Eugene Porter is a main character first encountered in Issue 53 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. Often appearing awkward, sloppy and depressed, he is a supposed government scientist who knows how the apocalypse started and how it can be cured. Eugene was traveling with Abraham and Rosita who protected him with their lives, until stumbling across Rick's group and revealing that his mission is a lie. Despite putting everybody's lives at risk he slowly becomes a vitally functional and hardened survivor who also displays brutal loyalty towards his friends. Eugene is in the lead of the Herd-Duty Crew and Ammunitions Production under Rick's management, and has become extremely valuable to the survivors. Eugene is the only post-prison survivor still alive.