Awesome Is As Awesome Does (And He Sure Is Awesome.)

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

With all the DCAU love going on today, I thought I'd post some scans from an issue dedicated to the most badass member of the Batfamily.

The issue begins with Batman asking the other members of the BatTeam for help to save Alfred. Alfred being the lovable manservant he is, they all freak out at his kidnapping and attempt to go save him right away. They make it about five feet before a new round of bad guys attack. Meanwhile...



Alfred arranges to get the man out of the room by asking him to escort the other kidnapped victims elsewhere, telling him that he won't reveal the secret until they're alone. The remaining lackeys complain about their hunger, which Alfred promptly takes advantage of.






And people say that Batman's badass.

recommended tags: char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, char: robin/red robin/tim drake, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, title: gotham adventures

Comments

[taggerung301.insanejournal.com]

XD
*dies from the extreme awesomeness of Alfred

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Heh. I like the 'last twenty-seven times' line very much.

[comicoz.insanejournal.com]

I just love when Alfred goes all amazing.

Wonder if we could do an Alfred week.

[lbd_nytetrayn.insanejournal.com]

Provided it's more like this and less like his nincompoop detective work, sure, I'm game.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[busterella.insanejournal.com]

FUCK YEAH ALFRED. This has always been one of my favorites.

I'd be in full support of an Alfred week or a dcau week.

[jedd_the_jedi.insanejournal.com]

Alfred week! Alfred week! Aaaand...DCAU week! DCAU week!

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

LOL! 27 times. That Bruce even knows about!

[sherkahn.insanejournal.com]

I never ever get tired of saying it.

"Alfred for the win."

[endis_ni.insanejournal.com]

So much love!

[ulf_boehnke.insanejournal.com]

And he looks so utterly bored with it all.

[his_spiffyness.insanejournal.com]

Well, it is the 27th time he's gotten kidnapped.

[ametatsu.insanejournal.com]

heissoawesome

[bluejaybirdie.insanejournal.com]

Alfred is just too awesome for words. Seriously. ILU, Alfred!

[brandiweed.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Can anyone pin down whenabouts Alfred started to be badass? In his introduction he was very much the comedy relief servant (and I suppose it was only luck that he wasn't a cariacatured black servant). By the Silver Age he seemed to be getting cooler (Alan Napier gave the impression of being more than he let on in the wacky old Adam West series), but it's the Modern Age where the badassness really got ramped up (he also turned into what TVTropes would call a Deadpan Snarker, which I was particularly struck by when first reading Frank Miller's DKR. Dunno if Miller's responsible for that particular element, though).

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Can anyone pin down whenabouts Alfred started to be badass?

Gonna guess late-ish Silver Age, when someone had him fighting in WWII, rescuing Jews from concentration camps--that's right, not the ghettoes, but the CONCENTRATION CAMPS. He seduced and impregnated Madame Marie, who always gave Sgt. Rock the cold shoulder. That's when people started focusing on how bad ass Alfred was.

Essentially, Alfred's career path went something like this: Shakesperean actor, soldier/combat medic (either with the French Foreign Legion or British Army), British Intelligence Agent (think PG-rated James Bond), Shakesperean actor again, butler/chauffeur/valet (with some of that dropping in and out of continuity over the years).

Oh, and regarding the deadpan snark: Frank Miller played a big part in that in DKR and B:Y1 (especially Year One).

LOVE!!! <3

[(Anonymous)]

Alfred has always been my favorite character, this post shows just how awesome he is!!!! He used to be a spy, he knows how to do everything (cooking, cleaning, fighting, hypnotizism, etc), he raised Bruce and can stare him down while lesser men tremble, and is the most stable of the Bat family. I second Alfed week!

[shadowpsykie.insanejournal.com]

i am up for an Alfred week! he is all kinds of bad ass

[juniper200.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Here here! Alfred, awesomest of the Batfamily!

[his_spiffyness.insanejournal.com]

Proof, once again, that Alfred Pennyworth is the greatest literary valet/butler/manservant of all time.

[xlineartx.insanejournal.com]

The Brave and the Bold: Alfred/Jeeves?

[shanejayell.insanejournal.com]

Yay Alfred!
:)

[zordboy.insanejournal.com]

The fact Alfred has been kidnapped 27 times before (that Bruce knows about) is the icing on the cake, really. I love the fact that Alfred just looks bored, but I guess this would be old news for him.

Awesome.

[magus_69.insanejournal.com]

I don't know why Morrison tried to turn Bruce into Batgod. If he wanted to write Batgod, all he had to do is write Alfred correctly.

[jelly_ace.insanejournal.com]

One of my favorite Alfred moments was in Morrison's Batman and Son, actually. I think that was the only scene I liked throughout the whole arc. It had Bruce listening to Alfred, for one! And a cute scene where the two were bonding while Alfred was dressing Bruce.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

♥ Alfred.

And yet another mention of "Crocky"!

[liarashadowsong.insanejournal.com]

Have I mentioned lately that I love Alfred? Because I do. A lot. ^___^

[kijikun.insanejournal.com]

<3 Alfred

[rayerai.insanejournal.com]

Yay. :)

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

take a look at the bat-shadow in the last page. You know the one Bruce always casts whether in costume of not?

I'd say that's coming from Alfred give the position Batman's standing in.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

Yay. My new favorite Alfred story.

Even Bruce is smiling. Quick, while everyone's there and before Alfred gets away ... group hug!

[leikomgwtfbbq.insanejournal.com]

Oh, Alfred. ♥

[jelly_ace.insanejournal.com]

For more Alfred love! :)