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86-714: The Batman Adventures was created to tie-in with the Batman: The Animated Series . As the animated series changed with each successive re-branding and relaunch, so too did The Batman Adventures . It was originally conceived as a miniseries, but eventually got its status as tie-in. The success of The Batman Adventures has also led to a set of "Adventures" titles mirroring the animated series that followed Batman: The Animated Series , including Superman Adventures (based on Superman: The Animated Series ) and Justice League Adventures (based on Justice League ). Based on Batman: The Animated Series ,

172-493: A Royal Air Force combat medic and as ex- British Secret Service . In Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , an elderly Alfred still acts as Bruce's butler, mourning Bruce's diminished social contacts while continuing to loyally serve his master even after Bruce becomes Batman once again after a ten-year retirement. At the story's conclusion, having set Wayne Manor to self-destruct to protect Bruce Wayne's full secrets after his faked death during his fight with Superman, Alfred dies of

258-487: A Cockney accent, and simply arrived on Wayne Manor 's doorstep to announce that he was beginning his duties. In most early tales, he made bungling attempts to be a detective on a par with the young masters. He was given a four-page feature of his own, "The Adventures of Alfred", in Batman #22 (April–May 1944) and the feature lasted 13 issues, skipping Batman #35, with the last story in Batman #36. The stories followed

344-526: A Robin tunic and calling on the Squire to assist the new Boy Wonder in finding Tim Drake, who had gone missing while hunting down Jason Todd. Alfred also assists Grayson in his role as Gotham's new Dark Knight. Alfred is left emotionally shattered by Bruce's death, commenting more than once that, even if his biological fatherhood is a fabrication, in a deeper sense he actually was Bruce Wayne's father, having watched over him for years and feeling he failed him in

430-620: A battle in the Middle East and was given a prosthetic replacement by him. An alternate universe version of Alfred Pennyworth from Earth-3 who is the leader of the Secret Society appears in the " Trinity War " event. Alfred makes a brief appearance in the 1997 Tangent Comics one-shot issue Green Lantern in a story revolving around the Tangent versions of King Faraday and Roy Raymond . In this version, Alfred Pennyworth

516-543: A burglar in Batman #16 (Alfred's first appearance), he accidentally hit a switch and opened a sliding panel leading to the Batcave . He is helpful to the duo, following them to a theater where they had been captured, bound, and gagged by a criminal gang, and rescues them after Batman attracts his attention by knocking a rope down before the crooks return. This was revised in Batman #110 (September 1957); during his first night at Wayne Manor, Alfred awoke to moaning and followed

602-443: A confrontation with Alfred, cut off Alfred's right hand. Julia confirms to Bruce later in the issue that Alfred survived the encounter and is in a stable condition. Following the death of Bruce Wayne, Julia says that with current medical technology, they can have Alfred's hand reattached without any complications. However Alfred refuses, stating that with Bruce dead, he no longer has need of it as he has no one left to serve. Even with

688-718: A desire to destroy Batman and Robin. Calling himself the Outsider , he indirectly battled the Dynamic Duo on a number of occasions, using others as his puppets—the Grasshopper Gang in Detective #334, Zatanna in Detective #336, and even the Batmobile itself in Detective #340—and generally only appeared as a mocking voice over the radio. He did not physically appear in the comics until Detective #356, when he

774-401: A father. After discovering that the original Batman was actually lost in time after his battle with Darkseid , Alfred immediately seeks clues to his whereabouts. Eventually, Bruce finds his way to the present. After Batman successfully expands his mission globally with Batman Inc. , Bruce assumes full responsibility as a father, and Alfred assists him in raising Damian. In The New 52 , it

860-425: A group of Tibetan monks who have lost an artifact, agreeing to recover the artifact in exchange for their secret of flight (the winged costume). He succeeds in gaining the artifact back from Ra's al Ghul . Succeeding, he visits Batman and reveals his new identity of Nightwing to him, Alfred, Batgirl, and Robin. A new series based on The New Batman Adventures titled Batman: Gotham Adventures ran for 60 issues. This

946-494: A hallucination of Alfred Batman was experiencing due to exposure to a new form of Joker toxin reminded Bruce that this body wasn't him. When the demon Nezha used Damian Wayne to attack Lazarus Island, he reanimated Alfred's corpse to spy on Batman, using a portion of Alfred's real soul to make the impersonation convincing. However, Batman soon realised that this version of Alfred wasn't his true self, keeping "Alfred" in play so that he could feed Nezha false information. When "Alfred"

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1032-448: A hostage, only to be disabled by a well timed sucker punch from Alfred. Presumably due to his lack of superpowers, the advanced combat training Bruce's other associates have, and Alfred's age, Alfred is the only member of the " Batman Family " that Bruce does not mind using a firearm , in his case favoring a shotgun when dealing with direct attacks on his person. Current issues of the various Batman comics seem to indicate that Alfred

1118-671: A letter to his son in which he describes the manor as a cursed place, and tells Alfred that he should not begin his service under the Wayne family. However, Jarvis was unable to send the letter as he was murdered that night. During Batman: Eternal , Alfred is reunited with his long-absent daughter, Julia Pennyworth, an agent of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment , when Batman finds her in Hong Kong and takes her back to Wayne Manor for medical treatment after she

1204-409: A machine that will theoretically download all of his memories as Batman into his mind. Bruce's original plan was for the machine to be used to create a series of clones of himself that could be programmed to continue his mission, but although the process failed because simulations confirmed that the human mind could not handle Batman's trauma, Bruce comes through the process by having Alfred take him to

1290-551: A member of Batman's rogue's gallery: While pushing Batman and Robin out of the way of a falling boulder, Alfred was seemingly killed in Detective Comics #328 (June 1964). It was revealed in Detective Comics #356 (October 1966) that he had been revived by a scientist named Brandon Crawford. His attempt at regeneration resulted in a dramatic change: Alfred awoke from his apparent death with pasty white skin with circular markings, superhuman powers, including telekinesis , and

1376-545: A poison unleashed by some terrorists and leaves Earth to trace a radiation source that should cure him (though not lethal to Superman, the poison makes him a danger to the rest of Earth). Lobo is pointed to an artifact called the Nirvana Crystal, which emits the radiation source Superman requires. The two team up (not with the best of results) and head to the Maracot System. The owner of the crystal, Squeed,

1462-476: A reason for the murder of Bruce's mother Martha . Alfred later denies the entire story, agreeing with Bruce that it was a fabrication. After the event of Final Crisis , when Batman is apparently killed in action, Alfred finds himself with the task of raising Bruce's biological son Damian with Grayson. Batman: Battle for the Cowl sees Alfred allowing Damian to take on his first mission as Robin, giving Damian

1548-415: A simple formula, with Alfred solving a crime and catching the culprits entirely by accident. In later years, the comedic aspects of the character were downplayed. The Pre- Crisis comics (the comics that were published by DC Comics between 1938 and 1984) established Alfred as a retired actor and intelligence agent who followed the deathbed wish of his dying father (identified only as "Jarvis") to carry on

1634-422: A smuggling operation by Two-Face and discovers an ancient African tribe, where he learns combat techniques from them, finally taking the first steps out of Batman's shadow. In Africa, Dick develops a new persona for himself: Nightwing . Book Four : Batman becomes angrier and more driven because of Dick's departure – his new partner, Batgirl, is concerned over his change in personality. One night, while on

1720-422: A stroke, his last thoughts being to consider how utterly proper it is that he should die as Wayne Manor ceases to exist. In the sequel, Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again , the Batcave computer has been programmed with an artificial intelligence named and apparently patterned after Alfred, to the point that it refers to Bruce as "Sir". In DCeased , Alfred became the newest host for The Spectre as he

1806-420: A thin moustache . DC editors wanted the comic Alfred to resemble his cinematic counterpart, so in Detective Comics #83 (January 1944), Alfred vacationed at a health resort, where he slimmed down and grew a mustache. This look has remained with the character ever since, even surviving his apparent "death" and resurrection. Alfred was originally conceived as a comedic foil for Batman and Robin ; he spoke with

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1892-506: Is a pioneer in and has also mastered several fields of rose breeding (even creating his own, the "Pennyworth Blue"), computer programming , electrical engineering , chemical engineering , mechanical engineering , nanotechnology , and biotechnology as he singlehandedly builds, programs, and maintains much of Batman's next-generational technology such as the Batcomputer . In Frank Miller and Jim Lee 's All Star Batman and Robin

1978-486: Is a sister title to The Batman Adventures (based on Batman: The Animated Series ) and Justice League Adventures (based on Justice League ). While the comic relied mostly on the cast from the animated series, there were a few characters who only appeared in the comic, such as General Zod , Brad Wilson (from Superman III ), Bizarro Lois Lane, Krypto , and Sandman (from " The Sandman Saga "). Batman and Superman Adventures: World's Finest (December 1997)

2064-403: Is actually Barbara Gordon while watching her play tennis against Dick – he realizes that she moves just like Batgirl. Batman decides to take Batgirl under his wing and give her the training she needs. Robin is upset by this decision and argues with Batman, but refuses to change his mind. Book Two : Bruce and Dick continue their argument up through Dick's college graduation ceremony. When

2150-582: Is also aware of Bruce's secret identity. He ends the relationship after she apparently allows Stephanie Brown to die from neglect. He also develops feelings for Tim Drake's stepmother, but again, nothing comes of it. In the Knightfall story arc, Alfred watches helplessly as Batman slowly crumbles under the pressure of fighting every escaped criminal in Arkham Asylum , who were set free by Bane . When Bane breaks Batman's back, Alfred tries to treat

2236-497: Is an adaptation of the 3-part episode of the same name. The adaptation is mostly faithful to the animated version. An additional scene shows Batman discussing with Alfred his problem with Superman (his tendency to rush in without thinking). The story was written by Paul Dini, with penciling by Joe Staton , and inks by Terry Beatty . In Superman Adventures Special: Superman vs Lobo: Misery in Space (February 1998), Superman inhales

2322-746: Is bathed again in the rays of the regeneration machine during a struggle with Batman, and returns to normal, with no memory of his time as a supervillain. His time as the Outsider is collected in Showcase Presents: Batman Volume s 1 and 2 . Alfred was later reunited with his long-lost daughter, Julia Remarque, though this element was not included in Post- Crisis comics. Her mother was the war heroine Mademoiselle Marie , whom Alfred had met while working as an intelligence agent in occupied France during World War II . In

2408-485: Is briefly transferred to Arkham Asylum before it is attacked as part of the conspiracy, but he manages to survive the explosion and trick Bane into helping him reach an emergency cave Batman had installed under Arkham, the cave's defenses knocking Bane out and allowing Alfred to call for help. When Hush was briefly kept prisoner in the Batcave, he managed to break out of his cell and lock Alfred in it before sabotaging

2494-638: Is captured and shown Alfred's body, but a recorded message reveals that he arranged for his own death so that Bruce could come back and stop Thomas, the message reaffirming Alfred's faith in Bruce as the true Batman. In Nightwing #78, Barbara visits Dick Grayson and reveals that Alfred was a billionaire, due to stock from Wayne Industries after Alfred became Bruce's legal guardian. Barbara then tells Dick that Alfred has left his fortune to Dick in his will. As part of Joker's mass assault on Gotham, he managed to temporarily reanimate Alfred's corpse to taunt Batman, but

2580-755: Is co-written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett , producers of the original animated television series, and illustrated by Ty Templeton , who also worked on previous comics inspired by Batman: TAS . The limited series was initially released as a "digital first" comic, beginning in April 2020. The miniseries lasted eight issues. In March 2021, DC announced Season II of the series, with Issue 1 published in June 2021. As of June 2021, DC has planned seven issues for Season II . While there were many characters who never appeared in Batman: The Animated Series ,

2666-594: Is derived from his middle names. His full name of Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth was depicted on his tombstone in Superman/Batman : Generations . Grant Morrison 's run has referred to the Beagle surname as a possible stage name. A highly intelligent and resourceful man, Alfred runs the day-to-day operations of Wayne Manor and maintains much of the equipment of the Batcave beneath it. A former actor, he can use his acting and disguise skills to help Batman in

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2752-542: Is determined to launch it into the sun to cleanse the universe of evil (as his wife was killed in an accident, but he assumes it to be an evil act). Superman, much to Lobo's dismay, has to destroy the crystal to keep it from going into the sun. The energy from the destruction of the crystal results in Superman's ailment being cured. He leaves to go back to Earth before the council of Maracot can repay him and Lobo with their treasury. Lobo claims he will give Superman his share of

2838-523: Is killed as Batman uses him as a body shield against an attack by a possessed Nightwing, enough of Alfred's real self manifests to assure Batman that he didn't kill Alfred again as he wasn't actually alive now anyway. After Penguin's faked death activated Failsafe, a robot created by the Batman of Zur-En-Arh personality to go after Batman if he broke his rule, it was revealed that Failsafe could only be deactivated if Alfred confirmed that Batman had not crossed

2924-567: Is killed during the feud, Alfred inherits his estate and moves to Arizona, while allowing Dick Grayson and his son Jake to stay in Wayne Manor. Though Alfred does not approve of Grayson's crusade against superhumans after Bruce's death, he still occasionally visits him. When Grayson discovered that Jake is beginning to develop powers, his house is invaded by his own police force, the Crusaders, to take Jake away. Alfred attempts to strike one of

3010-508: Is revealed that Alfred's father Jarvis Pennyworth was the butler of the Wayne family before Alfred when Bruce was a child. Jarvis was blackmailed by the Court of Owls to set a trap for the pregnant Martha Wayne. Despite declining, the Court managed to cause a car accident that caused the child to be born prematurely and eventually to have died. Jarvis attempted to resign from his service and write

3096-489: Is stabbed with a samurai sword through the chest by a Chinese gang boss she was hunting. Julia is initially hostile to Alfred, feeling that he has wasted his life going from a soldier to tending to a " fop " like Bruce Wayne. However, after Alfred is attacked by Hush and infected with a fear toxin, she discovers the Batcave and takes on her father's role to coordinate the Bat-Family's efforts against their foes. Alfred

3182-539: Is still "alive" within him until Alfred chose to serve the Batman Who Laughs on his own, but the "prime" Alfred denies that any version of him could do this. In this alternate reality, Nightwing ends an ongoing feud between superpowered beings by activating a device that de-powers 90 percent of the super powered population. This builds to a future where superpowers are outlawed and any superpowered being must take inhibitor medications or be imprisoned. When Bruce

3268-571: Is still nearly as resourceful. In one story in which he is kidnapped, he readily escapes and overcomes his captors without disturbing the cut of his suit. It was later mentioned that he had been kidnapped unsuccessfully 380 times (these events take place in the Gotham Adventures comics, based on the animated adventures of Batman, and not within the standard DCU continuity). During Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul , Ubu, Ra's al Ghul 's musclebound bodyguard, attempts to use Alfred as

3354-624: Is the head of a publishing empire that owned "the House Of Mystery". In an alternate reality depicted in the Metals crossover, Alfred is killed by Bane, prompting Bruce to request Cyborg 's help in completing 'the Alfred Protocol', an artificial intelligence version of Alfred, created to allow Batman to keep some aspect of his 'father' with him. Once the Alfred Protocol is completed, its fixation on protecting its 'son' results in

3440-464: The A.I. version of Alfred murdering all of Batman's rogues gallery before merging with Bruce. The Batman Who Laughs – a monstrous version of Batman contaminated by the same chemicals that drove the Joker insane – claims that Alfred is the only member of his old family he left alive back on his world. The villain claims that he drove his own version of Alfred insane by implying that his original self

3526-558: The Batman Adventures series would occasionally introduce and feature characters who never made it to the screen. The Learn Spanish with Batman series includes relettered speech bubbles, with over 300 Spanish words and phrases in red replacing the original text. Outside the comic panels frame, the replaced Spanish and the correspoding English texts are printed at the page border, but the English texts do not necessarily matching

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3612-593: The Batman Family 's equipment via the Batcomputer as they fought various villains, including crashing the Batwing with Batman still in it. However, he was swiftly returned to captivity when Alfred escaped the cell and knocked Hush out, Alfred harshly informing Tommy that he was hardly going to be locked up in his own home. During the Batman: Endgame arc, the Joker broke into the Batcave, and during

3698-402: The Batman family , including Barbara Gordon and Cassandra Cain . Alfred often acts as a father figure to Bruce, and a grandfather to Dick, Jason, and Tim. He is also highly respected by Batman's fellow superheroes, including Superman , Wonder Woman , Green Lantern , and the original Teen Titans . Alfred has also been romantically linked to Dr. Leslie Thompkins , a Wayne family friend who

3784-450: The Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice") and Grant Walker (from the episode "Deep Freeze" and from Batman: Gotham Adventures #5). Other differences include Nora's visit with Koonak (from Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero ) happening earlier in the issue, as well as focus on the deterioration of Nightwing and Batgirl's relationship. The Red Hood appears at the end of Batman Adventures vol. 2, #8. The creative team behind

3870-475: The Joker unleashes a radar jammer that can cause aircraft to crash, Batman and Batgirl battle him and his gang before Dick, as Robin, intervenes. The Joker is defeated, but Dick is so enraged at Batman, for putting Batgirl in danger and not telling him that she was Barbara, that he punches him and storms away. He decides to leave Gotham City, despite the protests of Alfred and Barbara. Book Three : Dick breaks up

3956-595: The superhero Batman . Alfred is depicted as Batman's loyal and tireless butler , legal guardian, best friend, aide-de-camp , and surrogate father figure following the murders of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne . As a British noble who is a classically trained butler and an ex- Special Operations Executive operative of honor and ethics with connections within the intelligence community, he has been called "Batman's batman ". He serves as Bruce's moral anchor while providing comic relief with his sardonic and cynical attitude; as an amnesiac , he has also served as

4042-866: The supervillainous Outsider . A vital part of the Batman mythos , Alfred was nominated for the Wizard Fan Award for Favorite Supporting Male Character in 1994. Bane killed Alfred in 2019 during the City of Bane storyline, and he remains dead in the primary continuity of the DC Universe as of 2024. In non-comics media, the character has been portrayed in live-action and voiced by actors William Austin , Eric Wilton, Michael Gough , Michael Caine , Jeremy Irons , Douglas Hodge , and Andy Serkis on film, and by Alan Napier , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Ian Abercrombie , David McCallum , and Sean Pertwee on television, among others. Ralph Fiennes provided

4128-742: The Bahamas before returning to England. Dick Grayson tracks him down several months later and convinces him to return to Wayne Manor . In that story, it is revealed he had walked out of his own wedding years earlier. His resourcefulness comes to the fore in the No Man's Land storyline, especially in Legends of the Dark Knight #118. Batman goes missing for weeks, leaving Alfred alone to watch his city for him. He uses his skills as an actor, storyteller, medic, and spy to survive and collect information on

4214-471: The Boy Wonder , Alfred is a tougher individual with a different backstory. Following Batman's assault on the corrupt Gotham City police, Alfred and Vicki Vale are caught in the devastating car wreckage Batman creates (not aware of their presence) and Vale is badly hurt. Alfred is seen, shirtless and muscled, applying a tourniquet and generally taking control of the situation. He is described as having been

4300-678: The Phantasm ), and the Powers family (including an infant Derek Powers from Batman Beyond ). Several years later, the 2020 miniseries The Batman Adventures Continue , drawn by Templeton, introduced the Jason Todd version of The Red Hood into the DCAU continuity. To coincide with Batman: The Adventures Continue series (see below), DC published an ongoing monthly all-ages reprint series titled DC Classics: The Batman Adventures starting with

4386-463: The Post- Crisis comics continuity , Alfred has been the Wayne family butler all of Bruce's life and had helped his master establish his superhero career from the beginning. In addition, he was Bruce's legal guardian and father figure following the murder of the boy's parents. Alfred's history has been modified several times over the years, creating assorted versions. In one such version, Alfred

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4472-453: The Waynes, his father having been butler for Bruce's grandparents. At the time he begins working for the Waynes, Bruce is a young child. After several months, Alfred voices the desire to quit and return home to continue his life as an actor. However, these plans are momentarily forgotten when young Bruce returns home after getting into a fight with a school bully. Alfred teaches Bruce to outsmart

4558-439: The bully, rather than use brute force. When Alfred's advice works, Bruce asks him to stay, and he agrees without a second thought. Shortly afterward, Bruce's parents are murdered, and Alfred steps in as the boy's legal guardian. Alfred later helps Bruce raise his adopted wards Dick Grayson , Jason Todd , and Tim Drake , all of whom also become his crimefighting partner, Robin . He also has close friendships with other members of

4644-454: The cancellation of Batman: Gotham Adventures . The first issue was made available through regular purchases and Free Comic Book Day (May 3, 2003). It ran for 17 issues before being canceled to make way for The Batman Strikes! , a new title based on the new, unrelated, animated series The Batman . Every issue had two stories, one by Dan Slott and Ty Templeton , while the other was by Ty Templeton and Rick Burchett . The running plot in

4730-426: The field when necessary, and is even capable of impersonating Bruce Wayne on the telephone convincingly, as well as giving Bruce various lessons that help him maintain his covers. He has also provided first aid up to and including suturing wounds and removing bullets, as well as occasional tactical support. He is also able to perform arthroscopy and other advanced medical procedures, thus limiting, if not eliminating,

4816-657: The first series ran for 36 issues, 2 annuals, and 3 specials ( Mad Love and Holiday Special , which were both adapted into episodes for The New Batman Adventures , plus an adaptation of the Batman: Mask of the Phantasm movie). The first annual introduces Roxy Rocket , who would later appear in The New Batman Adventures episode "The Ultimate Thrill" and the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Knight Time". Most of

4902-554: The gap between the end of Batman: The Animated Series and the start of the new show. Additionally, the first two issues were adapted from the episode "Old Wounds," and issues #4 and the end of issue #5 were adaptations of the episode "Sins of the Father". Book One : Robin (Dick Grayson) voices his disapproval regarding Batman 's tolerance of the crime-fighting activities of the relatively untrained Batgirl and takes it upon himself to stop her. Subsequently, Batman deduces that Batgirl

4988-487: The hit, however, after realizing that committing cold-blooded murder would betray Batman's ideals. In Batman #77 (part of the "City of Bane" storyline), an evil version of Thomas Wayne from an alternate dimension invades Gotham City and defeats Batman, and uses Alfred as a hostage to keep the rest of the Bat-Family out. At Thomas' behest, Bane breaks Alfred's neck, killing him after Robin sneaks into Gotham City to rescue him and defeat Bane. When Bruce comes back to Gotham, he

5074-548: The injury, but Batman remains paraplegic and a wheelchair user. During the events of Knightquest , Alfred accompanies Bruce to England and becomes enraged when he insists on endangering his own health. This is the culmination of several weeks of Bruce's self-destructive behavior, and when Bruce returns to Gotham City , Alfred remains in England, tendering his resignation. He spends some time vacationing in Antarctica and

5160-500: The issues were written by Kelley Puckett, and illustrated by Mike Parobeck and Rick Burchett, though Ty Templeton did the writing and art on a few issues. Mad Love was written by Paul Dini and illustrated by Bruce Timm , while the holiday special was written and illustrated by a number of creative people who had worked on the animated series, including Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami , Dan Riba , and Kevin Altieri . Following

5246-613: The last moments. In the Batman and the Outsiders Special , Alfred is seen apologizing at the graves of Thomas and Martha Wayne for Bruce's death, commenting that he grieves as a parent, regarding Bruce as his son. Later, a secret panel in Alfred's room opens, the result of a fail-safe planted by Bruce in the event of his death. Bruce leaves him one final task and also bids him an emotional goodbye, telling Alfred he considered him as

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5332-459: The latter, Alfred is among the many Gotham citizens blackmailed by Two-Face into stopping Batman from providing Two-Face's former self, Harvey Dent, a cure for his split personality ; Alfred in particular reluctantly shoots down the Batwing as Batman is flying it. When asked, Alfred reveals his secret; years earlier, he had hired a hitman to kill the Joker after the villain murdered Jason Todd and disabled Barbara Gordon . Alfred soon cancelled

5418-424: The line, but there was no protocol in place for what might happen if Alfred died before Failsafe was activated. In 1945, Alfred's name was given officially as Alfred Beagle . This name was subsequently given to an alternative version of the character from the world of Earth-Two , and Pennyworth became Alfred's accepted surname in the mainstream continuity. Alfred has also used the alias " Thaddeus Crane ", which

5504-403: The loss of Bruce as Batman, Alfred still assists the Batman Family in the Batcave along with Julia. After Bruce is discovered to be alive but with no memory of who he is or of his life as Batman, Alfred tells Bruce everything that had happened in his life up to the point of the creation of Batman, but accepts Bruce's request not to learn any more. Alfred did this so that, after years of service to

5590-585: The need for hospital medical treatment even in the face of grievous injuries, helping to maintain Batman's secret identity by ensuring that Bruce Wayne has no need to visit hospitals for wounds inflicted on Batman. Nevertheless, Batman still requires professional medical treatment when Bane breaks his back ( Batman: Knightfall ) and Hush 's machinations result in him sustaining a skull fracture ( Batman: Hush ). On these occasions, Alfred admits that his own skills are inadequate for such medical procedures. While not as skilled at martial arts as Bruce Wayne, Alfred

5676-521: The ones in original publications. The Aprende Ingles Con Batman versions are in English text. Superman Adventures Superman Adventures is a DC Comics comic book series featuring Superman . It is set in the continuity (and style) of Superman: The Animated Series . It ran for 66 issues between 1996 and 2002. Writers on the series included Paul Dini , Mark Evanier , Devin Grayson , Scott McCloud , Mark Millar , and Ty Templeton . It

5762-473: The page border, but the English texts do not necessarily matching the ones in original publications. The Aprende Ingles Con Superman versions are in English text. Alfred Pennyworth Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth , originally Alfred Beagle and commonly known simply as Alfred , is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , most commonly in association with

5848-470: The people of Gotham and the world, Bruce could finally accept his reward of a life without pain and the burning desire to be Batman, allowing his life as Bruce Wayne to finally begin. However, when the new villain Mr. Bloom launches a mass attack that apparently kills Jim Gordon—the new Batman—the amnesic Bruce pieces together enough information to deduce that he was once Batman, and convinces Alfred to subject him to

5934-489: The point of brain-death and then download his memories onto his blank brain. With his master restored, Alfred's hand is subsequently reattached, Bruce joking that they used a random hand from the reserves rather than keeping Alfred's hand on ice all this time. Following the 2016 DC Rebirth continuity reboot, Alfred appears in Detective Comics and the third volume of Batman , as well as in All-Star Batman . In

6020-445: The re-branding of the animated series as The Adventures of Batman and Robin , the comic series was relaunched. It ran for 25 issues and 2 annuals, as well as 2 specials (an adaptation of Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero ; and Dark Claw Adventures , a non-canon Amalgam comic featuring the Batman - Wolverine hybrid). Ty Templeton was the regular writer, with Rick Burchett as the artist. However, according to colorist Rick Taylor,

6106-491: The recently destroyed Gotham City. Alfred even uses hand-to-hand combat in a rare one-panel fight sequence between him and a pair of slavers that ends with his rescue by Batman. In Batman #677, agents of Batman's mysterious enemy Black Glove attack and beat Alfred in front of Bruce and Jezebel Jet , severely injuring him. In the same issue, a reporter from The Gotham Gazette suggests to Commissioner Jim Gordon that Alfred may be Bruce's biological father and that this may be

6192-425: The reprinting of The Batman Adventures (vol. 1) issue #1, until the series ended with issue #7 (collecting The Batman Adventures (vol. 1) issue #7). Each issue had a US $ 1.99 cover price. The series ran from June 2020 to December 2020 (cover dated Aug. 2020 - Feb. 2021). Batman: The Adventures Continue is a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series and its follow-up The New Batman Adventures . The book

6278-404: The reward and the issue ends with him asking, "Would I lie?" The story was written by David Michelinie , with art by John Delaney and Mike Manley. The Learn Spanish with Superman series includes relettered speech bubbles, with over 300 Spanish words and phrases in red replacing the original text. Outside the comic panels frame, the replaced Spanish and the correspoding English texts are printed at

6364-496: The series is that The Penguin has managed to be elected Mayor of Gotham and has ordered the police led by a reluctant James Gordon to pursue and arrest Batman. Batman for his part refuses to believe the election of Penguin was legitimate and amid his other crime fighting efforts pursues evidence to de legitimize Penguin’s mayoralty. Issue #15, written by Jason Hall , bridges the gap between Mr. Freeze 's appearances in Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond . Issue #17 ends

6450-521: The series was cancelled before many planned stories could be published. Some of them included another Batgirl and Robin team up, Batman teaching a grieving widower the futility of vengeance, the origin of the Threatening Three and the first appearance of Anarky . Shortly after The New Batman Adventures began airing on Kids WB!, DC Comics published a five issue miniseries titled The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years . This series bridged

6536-504: The series with Batman confronting Joe Chill , the man who murdered his parents, although he is unaware of Chill's true identity. The issue would have been a prequel to the Batman Beyond episode "Meltdown". Warren Powers, head of Powers Technology, acquires Mr. Freeze 's head and places it insides his vault. Warren Powers is the father of Derek Powers. The issue would also have shown the Mr. Freeze robot killing Ferris Boyle (from

6622-474: The sound to the secret passage to the staircase leading to the Batcave and met his would-be employers in their superhero identities with Batman wounded in the field. As it turned out, the wounds were actually insignificant, but Alfred's care convinced the residents that their butler could be trusted. Since then, Alfred cheerfully included the support staff duties of the Dynamic Duo on top of his regular tasks. Ironically, Alfred's loyalty would lead him to become

6708-550: The story ( Dan Slott and Ty Templeton ) had hoped for a chance to resolve the subplot, but then the series was canceled. This version of Red Hood was supposed to be someone crucial to the DC animated universe . Slott revealed that Andrea Beaumont's mother had faked her death in the movie. He also mentioned that the background of the character would tie into subplots concerning Lucius Fox , the Valestra crime family (from Batman: Mask of

6794-468: The tradition of serving the Wayne family. To that end, Alfred introduced himself to Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson at Wayne Manor and insisted on becoming their butler. Although the pair did not want one, especially since they did not want to jeopardize their secret identities with a servant in the house, they did not have the heart to reject Alfred. (The name "Pennyworth" was first used for Alfred in 1969, and thereafter it has been assumed that his father

6880-549: The trail of Two-Face , Batman saves young Tim Drake , son of petty criminal "Shifty" Drake. Shifty was trying to stop Two-Face from holding Gotham City ransom prior to his death (his body was found in Metropolis), and Tim seeks to honor his father's dying wish. Batman trained Tim into Robin to save him from a life of crime. Two-Face was captured and Batman took in Tim as his second ward. Book Five : Dick joins an expedition to find

6966-573: The voice of Alfred in the animated Lego Movie franchise , and Martin Jarvis voiced the character in the Batman: Arkham video game series. A young version of Pertwee's Alfred, played by Jack Bannon , depicts the character before he became the butler to the Wayne family in the television series Pennyworth . The character first appeared in Batman #16 (April 1944), by writer Don Cameron and artist Bob Kane . Evidence suggests that Alfred

7052-417: Was created by the writers of the 1943 Batman serial —Victor McLeod, Leslie Swabacker, and Harry Fraser—and that DC Comics asked Don Cameron to write the first Alfred story, which was published prior to the serial's release. In Alfred's first appearance, he was overweight and clean-shaven; however, when the 1943 Batman serial was released, William Austin , the actor who played Alfred, was trim and sported

7138-499: Was hired away from the British Royal Family by Bruce's parents, and he virtually raised Bruce after they were murdered. Meanwhile, another version of Alfred's Post- Crisis life was slightly more closely linked to his Pre- Crisis counterpart. In this version, Alfred is an actor on the English stage who agrees to become the Waynes' butler to honor his father's dying wish that he continue the "family business" of serving

7224-457: Was named Jarvis Pennyworth; as it is customary for British domestic servants to be called by surname it might have been implied on Alfred's introduction that Jarvis was the surname he shared with his father. The surname "Beagle" was explicitly used for Alfred starting in 1945 and on the introduction of "Pennyworth" this is treated as having always been their name by retcon .) Initially, Alfred discovered their identities by accident; while fighting

7310-629: Was the last survivor of the Bat Family after a plague claimed most of the heroes. The Spectre himself was defeated in battle with Mxyzptlk and Corrigan was killed, thus possessing a rage-filled Alfred to battle the corrupted New Gods . Alfred appears as a main character in Geoff Johns ' and Gary Frank 's Batman: Earth One . This version is a former member of the Royal Marines who lost his right leg while saving Thomas Wayne during

7396-465: Was the longest-running series in the Batman Adventures line. Early issues were written by Ty Templeton and illustrated by Rick Burchett, while the team of Scott Peterson , Tim Levins , and Terry Beatty did most of the later issues. Batgirl and Nightwing appeared in most of the later issues. This series received a lot of positive reviews and was praised for its level of characterization. In 2003, DC Comics launched Batman Adventures , shortly after

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