is DC really resurrecting Alfred Pennyworth? (And if so, how?) It was a shocking moment, and unexpectedly, it was one that seemed to stick: four years later, Alfred Pennyworth is still dead. He died when Bane broke his neck right in front of Damian Wayne, to illustrate the cost of defying Thomas Wayne and Bane’s despotic reign of Gotham City at the time. I mean, Alfred was technically killed by Bane, but King, Daniel, and Janin were the men truly responsible (although King has since said it was intended to be a misdirect but DC pushed for the character's death to be real). Who’s currently very dead.Įxcept, perhaps that's not the case a newly-released preview for the issue seems to feature Alfred walking up to the door of Wayne Manor looking particularly alive and well, if a little damp.įor those not entirely up-to-date with Batman continuity, Alfred was killed in 2018’s Batman #77 by Tom King, Tony Daniel, and Mikel Janin. Alfred 'Heart of the Bat-Family, Dry-Witted, Hyper-Competent, and Good at Sandwiches' Pennyworth. Robin #1 cover by Mahmud Asrar and Nathan FairbairnĪs in, the late Alfred Pennyworth. And on the left, that’s Flatline, Robin’s maybe-possibly-girlfriend from the current (and wonderful) Robin series, and then there on the right is… Wait. Look, there’s Talia al Ghul, swords drawn and ready for battle. The cover is a thing of wonder, showing the title characters in mid-leap, battling against a backdrop of the background players in the story. Robin miniseries earlier this year, we unveiled Mahmud Asrar and Nathan Fairbarn’s amazing cover for the first issue.
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