Brian Blake

The Governor, whose real name is Brian Blake, is a fictional community leader, and a major antagonist featured in The Walking Dead ongoing comic book series published by Image Comics. He was introduced in issue #27 in 2006, which is the third chapter in "The Best Defense Storyline". He made thirteen regular appearances in the series (not counting flashbacks), which concluded with the death of the character in The Walking Dead #48. He was also the central protagonist of his own one-shot issue, The Governor Special in 2013. On The Walking Dead television series on AMC, the character was named Philip Blake, and was the main antagonist for season three, and the first half of season four. He was played by actor David Morrissey on the television series.

Notes & Trivia



 * The Governor cut off Rick Grimes' hand in The Walking Dead #28.


 * The Governor raped Michonne off-panel in between issues #28 and #29. Issue #29 revealed that he had committed this act.


 * Michonne tortured and mutilated the Governor in The Walking Dead #33. This included severing his penis, taking out his eye, cutting off his hand, and drilling a hole into his shoulder.


 * Final fate: Shot in the back of the head by Lilly Caul. She then pushes him into a herd of zombies, who finish him off.


 * In the comics, Brian Blake had a younger brother named Philip Blake. On the TV series, Philip Blake was the Governor.

Regular appearances

 * 1) Walking Dead 27
 * 2) Walking Dead 28
 * 3) Walking Dead 29
 * 4) Walking Dead 30
 * 5) Walking Dead 31
 * 6) Walking Dead 32
 * 7) Walking Dead 33
 * 8) Walking Dead 42
 * 9) Walking Dead 44
 * 10) Walking Dead 45
 * 11) Walking Dead 46
 * 12) Walking Dead 47
 * 13) Walking Dead 48

Flashback appearances

 * 1) Walking Dead: The Governor Special 1
 * 2) Walking Dead 43
 * 3) Walking Dead 72
 * 4) Walking Dead 75

Novel appearances

 * 1) Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
 * 2) Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury
 * 3) Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor