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This article is about the Comic Series character. You may be looking for her TV Series counterparts. For other pages with the same name, see: Holly

I wanted to be the one to take your gate down, to trap you in here. I want to be here as you turn on each other... Or as you die fighting your way out. I want to see it. You can kill me if you want... But it won't affect Rick, not like you want. And it'd be good to see Abraham again. I really miss him.
―Holly to Negan.[src]

Holly is a survivor of the outbreak in Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is a resident of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Holly is also part of the construction crew alongside Abraham Ford, Tobin, and Bruce.

Overview[]

Holly is feisty, brave, and resilient woman with a tomboyish attitude. However, she is also very stubborn and hardheaded. She is a very capable individual and will stand up for herself when necessary. She is physically quite strong, as shown when she knees Tobin in the groin to the point of causing him to bleed. After Abraham saves Holly's life, the two become close and eventually enter a relationship.

After Abraham's death, Holly becomes blinded by revenge, willing to sacrifice her life to kill Abraham's killer. During their attack on the Sanctuary, Rick is supposed to ram into the fence. However, not wanting have Rick risk his life and seeing this as an opportunity to confront Dwight, Holly decides to be the one to ram the fence and does so without hesitation. While being held captive by the Saviors, Holly is completely fearless and is unfazed at the idea of being killed, nonchalantly saying she wants to see Abraham again.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Location Unknown[]

Not much is known about Holly's life prior to or as the outbreak began. It is possible she lived in or near Alexandria.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Too Far Gone[]

She made her first appearance in Issue 73, working on the expansion of the Safe-Zone's walls. They are forced to come down from the walls by the zombies, and she became completely surrounded. Abraham tried to lead a small group of Safe-Zone survivors to rescue her. The group was, however, stopped by the head of the construction group Tobin, who tried to explain that it would be completely dangerous and unnecessary to save her. Thankfully, Abraham was able to push past Tobin, and save her life in the nick of time. After Holly had been rescued, Tobin tried to explain that he was just trying to follow protocol, to which she was understandably infuriated and kicked him in the groin, calling him an "asshole".

No Way Out[]

In Issue 79, she was shown killing the zombies with the other Safe-Zone survivors, Abraham and Tobin, at the construction site.

Afterwards, it became heavily implied in Issue 80 that she and Abraham had become romantically involved without Rosita or anybody else knowing. This affair presumably came into motion due in a large part to Abraham rescuing her.

In Issue 81, she and Tobin were shown watching the rest of the Safe-Zone's walls come down. Holly ran off to get help, while Tobin, in an attempt to redeem himself for the construction site incident, stayed to fight off the oncoming horde. When Holly came back with Abraham and Rick, Tobin was shown having been torn apart by the zombies, while the help looked on in horror.

After the zombies all swarm the safe zone, Holly flees to the roof of a house where she is seen hiding.

In Issue 84, Holly discovers Rick and Michonne fighting with all their strength against the herd, to keep them off of Dr. Cloyd's home, who was treating Carl's wound. Although she's very reluctant, she joins the group of Abraham, Rosita, Aaron, Eric, Eugene, Nicholas, and Gabriel. Together the entire group fights almost to the point of exhaustion, but they manage to defeat the herd.

March To War[]

In Issue 112, Holly, along with Rick, Heath, and Nicholas run after the the Saviors in order to deal with Negan and his men once and for all. Andrea takes out the driver of Negan's truck and Rick order's Negan and his men not to move. Suddenly the guns are shot out of everyone's hands and it is revealed Negan had men hidden outside the walls. Carl tries to shoot Negan, but, he misses and hits Lucille instead. This angers Negan who demands that Carl be thrown over the wall, or he will execute Holly and the others.

Negan is about to choose his next victim, until Paul Monroe shows up and grabs a Savior by the foot, who he trips and uses as a shield from Savior gunfire.

Paul tells Holly and the others to get in a nearby trench while he fights off the Saviors.

All Out War - Part One[]

Holly is seen as one of the people who volunteers to travel with Rick, Paul and Ezekiel to The Sanctuary, the Saviors' main base. After luring roamers to converge at their location, Holly gets on one of the buses and notices that Rick isn't with them. Paul tries to keep her aboard, but Holly escapes and finds Rick. He orders her to get back on the bus before the Saviors begin shooting again, but Holly refuses. She claims it's too risky for him to sacrifice himself like this and volunteers to do it herself. Rick once again tells her to leave but Holly stands her ground again, saying the man who killed Abraham is in there. After again being told to leave, Holly knees Rick in the groin, steals the truck and drives it through the fence. Holly is wounded from the impact and falls out from the driver’s side. She is attacked by a roamer, but, Negan saves her, telling Holly that she "isn't getting off that easy." Holly is then taken captive by the Saviors. Negan mistakes Holly for Andrea and admires how quickly she had healed after the fight with Connor. Holly corrects Negan that she is not her, and she was with Abraham. Holly looks over at Dwight and reminds him of who Abraham was. Negan doesn't believe Holly and has her taken away. Holly is almost raped by David, until Negan steps in and kills him. He apologizes to Holly, and assures her that the Saviors aren't "monsters".

Holly is later taken by the Saviors back to Alexandria, offering her back in exchange for Rick's cooperation. Unable to see, due to the bag on her head, Rick leads her back into the safe-zone with the sound of his voice. Denise runs over to Holly to remove the bag from her head, and it is revealed that Holly has been previously killed and reanimated, and proceed to bite Denise on her arm. Before the zombified Holly could cause any more harm to Denise, Rick manages to shoot her in the head.

Death[]

Killed By

It's unknown how or why exactly Negan killed Holly. It's possible that he wanted to demoralize Rick, since he believed that Holly was Andrea, or eventually realized that Holly wasn't Andrea and saw no further use for her other than as a surprise weapon.

As a zombified Holly bites Denise's arm, Rick shoots her in the head.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Holly has killed:

Relationships[]

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

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

Gallery[]

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

Trivia[]

  • The Cutting Room Floor for Issue 71 reveals that Holly was originally named "Steph".
  • Kirkman confirmed in Issue 127's Letter Hacks that Negan was, in fact, the one who killed Holly.
  • It is particularly odd that Negan mistook Holly for Andrea considering she was being held hostage by him during Rick's failed ambush on Negan, while Andrea was inside the tower. This was most likely an oversight.
  • Although she has a TV Series counterpart, most of her storyline from the Comic Series is given to Sasha Williams.
    • Also her introduction in the TV Series was given to Francine.
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