But now that Alfred had his new look, it was time to really make things complicated.Īlfred's backstory got an upgrade, as well. So comics Alfred got a redesign to bring him into step with Austin, and despite being portrayed by a handful of actors in films that were far more successful than the serials, the look stuck. Unlike the comic book Alfred, though, Austin was a thin, mustachioed man who would look very familiar to modern readers. The most notable element to jump from the screen to the page was probably the Batcave, but actor William Austin wound up having a greater impact on the Batman legacy than anyone could've expected.Īustin played Alfred on the screen, and like his comic book counterpart, he was the bumbling comic relief for Batman's adventure against the evil Dr. The comics decided to bring a few things over to draw the same audience, much in the same way that the Superman comics had imported Kryptonite after it had been introduced on the radio show. But on Jarvis' deathbed, he asked his son to carry on the family business, so Alfred stepped away from the spotlight, hopped a two-year cruise to Gotham, and promptly discovered quite by accident that he actually was working for Batman.Īt the time, the Batman serials were doing pretty well in the movie theaters, despite being extremely terrible. Alfred had always had dreams of being an actor. Instead, he's there at the request of his father, Jarvis, who'd been Thomas and Martha Wayne's butler before, well, you know. The latter is actually pretty understandable - it's 1943, and Alfred blames the long delay on the war - but Bruce not actually wanting a butler isn't really a concern for Big Al. In the appropriately titled "Here Comes Alfred," Bruce Wayne's newest employee is a bumbling goofball, to the point where he arrives a) without actually being hired by the person for whom he intends to buttle and b) a full two years late. The identity-learner in question was, of course, Alfred, and rather than being a harrowing tale of danger, it was mostly a comedy. Considering that the lead story in that issue was about the Joker, that promise probably had a few readers at least a little worried, but they shouldn't have been. He made his first appearance in Batman #16 - hitting shelves almost exactly four years after the Caped Crusader himself - which declared on the cover that someone would learn Batman and Robin's true identities.
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