Do You Miss Alfred?

**Pohzee** · 08-18-2021, 05:29 PM

Alfred's been dead for like a year or two now, so I'm curious to see what people's opinions have been in his absence. Do you think that his death carries an important weight, or do you feel like all of the Batman stories have been missing something that can't be fixed without him?

**Iclifton** · 08-18-2021, 05:31 PM

Na not really. However, to be fair, I have not been reading the main Batbook since Tynion took over.

Has anyone filled his role in that book?

**Drako** · 08-18-2021, 05:34 PM

I miss him and think they shouldn't have killed him. But now they better let this man rest in peace.

**Claude** · 08-18-2021, 05:37 PM

To my slight surprise - and speaking mostly for Tec, because I'm not an especial fan of what Tynion's been doing - it's massively helped Bruce as a character. He's much more dynamic when he isn't perpetually on the phone to his dad.

**InfamousBG** · 08-18-2021, 06:19 PM

I do miss him. Was I happy with his death? No but I dont think they should just bring him back like that.

**millernumber1** · 08-18-2021, 09:49 PM

Every day. He was the rock. And since he's been gone, I've liked the books a lot, but they are missing him.

**The Nice Centurion** · 07-14-2022, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Drako

I miss him and think they shouldn't have killed him. But now they better let this man rest in peace.

Haw, Haw, Haw. Are you one that believed in the Death of Superman too?
I will be surprised If they wait until the next obligatory crisis even to unbury Alfred. No rest for the domestic, I say!

Oh, and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED during City of the Bat. Only the producers showed their inability to do a real story. To make that less obvious, THEY, NOT BANE vanquished the obnoxious Butler!

**MajorHoy** · 07-14-2022, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by The Nice Centurion

Haw, Haw, Haw. Are you one that believed in the Death of Superman too?
I will be surprised If they wait until the next obligatory crisis even to unbury Alfred. No rest for the domestic, I say!

But considering how long he's been dead at this point, I'm not so confident they'll bring Alfred as quickly as you seem to be saying. How many writers for Batman and Detective Comics have we gone through since Alfred's death?

**TheKryptonMan** · 07-14-2022, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by MajorHoy

But considering how long he's been dead at this point, I'm not so confident they'll bring Alfred as quickly as you seem to be saying. How many writers for Batman and Detective Comics have we gone through since Alfred's death?

True that Alfred could have been brought back by now. I think that Alfred will not be back for sure this year , especially with Dark Crisis running the rest of the year.
I do think that there's a good chance that Alfred may come back in 2023 .
Also we obviously don't know how much of an impact Dark Crisis will have . Will it reset everything ? Or maybe just some things ? Or maybe have no effect at all ?
For now it looks like editorial at the Bat office, is using this period to have Bruce more on his own. ( Well he does have Oracle helping out ).

**Pete26** · 07-12-2023, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Drako

I miss him and think they shouldn't have killed him. But now they better let this man rest in peace.

Especially since he left everything Dick in his will.

**Triniking1234** · 07-12-2023, 05:15 AM

DC kills their elderly pretty easily but Marvel still keeps Aunt May going.

**exile001** · 07-12-2023, 06:07 AM

Originally Posted by Triniking1234

DC kills their elderly pretty easily but Marvel still keeps Aunt May going.

DC has a weird thing for killing parents/parental figures.

Marvel likes them to be gone but later revealed as super spies or aliens or demons.

**MajorHoy** · 01-09-2022, 12:13 PM

From August 2021:

Originally Posted by Pohzee

Alfred's been dead for like a year or two now, so I'm curious to see what people's opinions have been in his absence. Do you think that his death carries an important weight, or do you feel like all of the Batman stories have been missing something that can't be fixed without him?

With 68 people having voted,

* I'd like to see him back, but I'm willing to wait a bit = 30 votes
* I won't be satisfied until he's back! = 16 votes
* I don't really miss him all that much to be honest = 12 votes
* I was hesitant, but I've come around to the idea of his death and accept its importance= 10 votes

**Restingvoice** · 01-09-2022, 12:27 PM

I still can go another year without him. Tynion and Williamson have done the grief processing for Bruce and Damian, Tamaki has shown how Bruce operates alone, and Dick's announced what he's going to do with Alfred's money. The transition stories are over and now we're settling into the status quo of World Without Alfred.

So he can't come back yet. Roy's back in Titans but Academy's story is closing. The Bat fam's world without Alfred has just begun. So another year.

**TheKryptonMan** · 01-09-2022, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Restingvoice

I still can go another year without him. Tynion and Williamson have done the grief processing for Bruce and Damian, Tamaki has shown how Bruce operates alone, and Dick's announced what he's going to do with Alfred's money. The transition stories are over and now we're settling into the status quo of World Without Alfred.

So he can't come back yet. Roy's back in Titans but Academy's story is closing. The Bat fam's world without Alfred has just begun. So another year.

I have to say that I do miss Alfred . But right now is too soon to bring him back.
In a way it's good to see Bruce operating alone for now. But eventually he'll be back in Gotham where he'll have Oracle and the rest of the Bat family .
You never know if DC has another Crisis and Alfred comes back ?

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