Carl

**Carl** is a main character and survivor of the C-Virus outbreak in Crossed: Dead or Alive. He is also the leader of his own group.

## Personality

Carl is shown to be a soldier at heart, and is capable at dispatching crossed and leading. He commonly uses military tactics in order to survive, such as raising a fist to motion to get down or using times to tell where crossed are coming from.

He is also shown to be very loyal to the group, keeping a "no man left behind" code. However, he breaks this code when he leaves Richie for dead after he attempts to leave Carl for dead.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Not much is known about Carl's life prior to the apocalypse except that he was a Marine Drill Instructor.

## Post-Apocalypse

At some point during the apocalypse, Carl lost his marines became the leader of his own group.

### Crossed: Dead or Alive

Carl makes his first appearance in Issue #1, where he is leading the group along with Joe. Later in the night, he keeps watch with Richie, where the two of them spy on an overrun village. Carl wished to take a look in the overrun village in hope that supplies are left, as the group is running low on everything, especially water. He then asks what the crossed have, and is mortified when Richie says its one of the resident's kids. He is then shown keeping watch while the others relax, and warns the others when he spots some crossed, and leads the group in escaping the horde.

He is the first one to notice the destroyed bridge, and notes that it whoever blew up the bridge did a thorough job. He then suggests to take to the woods. After Justin falls in a rabbit hole, he, Richie, and Luke keep watch for crossed. He then tells Richie to shut up when he says helping Justin is stupid. After spotting some crossed and killing them, he decides to take Richie to see how far back the rest of the crossed are.

While walking, Carl holds up a fist to motion Richie to stop, and gets annoyed at Richie when he doesn't pay attention. While noting that the group needs to make as much space from the crossed horde as possible, he is smashed in the face with the butt of a rifle by Richie and left to die.

Carl however, is able to survive thanks to Richie not dragging him out into the open and Carl being able to sneak around the horde and get back to the others. Upon finding Richie, he angrily says that Richie planned to leave him for dead, and says that he's lucky Richie "hits like a pussy". After explaining how he managed to survive, he says that Richie's scream turned the horde of crossed around, and proceeds to leave Richie for dead.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Carl has killed:

* Richie *(Caused)*
* Numerous counts of crossed

## Relationships

#### Lauren

Carl and Lauren are shown to have a good relationship. It is clear that Lauren trusts him, as she goes along with his plans, and in turn, Carl is loyal to her. Upon learning that Carl was left for dead by Richie, she doesn't hesitate to leave Richie behind.

#### Tabitha

Carl and Tabitha are shown to have a good relationship. It is clear that Tabitha trusts him, as she goes along with his plans, and in turn, Carl is loyal to her. Upon learning that Carl was left for dead by Richie, she doesn't hesitate to leave Richie behind.

#### Joe

Carl and Joe are shown to have a good relationship. It is clear that Joe trusts him, as he goes along with his plans, and in turn, Carl is loyal to him. Upon learning that Carl was left for dead by Richie, he doesn't hesitate to leave Richie behind.

#### Justin

Carl and Justin are shown to have a good relationship. It is clear that Justin trusts him, as the goes along with his plans, and in turn, Carl is loyal to him. When Justin is injured, Carl refuses to leave him behind, and decides to hold off the crossed so Justin could be saved. Upon learning that Carl was left for dead by Richie, he doesn't hesitate to leave Richie behind.

#### Richie

Initially, Carl seemed to trust Richie enough to scavenge with him. However, he was unaware of Richie's burning hatred towards him. After Carl gets the idea to take Richie to see how far back the crossed are, Richie snaps and later smashes him in the head with a rifle and leaves him for dead. This effectively destroys their relationship. Upon finding Richie, Carl is furious at him and ignores his frantic apologies while telling him he's weak and that he couldn't leave him for dead properly. He then leaves Richie to be killed by the crossed.

## Appearances

### Crossed: Dead or Alive

* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #1"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #2"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #3"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #4"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #5"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #6"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #7"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #8"
* ''Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #9"
* "Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #10"
* "Crossed: Dead or Alive Issue #11"