![]() However, in the pre-Crisis continuity, Alfred mostly played the role of a diligent butler with a past. Batman: The Animated Series perfected this trope so well that Batman comics have kept it alive for decades. Alfred takes care of the manor's day-to-day maintenance and also of its occupants, often criticizing Batman's nightly escapades with a healthy dose of parental disapproval. The modern depiction of Bruce and Alfred's relationship falls halfway between a mutual understanding and a ward-and-guardian relationship. What made this different than the Caped Crusader's standard adventures, though, is the fact that he was willing to engage in a massacre for his dear friend. However, little did they know that Batman was already inside their compound, taking the thugs out one after another in the silence of the night. ![]() Aiming to use the Wayne Foundation in Corto Maltese as cover for their unscrupulous business deals, they planned on using Pennyworth as leverage. Disguised as a tourist, he entered the country and learned that Alfred had been abducted by a gang and taken deep inside the island's jungles to a Mayan ruin. Bruce was suspicious when Alfred missed his flight. ![]() ![]() However, what was supposed to be a simple vacation turned into a tragedy. In Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #31 (by Jim Hudnall, Brent Anderson, Steve Oliff and Kevin Cunningham), Bruce sends Alfred on a vacation to Corto Maltese, acknowledging that his poor butler had hardly taken a day off in his thirty years of service to the Wayne Family. ![]()
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