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A day after DC Studios' heads James Gunn & Peter Safran introduced five new streaming series as part of the first wave of their new DCU, HBO Max announced that it wouldn't be moving forward on a fourth season of Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler Starring Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Emma Paetz, Paloma Faith, Ryan[...]

Telling the story of Alfred Pennyworth as a young man, training to be a butler in Gotham, it loosk like it might be the anti-Pennyworth. Michael Northrop & Sam Lotfi's Young Alfred: Pain In The Butler OGN   Bruce Wayne wouldn't be Batman without his righthand man, Alfred Pennyworth But was Alfred always destined to be the greatest[...]

But it appears David Lloyd has not heard about anything he may be owed for the latest twist in that story. When launching the TV series Pennyworth, about the early days of Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth in London, the co-creator of the show Danny Cannon stated "The arching story this season is about a civil war[...]

Season Three of Pennyworth, now retitled Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler for the totally oblivious and chronically inattentive viewer, features a time-jump from the wild 1960s London to a gonzo 1970s London under the helm of showrunner and creator Bruno Heller In the first season, Alfie Pennyworth (Jack Bannon) fought off a coup by[...]

DC Comics has put out more of a preview for Batman Vs Robin #1, out next week, which sees the return of Alfred Pennyworth The old preview saw the lead up to Alfred turning up at the front door of Wayne Manor, the new preview goes into a bit more detail. The solicitation reveals much "Deep[...]

The preview of Batman Vs Robin #1 issued by DC Comics last week sees the return of Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's butler, killed at the hands of Bane in front of Damian Wayne, suddenly alive, outside the doors of Wayne Manor, and thinking only moments have passed. The solicitation reveals much "Deep in the heart of Lazarus[...]

Pennyworth, the wild prequel series to the Batman saga featuring the earlier years of Alfred Pennyworth before he eventually became Batman's butler, will premiere its third season on HBO Max this October with a new title, Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler, to make it clear to viewers what and who the show is exactly[...]

The third season of HBO Max's Pennyworth arrives this fall, and we now have a better idea of what's in the cards for us after the episode titles were recently released a few days after some images The origins of Alfred Pennyworth continue with ten episodes in the upcoming third season, and based on the first-look[...]

All in the service of bolstering our article count with low-effort– er, we mean providing you, the Little Bleeders, with a valuable service! Alfred Pennyworth is lucky enough to get a last-minute rescue from freezing to death in this preview of Pennyworth #5… or is he?! Check out the preview below. PENNYWORTH #5 (OF 7) DC Comics 1021DC125 (W)[...]

Alfred Pennyworth's solo ongoing series continues in Pennyworth #4, pricing once and for all what we've known all along: butlin' ain't easy! Young Alfred gets down and dirty in more ways than one in this preview Check it out! PENNYWORTH #4 (OF 7) DC Comics 0921DC162 (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes The continuing high-octane story[...]

Pennyworth is in production for season 3, and it was announced during DC FanDome that the show will now be on HBO Max, which no doubt will help its visibility and maybe find a bigger audience The first two seasons of the show will also be coming to HBO Max in early 2022 The now[...]

Pennyworth #3 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and in this preview we find the titular Alfred Pennyworth reliving one of his biggest regrets… failing to get busy in a locker in an enemy base when he had the chance! Unfortunately, the life of a butler means putting business before pleasure And you[...]

Pennyworth #2 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, but you can read a preview of it right now Well, technically, you are reading a preview of it right now And in that preview, we see a flashback to the titular Alfred Pennyworth's childhood, where we see his dad showing him some good old-fashioned[...]

Pennyworth #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, proving once and for all that you can make a comic book about just about anything You would think you couldn't squeeze 7 issues out of a comic about butlering, but here you have it Check out a preview below. PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7) DC Comics 0621DC036 0621DC037 –[...]

DC Comics is to publish a sequel to the current Pennyworth TV show, showing the life of Alfred Pennyworth working as an MI6 spy during the Cold War No, don't try to work out the timeline, it will just mess with your head But it might take the Michael Caine inspiration of the portrayal of[...]

This Sunday, EPIX's second season of the pseudo-Batman- prequel series Pennyworth returns- so with that in mind, viewers are getting another look at what they can expect with a new promo With England in the midst of civil war and Lord Harwood's (Jason Flemyng) Raven Union looking to take control of the country, Alfred (Jack Bannon)[...]

With only days to go until EPIX unleashes the second season of its pseudo-Batman- prequel series Pennyworth takes flight, viewers are getting a sneak preview of the "new world order" that awaits Alfred (Jack Bannon), Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), and Martha Kane (Emma Paetz) With England in the midst of civil war and Lord Harwood's (Jason[...]

With less than a week to go until EPIX's pseudo-prequel/Batman spinoff series Pennyworth takes flight for its second season, viewers are getting a new teaser that puts a very dire spin on what lies ahead for Alfred (Jack Bannon), Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), and Martha Kane (Emma Paetz) With England in the midst of civil war[...]

With the second season of EPIX's pseudo-prequel/Batman spinoff series Pennyworth set to take flight in a little more than a month, viewers are getting a look at what lies ahead for Alfred (Jack Bannon), Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), and Martha Kane (Emma Paetz) With England in the midst of a civil war and Lord Harwood (Jason[...]

In the most recent issue of The Batman's Grave by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, Alfred Pennyworth has to face an intruder into Wayne Manor One heart-eating Mister Stirk And Alfred without a Batarang to his name That's okay, he manages to produce a far older gadget used for fighting crime – or, indeed, committing[...]

Next up, it's the EPIX Batman prequel series Pennyworth– and they did not come to play when it came to making waves. Alfred's (Jack Bannon) job of protecting and assisting billionaire Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) is about to get a bit more complicated when it's revealed that Martha Kane (Emma Paetz) is pregnant[...]

Pennyworth: with cast members Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Paloma Faith, Emma Paetz, and executive producers Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon. More DC FanDome key art (Image: WarnerMedia) 12:00 – 12:35 p.m DC's Legends of Tomorrow: with cast members Caity Lotz, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann, Amy Louise Pemberton, and Shayan Sobhian, and[...]

We noted last month that in The Batman's Grave #5 that Jim Gordon had taken over from Alfred Pennyworth as the sardonic voice of criticism of Bruce Wayne And amidst all the fine fight choreography that Ellis, Hitch and Nowlan have been bringing us in this run… … Gordon keeps it up in the new issue[...]

There is no Alfred in today's The Batman's Grave #5 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, which is a crying shame, as recent issues' highlights have revolved around just what insult, criticism or takedown Alfred Pennyworth is going to throw Bruce Wayne's way – and maybe even that he is a figment of Bruce's imagination,[...]

Alfred Pennyworth I was rather reminded of this… For similar reasons… Still… there is architecture Lots and lots of architecture… Batman #86 is out today from DC Comics… I bought mine from Piranha Comics in Kingston-Upon-Thames. Piranha Comics is a small south London comic store chain with a small south-east store in Kingston-Upon Thames's market centre, which runs Magic The Gathering[...]

Alfred Pennyworth is dead, in the Batman comic books, killed by Tom King (#29 on the power list) Not in The Batman's Grave though – unless he is an illusion of Bruce And not in Doomsday Clock either, and the rest of DC Comics are going to have to use a sledgehammer to get that[...]

Yesterday I ran the theory that Bruce Wayne, in The Batman's Grave, is imagining Alfred Pennyworth As Alfred Pennyworth is dead Which may explain Pennyworth going a little off the rails in his commentary to Bruce Wayne – it is Bruce criticising himself. You know that was 'tits' in the first draft, right? Batman Damned strikes[...]

Pennyworth is by far and away the best adaptation of a comic book into a TV show to date A crazy remix of Michael Caine's Alfie and The Ipcress Files with both The Prisoner and The Avengers TV shows, as well as an alternate history that has more in common with Joker than with Gotham[...]

Fans of the late Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy/fantasy book series "Discworld" have more The Watch casting news coming their way: BBC America's eight-episode series adaptation is welcoming six more names to the network's adaptation. Anna Chancellor (Pennyworth), James Fleet (Outlander), Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who), Ruth Madeley (The Rook), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Dynasty), and Bianca Simone[...]

Hurrah! The craziest British drama on TV has been renewed! EPIX's Pennyworth will return next year with a new season! Pennyworth is really a Batman prequel in name only It appears to be about the story of Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960s long before he became the Wayne family butler It appears to be about how[...]