Readers of Dick Grayson’s adventures know that Nightwing was given a touching reward by Alfred upon his loss of life, however this second is much extra tragic than it seems. When Alfred handed on the key fortune he’d amassed working for Bruce Wayne, it was a pleasant second for longtime Nightwing followers and opened the door to new potentialities. It revealed how a lot Dick Grayson was a son to Alfred, and justified his religion that Nightwing would instantly dedicate his cash to good works.
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Nonetheless, Dick Grayson is not Alfred’s solely baby, and it appears the Wayne Household butler gave Nightwing his fortune slightly than leaving it to his organic daughter. Whereas Dick’s inheritance was an emotional and touching second, Alfred’s daughter remains to be round and was part of his life. Julia Pennyworth will not be straight working with Batman, however she is an lively ally and pal to Kate Kane’s Batwoman who may have used the funds for her personal heroic mission.
Julia Pennyworth was first created in Detective Comics (1937) #501 by Gerry Conway, Don Newton, Dan Adkins, Adrienne Roy, and Ben Oda. She believed that Alfred Pennyworth was the one who killed her mom till it was revealed within the subsequent situation that he was really her father. After DC continuity was reset Julia returned in Batman (2011) #28 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Dustin Nguyen, and Derek Fridolfs. She was proven to be an lively ally to Batman and in shut contact with Alfred. They’d a longtime father-daughter relationship, and Julia even took over Alfred’s assist duties when he was injured.
After DC’s Rebirth, reboot Julia was established to be working with Kate Kane’s Batwoman, turning into her ally and shut pal. She stored up with Batman and the remainder of the Bat-Household, sustaining contact even together with her father, Alfred. Her relationship together with her father, whereas rocky at first, ran deep as the 2 received to know one another extra, and Alfred reclaimed among the private life he’d in any other case sacrificed to boost first Bruce, then Dick. Sadly, Alfred’s premature loss of life at Bane’s arms led Julia to chop off contact with the Bat-Household. Sadly, it appears Alfred missed his longlost baby in favor of Nightwing.
Alfred wasn’t there for Julia rising up, and regardless of their reconciliation, evidently he sees Nightwing as his true legacy, because it was revealed in Nightwing #78 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas, and Wes Abbott that Alfred left all of his cash to Dick Grayson. Touching as this was, the truth that Alfred explicitly left the cash to Dick as a result of he knew he’d use it correctly is unavoidably one thing of a slap within the face to Julia, who’s likewise heroic, however would not have the identical entry to Bruce Wayne’s fortune.
Readers can solely hope that he left one thing to Julia within the background, however both manner, when it got here time for Alfred to empower somebody to make the world higher along with his cash, he selected Nightwing over the daughter whose childhood he missed.