of zombies

Relationships

Eugene Cooney

It is clear that Eugene and Harold were not friends, as proven when Eugene aggressively confronted Harold in Dr. Stevens' clinic after having his teeth knocked out by Harold. Their dialogue did not suggest any sort of friendship, and Eugene had no problem sticking a knife in Harold's throat as payback.

Dr. Stevens

They seemed to be on good terms. Although he didn't seem upset, he was greatly shocked after Eugene stabbed him, and panicked when he was unable to save him.

Rick Grimes

Whilst he was alive, Harold was reasonably friendly to Rick and wasn't hostile whilst they were in the hospital together. Rick was enraged that he was unable to save Harold after Eugene stabbed him

Appearances

Comic Series

Volume 5: The Best Defense

Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life

Trivia

  • He is the first member of Woodbury shown to die in the Comic Series.
  • Harold's last name and occupation were revealed in the novel, The Fall of the Governor.
  • He shares the same last name with another character from the Comic Series, thought it is unlikely that they are related.