Batman Officially Says Goodbye To Alfred Pennyworth At The End Of A Comics Era Together

Image via Warner Bros. Published Nov 9, 2026, 4:00 PM EST Jason is an award-winning journalist whose writing career dates back to when he developed the ability to use a crayon. He, most notably, worked previously as a "professional fan," as he likes to call it, at CinemaBlend, for which he wrote about anything and everything under the pop culture umbrella... especially Batman. His passion for the art of cinema began even earlier, stemming from repeat viewings of The Wizard of Oz. This initially led him to pursue a career in filmmaking -- and even work briefly in the industry as an extra in the straight-to-video family film, Alice Upside Down -- before deciding that his talents would be better served discussing and showing appreciation for the various forms of entertainment he is passionate about. Sign in to your CBR account It took his own untimely demise for Alfred Pennyworth to depart from Batman in DC Comics' main timeline. However, even then, the butler has still maintained a presence in Bruce Wayne's life in the form of a hallucinatory Jiminy Cricket-style guide, as writer Matt Fraction has described. Yet, has there ever been a time when the trusted live-in servant made a cons...