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Alfred Pennyworth
The man who raised Batman. Ex-SAS, current butler, permanent father figure. The only one who can tell Bruce when he's being an idiot.
Quick answer
Gotham Vault currently connects Alfred Pennyworth to 175 Batman-related comic issue pages. Use this character page as a canonical hub for appearances, story arcs, and reading paths.
Quick facts
- Total appearances: 175
- Date range: 1943-04-30 → 2026-02-01
- First listed issue: Batman #16: The Joker Reforms
- Latest listed issue: Absolute Batman #15: The Joker
Citation summary
Gotham Vault lists 175 issue appearances for Alfred Pennyworth, spanning 1943-04-30 → 2026-02-01. The most common series include Batman, Absolute Batman, Batman: The Dark Knight, with story arc links including A Lonely Place of Dying, Batman: Year One, Cataclysm.
Issue appearances
- #1
Batman #16: The Joker Reforms1943-04-30 - #2
Batman #22: The Duped Domestics1944-04-30 - #3
Batman #23: The Upside Down Crimes1944-06-30 - #4
Batman #24: It Happened in Rome1944-08-31 - #5
Batman #25: Are Two Villains Better Than One?1944-10-31 - #6
Batman #31: Punch and Judy / Alfred, Armchair Detective! / Vanishing Village / Trade Marks of Crime1945-10-31 - #7
Batman #33: Crime On the Wing1946-02-01 - #8
Batman #34: Marathon Of Menace!1946-04-01 - #9
Batman #36: Sir Batman and Robin in King Arthurs Court1946-08-01 - #10
Batman #40: The 13 Club!1947-04-30 - #11
Batman #52: The Man With the Automatic Brain!1949-04-01 - #12
Batman #55: The Case of the 48 Jokers1949-10-01 - #13
Batman #63: The Joker's Crime Costumes! / The Case of the Flying Saucers / The Origin of Killer Moth!1951-02-28 - #14
Batman #67: The Mystery Rope! / The Man Who Wrote The Joker's Jokes / The Lost Legion Of Space1951-10-01 - #15
Batman #68: The Atom Cave Raiders / The Secret Life Of Batman's Butler / The New Crimes Of Two-Face!1951-12-01 - #16
Batman #70: The Robot Cop Of Gotham City! / The Masterminds Of Crime / The Parasols Of Plunder1952-04-01 - #17
Batman #73: Guns For Hire / Vicki Vale's Secret / The Joker's Utility Belt!1952-10-31 - #18
Batman #74: The Crazy Crime Clown! / The Movie That Killed Batman / The Water Crimes of Mr.Hydro1952-12-31 - #19
Batman #81: Two-Face Strikes Again!1954-02-01 - #20
Batman #83: The Testing of Batman1954-04-01 - #21
Batman #85: The Costume of Doom1954-08-01 - #22
Batman #87: Batman Falls in Love!1954-10-01The Dark Knight Returns - #23
Batman #92: Ace, the Bat-Hound1955-06-01 - #24
Batman #93: The Caveman Batman1955-08-01 - #25
Batman #94: Mystery of the Sky Museum1955-09-01 - #26
Batman #99: The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!1956-04-01 - #27
Batman #101: The Great Bat-Cape Hunt!1956-08-01 - #28
Batman #104: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms1956-12-01 - #29
Batman #105: The Challenge of Batwoman1957-02-01 - #30
Batman #106: The Batman Puppet1957-03-01 - #31
Batman #110: Crime-of-the-Month Club! / The Secret of Batman's Butler / The Phantom Batman1957-09-30 - #32
Batman #111: The Armored Batman1957-10-01 - #33
Batman #112: Am I Really Batman?1957-12-01 - #34
Batman #114: The Secret of Mechanical City1958-03-01 - #35
Batman #117: Manhunt in Outer Space1958-08-01 - #36
Batman #120: The Airborne Batman1958-12-01 - #37
Batman #124: The Mystery Seeds From Space1959-06-01 - #38
Batman #125: King Batman the First1959-08-01 - #39
Batman #127: The Hammer of Thor1959-10-01 - #40
Batman #128: The Interplanetary Batman1959-12-01 - #41
Batman #131: The Second Batman and Robin Team1960-04-01 - #42
Batman #135: The Menace of the Sky Creature1960-10-01 - #43
Batman #140: The Eighth Wonder of Space1961-06-01 - #44
Batman #141: The Crimes of the Clockmaster1961-08-01 - #45
Batman #145: The Son of the Joker1962-02-01 - #46
Batman #147: Batman Becomes Bat-Baby1962-05-01 - #47
Batman #148: The Joker's Greatest Triumph1962-06-01 - #48
Batman #150: Robin, the Super Boy Wonder1962-09-01 - #49
Batman #151: Batman's New Secret Identity1962-11-01 - #50
Batman #154: The Strange Experiment of Doctor Dorn1963-03-01