Morgan Jones/Walking Dead

Morgan Jones was a supporting character featured in the critically-acclaimed comic book series The Walking Dead by Image Comics. He first appeared in the first issue of the series. The character was also featured in the 2010 television series adaptation, The Walking Dead. Played by actor Lennie James, he first appeared in the series pilot episode "Days Gone Bye".

Biography
Morgan Jones was the father of young Duane Jones and lived in the town of Cynthiana, Kentucky. When the zombie plague first began to spread across the Southeastern United States, Morgan and Duane took up shelter in an abandoned home. Duane came across their neighbor Rick Grimes sneaking about between their houses and, mistaking him for a zombie, whacked him across the back of the head with a shovel. Rick came to inside the Jones' home and Morgan apologized for his son's actions. Rick confessed that he was in the hospital for several weeks and didn't understand what was going on in the world. Morgan brought Rick up to date on everything relating to the zombie plague and even gave him some tips on how to combat them. He told him that a blow to the head was a zombie's primary vulnerability - a fact that his son and he learned the hard way. He also told him of rumors he had heard about protection shelters located in major population centers.

Morgan accompanied Rick to the empty police station to help him gather up supplies and ammunition. They came across a zombie behind a chain-link fence, but Morgan encouraged him to save his ammunition until such time that the danger was more imminent. Rick left Cynthiana, bound for Atlanta, Georgia to search for his family, but he left Morgan the use of an abandoned police cruiser to help him move about the town.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of Morgan Jones was created by writer Robert Kirkman.