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Tag Archives: Alfred Pennyworth
Just one of those weeks…
I’m sorry, this is one of those weeks when I’m just not available… MONDAY Batman #110 TUESDAY Detective Comics #320 WEDNESDAY Detective Comics #513 THURSDAY Detective Comics #516 FRIDAY Detective Comics #526 SATURDAY Detective Comics #530 SUNDAY Batman #374
More thoughts on 21st-century spy shows: Cold War edition
When I wrote about the TV series Slow Horses, last month, I mentioned how one of the departures from the source novels was that the show didn’t take advantage of the potential of sleeper agents to act as metaphors for … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged A Spy Among Friends, Agent Carter, Alfred Pennyworth, Cold War, Deutschland 83, espionage, Glória, John le Carré, Kathryn Immonen, movies, Pennyworth, politics, Rich Ellis, Spy/Master, The Americans, The Game, The Sleepers, The Sympathizer, Vietnam
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Alfred Pennyworth takes no shit
Shadow of the Bat #52 Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 Batman #616 Legends of the Dark Knight #41 Robin: Year One #1 Batman #643 The Batman’s Grave #1
On Batman’s sexuality
The announcement, last month, that Robin (or at least one of several Robins, Tim Drake) is bisexual predictably revived old discussions about the Dynamic Duo’s sexuality, so I figured I’d put together a few loose thoughts to add … Continue reading
Oh, Alfred
The Darkness / Batman Dark Knight Dynasty Legends of the Dark Knight #192 Legends of the Dark Knight #16 The Batman’s Grave #2 Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 The Batman Adventures #4
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (29 June 2020)
Your weekly reminder that comics can be awesome, Alfred Pennyworth edition… …and I just can’t resist adding this mouth-watering pastiche, from the wonderful blog Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues!:
Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS
Tagged Alex Ross, Alfred Pennyworth, Bob Smith, Brian Bolland, covers, Dick Sprang, Lee Loughridge, Terry Beatty
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Al & Bruce – the sunday strip
Gotham After Midnight #1
Al & Bruce
You know what I would totally read? A Calvin & Hobbes-like newspaper comic strip just with exchanges between Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth… Batman Annual #14 Batman Annual #13 Batman & the Monster Men #5 Shadow of the Bat #43
Alfred Pennyworth, passive-aggressive butler
Batman Black & White (v2) #1 Legends of the Dark Knight #3 Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #5 The Dark Knight Returns #3