Joe

**Joe** is a survivor of the C-Virus outbreak in Crossed: Dead or Alive.

## Personality

While his personality isn't fleshed out a lot, he seems to be loyal and dedicated to the group. He is also a gun nut, and prefers to call guns by their names.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Not much is known about Joe's life prior to the apocalypse except that he was a former cop and a fan of guns.

## Post-Apocalypse

At some point during the apocalypse, Joe joined up with Carl and his group.

### Crossed: Dead or Alive

Joe is first seen accompanying the group walking next to Carl, and later, sits near Luke while Richie and Carl keep watch. His name is revealed in Issue #3, and is seen cleaning his gun. Upon hearing about the crossed Carl spotted, he rushes over to see. Upon finding the destroyed bridge, Joe is in shock. When Carl notes that the bridge was blown up in a thorough way, Joe says that he heard that the army had been blowing up bridges to try to contain the infection, but to no avail. Joe later asks which direction to go, to which Carl decides to head back into the woods.

While in the woods, Joe hears Lauren inform him and Richie that the crossed are close, and asks how they managed to catch up so fast. After Justin accidentally steps in a rabbit hole and sprains his ankle, Joe and Tabitha tend to him. When crossed attack, Joe and Tabitha carry Justin to safety. While the others hold the crossed back. Carl then tells Lauren and Luke to go with the others while he and Richie see how far back the horde is. When getting far enough away, Justin tells Joe he may be able to walk on it.

He later appears with the group when they confront an injured Richie after he attempted to leave Carl for dead, and he, along with Lauren, begin looting his backpack. While searching through the bag, Joe takes note of the food inside and asks what berryccino is, and advises to Lauren to not lose the matches. When Richie begins ranting, Joe appears to want to kill him, but is stopped by Lauren. Joe gives Richie a gun with five bullets in it, and he, along with the others, leave Richie to be killed by the crossed.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Joe has killed:

* Numerous counts of crossed

## Relationships

#### Carl

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

Justin and Joe have a good relationship as Joe is shown tending to Justin after he sprains his ankle and helps carry him.

#### Tabitha

While not seen interacting much, it can be assumed that since Joe and Tabitha worked together to help Justin that they have a good relationship.

#### Lauren

Lauren and Joe have a good relationship as they are shown robbing Richie together. However, she does prevent him from killing Richie, but it is unknown if this caused a strain in their relationship.

#### Luke

While never seen interacting, it can be assumed that Luke and Joe have a good relationship.

#### Richie

While not seen interacting much, it's clear that like the others, Richie disliked Joe. When Joe learns of Richie's attempt to leave Carl for dead, he doesn't hesitate to loot him and leave him for dead. However, he appears to take a bit of pity on Richie, and leaves him a revolver.

## 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"