Tom Blanchford (Comic Universe)

This article is about the Comic Universe character. You may be looking for his Match 3 Tales counterpart. For other pages with the same name, see: Tom

Tom Blanchford
Actor	Fred Berman (Audiobook)
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Black (Shaved Head)
Age	Early to Mid 30s
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Mechanic Post-Apocalypse Woodbury Army Soldier
Family	Unknown
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
Issue Count	4
Chapter Count	2
The Walking Dead: Comic Series
First Appearance	Issue 43
Last Appearance	Issue 48
The Walking Dead: Novel Series
First Appearance	"Doomsday Clock" ("Chapter Fifteen")
Last Appearance	"The Fall" ("Chapter Eighteen") (Corpse)
Fate
Death Chapter	"The Fall" ("Chapter Eighteen") (Confirmed Fate)

“

C'mon, we got them outnumbered! C'mon!—Let's put these evil bastards out of their misery once and for all!—COME ON!! ―Tom to his fellow soldiers.

”

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

He is described as "a big mechanic from Macon", he is "a tall, rangy man with a shaved head".

Pre-Apocalypse

Macon, Georgia

Nothing is known about Tom's life prior to or as the outbreak began except he was a mechanic from Macon.

Post-Apocalypse

Woodbury, Georgia

At some point after the outbreak began, Tom became a guard in Woodbury. The Governor often saw Tom on Martínez's crew, but never bothered to learn his name.

Made To Suffer

Tom is first seen during a flashback in Issue 43 standing among the Woodbury Army before they begin their assault on the prison. He survives the first attack and retreats along with the rest of the militia. After the Governor orders the tank to drive over the fences, Lilly Caul turns around to see the remaining members of the militia coming out from behind the vehicles with their guns raised and ready. Tom has his back pressed against the side of his flatbed and urges his fellow soldiers to follow him inside the prison and finally put the evil inhabitants of this place out of their misery. Tom and six other surviving members of the Woodbury militia weave between the vehicles and make their way across the battlefield, over the mangled chain link fence, and into the prison.

Tom busily fires his assault rifle at the barred windows of the nearest building when the Governor approaches him and orders him to gather several men together and lead them inside the prison to find any survivors trying to hide. Tom obliges and asks what it is Philip wants him to do with them. Philip angrily orders him to waste them. Tom nods and runs off towards the other gunmen.

Tom and another soldier open fire on Hershel, Billy and Patricia who are behind cover. The Governor approaches Tom and orders him to gather several men together and lead them inside to kill any survivors trying to hide. Tom obliges and gathers a small group.

At dawn the next day, after Lilly killed the Governor, Lilly notices the prison corridors are quiet and free of the dead. She takes Austin Ballard, Matthew Hennesey and Ben Buchholz with her to look for anything useful where the group comes across the remains of Tom and two other men who were sent into the prison the previous afternoon. They now lie torn to shreds on the tiles, their torsos and extremities so mutilated that they’re unrecognizable as men. Their drying blood coats the floor and walls.

Death

Killed By

• Zombies

As Lilly, Austin, Matthew and Ben search the corridor of the prison for supplies, they come across the remains of Tom and two other soldiers torn to shreds on the floor, their bodies devoured to the point where they're unrecognizable.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Tom has killed:

• Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people

Relationships

Allies Woodbury Brian Blake † - Governor Bruce Cooper † Gabriel Harris † Bob Stookey † Austin Ballard † Gloria Pyne † Lilly Caul Jared † Smitty † Red † Hap Abernathy † 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 (Comic Series)

Novel Series The Fall of the Governor - Part Two "Doomsday Clock" "Chapter Fifteen" "The Fall" "Chapter Eighteen" (Corpse)

Comic Series Volume 8: Made To Suffer Issue 43 (No Lines) Issue 44 (No Lines) Issue 47 Issue 48

Issues	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Book Four							👁	👁			✔	✔
Book Five
Book Six
Book Seven
Book Eight
Book Nine
Book Ten
Book Eleven
Book Twelve
Book Thirteen
Book Fourteen
Book Fifteen
Book Sixteen

✔	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

• Tom's name was revealed in The Fall of the Governor.
• Tom's skin color was incorrectly colored several times in the Deluxe comics:
  • In Issue 44, he is shown to be African.
  • In Issue 47, he is shown to be Caucasian.
  • In Issue 48, he is shown to be African again.
  • The confusion with his race has been something that's been portrayed in other iterations of the character with his Match 3 Tales counterpart being African-American and concept art for his All-Stars counterpart being Caucasian-American.