The Walking Dead Comic Dub Series (Vol 3, 4, 5)
JaceBrantley for Caesar Martinez
Accent: Hispanic-American Accent
Caesar Ramón Martínez, more generally addressed as Martínez, is a character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 27 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a fence guard in Woodbury and one of The Governor's most trusted allies. Martinez helps Rick, Glenn, Michonne, Dr. Stevens, and Alice escape Woodbury. He served as an antagonist for Volume 5: The Best Defense and as the secondary antagonist of Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life.
Martínez was a gym teacher and a children football coach before the outbreak. He divorced and never had kids, and he was not on speaking terms with his parents.
His school had been designated as a "safe zone" once the outbreak began, and it was soon home to many of the children and parents that lived in the town. He played basketball with the students before the "biters" overtook the school. Once the zombies overran the school, they killed most of the people inside, while the others (including Caesar) ran for safety; an action he would always regret.
Martínez was first seen when Rick, Glenn and Michonne first arrived at Woodbury. He, Wes and several other guards cleaned out the area around the fences of biters to let them in. After they had been weapon checked, Martínez offered to take them to see the Governor before he showed up to give the group a tour himself.
GenderMale
HairBlack
AgeEarly 30s
OccupationGym Teacher (Pre-Apocalypse)
Guard for Woodbury (Post-Apocalypse)
Family(Unnamed) - Ex-Wife
First AppearanceLast AppearanceIssue 43 (Flashback, Zombified)
Death IssueIssue 36 (Alive)
Series Lifespan#27 to #36
EthnicityHispanic-American
(Coughing up blood, slowly dying, lack of breath, angry/full of hate towards Rick)
"You selfish piece of shit. You've got the--room--the supplies for everyone in Woodbury--the whole damn town! Everyone. Fencing off the streets--protecting the town--it doesn't work that well. Biters--they always break through--we're constantly repairing fences. The prison is secure. My people deserve to be safe, too. (...) The Governor is--what he is. He sent me--but I'm not bringing him here. The others--women--children--not bad--good people. We'd be getting away from him, too. They wouldn't hurt you--your family would be fine."
(Welcoming while reassuring the safety of Rick’s Group)
“We don’t want to hurt you. Taking the weapons is for our protection. We get a lot of crazies out here. Name’s Martinez. Welcome to Woodbury, the last little town on Earth.”
(SFX of getting choked to death)
