Gavin Turley was an American politician who served as Governor of California. He was the Republican presidential candidate that ran against President Robert Redford in the 2020 election.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Encountering the Comedian[]
Gavin Turley enlisted in the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War. During his time in Vietnam, he and his unit were sent to extract the Comedian from an abandoned post after the Tet Offensive. The Comedian was sent to the post to rescue a nurse who was left behind. When they safely left the extraction point, Turley and the Comedian shared some common ground over their nonchalance of violence. Their river boat was later ambushed, in which the nurse was fatally shot. Turley and his men made it out when the Comedian charged into the jungle, forcing them to leave him behind.
Turley saw Blake again on VVN Night when President Richard Nixon came to congratulate the troops. Turley was coming to see Nixon's speech before he saw the Comedian standing with Doctor Manhattan.
Political Career[]
At an unknown point, he became governor of California.
2020 Presidential Run[]
To be added.
Death[]
The private investigator broke one of the bottles and used it to slit Turley's throat and stab Alan in the neck.
Trivia[]
- According to author Tom King in an interview with Comicpop, the character was named after a kid with the surname Turley that King knew in the second grade.
- Gavin Turley shares several similarities with President Donald Trump. Both are hard-right politicians who spout conspiracy theories, have a focus on border control, and amass a following of right-wing Americans, mainly in the deep South.