Axel (The Walking Dead)
| Axel | |
|---|---|
| The Walking Dead character | |
| First appearance | Issue #13 (comics) "Seed" (TV series) |
| Last appearance | Issue #47 (Alive) (comics) Issue #75 (Bonus Ending) (comics) "Home" (TV series) |
| Portrayed by | Lew Temple |
| Information | |
| Family | Unnamed (brother) |
| Significant other(s) | Patricia (comics) |
Axel is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name. He appeared in the comics in Issue 13 and outlived his fellow prisoners by a long time, until his death at the hands of the Governor.
Axel is introduced as one of the four prisoners taking refuge in the prison. He befriends Rick's group and sides with them over his fellow prisoners. He starts a relationship with Patricia. He is shot in the head during an assault on the prison and dies.
In the television series, Axel first appears in the Season 3 premiere, "Seed", as one of the five prison inmates (along with Tomas, Andrew, Big Tiny, and Oscar) where they witness Rick amputating the lower portion of Hershel's leg after he is bitten by walkers. In the episode "Sick", Rick makes a deal with the prisoners to clear out a cell block for them in exchange for half of their food. Tomas kills Big Tiny after he is scratched by a walker. Tomas tries twice to assassinate Rick while clearing out the cells, so Rick kills Tomas with his machete, and chases Andrew and locks him in a courtyard full of walkers. Rick, Daryl, and T-Dog hold Axel and Oscar at gunpoint; Axel begs for his life, but Oscar refuses to beg. Rick's group shows mercy on them and allows them to stay in the prison, though he and Oscar are told to stay in another block. In the episode "Killer Within", Oscar and Axel find it very disturbing to stay with their deceased inmates and beg Rick to let them stay. T-Dog sympathizes with the prisoners and asks Rick to let them join the group, but Rick is adamant about keeping to their earlier compromise. Later, a horde of walkers is let into the prison courtyard, resulting in the deaths of T-Dog and Lori. When the prison's sirens sound off, Oscar explains that the back-up generators are powering the alarms, and takes Rick to shut them down. Andrew, who survived and is revealed to have let the walkers loose and turned on the alarms, attacks Rick in the generator room. Oscar kills Andrew, and Oscar and Axel are then allowed to stay with the others. In the episode "Say the Word", Axel helps dig graves for those who died during the walker attack. In the episode "When the Dead Come Knocking", Axel volunteers to go to Woodbury, but stays behind to protect the prison. In the episode "Made to Suffer", Axel soon tries to win the favor of the group by trying to stir up conversations and takes a liking to Beth and Carol, flirting with them both. In the episode "The Suicide King", Axel, Hershel, and Beth, visit new arrivals Tyreese, Sasha, Allen, and Ben. In the episode "Home", Axel helps the group fortify the prison, and becomes friendly with Carol by telling her stories of his criminal past. He reveals that he was sentenced for trying to rob a convenience store with a toy gun, but the police did not believe him and found his brother's gun and assumed it to be the real weapon and he was incarcerated. He is killed by The Governor by a shot to the head as part of a surprise attack initiating his assault on the prison.
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