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This article is about the Comic Series character. You may be looking for his appearance in the Telltale Series or his TV Series counterpart.

Shawn was bitten. It was before we put up the barrier around the house. I--I couldn't help him. He died after a couple days... and turned into one of them. I didn't know what else to do. So I kept Shawn in the barn. He tried to attack us... to kill us. But I couldn't kill him... I couldn't bring myself to do that. When we found others... we just... we kept them, too.
Hershel to Rick about Shawn's death.[src]

Shawn Greene is a survivor of the outbreak in Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is Hershel's eldest son and the brother of Maggie, Billy, Lacey, Arnold, Rachel and Susie.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Greene Family Farm[]

Not much is known about Shawn's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he lived on Hershel's farm and helped out with the various jobs and services.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Main article: Shawn Greene (Telltale)

Shawn survived the initial outbreak on his family farm, but was bitten before the barrier was put around the house. A few days later, Shawn died and reanimated, but Hershel could not bring himself to kill him. Instead, he put Shawn in the barn after his corpse tried to attack his family. Hershel then began to place other friends and neighbors into the barn, believing a cure was forthcoming.

Miles Behind Us[]

When Rick Grimes and his group arrived at the farm, Rick confronted Hershel about his belief, telling him that no cure was coming. During target practice a walker walked into the line of fire. Hershel took him and attempted to put him into the barn, but the zombies broke through the door. Shawn then bit Arnold on the shoulder, devouring him. He is finally put down by Hershel when he realizes that his son will never again be a normal human being.

Following his death, he was buried on a patch of land on the farm, and a funeral was held for all three Greene children lost in the accidental release.

Death[]

Killed By

Shawn was attacked and eaten by two walkers while being pinned down by a tractor, as a man named Kenny ran away with his son Duck. A third walker would advance on him, but they were all put down by Hershel. He later reanimated and was placed inside the Greene family's barn.

As a zombified Shawn feasts on Arnold's neck, he is finally put down by a distraught Hershel when he realizes that his son will never again be a normal human being.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Shawn has killed:

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Appearances[]

Comic Series[]

Volume 2: Miles Behind Us[]

Trivia[]

  • Shawn plays a role in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead. The circumstances of his death are depicted therein. His death in the Video Game is differs significantly from how it is described in the Comic however, as in the Comic Hershel explicitly states that Shawn was bitten and died after a few days, while in the Video Game he is devoured and dies within a minute. It is possible that Hershel was exaggerating the details of his death.
  • Shawn was one of five characters introduced as zombies in the Comic Series, the others being Front, Penny, Mike and Terry.

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