Comments on: You Decide ’09 – Who is Your Favorite Butler?

By: hippoguy

hippoguy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:59:17 +0000

At his best, Alfred is a pillar of strength for Batman. For me, that makes him admirable. I don’t know much about Jarvis, but I have a feeling that he was never for the Avengers what Alfred was for Batman.

By: Black Manta

Black Manta — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:58:18 +0000

What about Wong? Does he not count as a butler, or is he technically a manservant?

By: Patent Dragon

Patent Dragon — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:53:07 +0000

Jarvis. Not a moment’s dithering on this one. As mentioned previous, the guy took a beating from Mister Hyde…

By: Beacon

Beacon — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:20:00 +0000

I love them both but Pennyworth is just a better character so I went with him. Jarvis has the harder job though (can you imagine cleaning up after Hercules?)

By: buttler

buttler — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:13:19 +0000

I love Jarvis, but Alfred really is the alpha butler.

And no butler escapes the alpha butler.

By: Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:00:17 +0000

I’m going for the underdog, Jarvis. His job is a lot harder and didn’t he also used to sit in on the poker games at Avengers Mansion?

By: Bill K

Bill K — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:48:47 +0000

Alfred will win.

Best portrayal of Alfred in other media is a toss-up between the original 40s movie serial or the 60s tv show. (The “real” reason Alfred lost all that weight in the 40s comics was to make him look more like the movie serial ALfred) The sarcastic Alfred everyone loves so much today seems to have originated in DKR

Btw, in the Golden Age, Alfred’s father’s first name was…. Jarvis!

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:10:23 +0000

Easy.

Alfred.

Mind you…
If you had included Alfred Beagle, I may have had to flip a coin to choose.

Yes, that was a Harvey Dent reference.

By: Reno

Reno — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:31:03 +0000

One is Michael Caine, the other a talking computer. I’m voting for Austin Powers’ dad.

By: Sam Kess

Sam Kess — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:45:38 +0000

Curse you for making me choose!

By: Eldric IV

Eldric IV — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:41:08 +0000

I voted for Alfred because I have no real idea who Jarvis is (I know the name but have not read those Avenger comics).

Of course, when I saw the question, I figured Cadbury would have been a choice.

By: Sijo

Sijo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:11:58 +0000

Alfred is a more interesting character (I really love it when he deadpans Batman ) so I voted for him, but I must admit that if they were real people, I would probably prefer to meet Jarvis, as he’s nicer.

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:16:57 +0000

Alfred has the advantage of being around longer and has a more interesting life history, but I’ve read twice more Avengers stories than Batman ones, so I’m voting for good ol’ Edwin Jarvis.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:05:27 +0000

I’ve often wondered if there is any other staff at stately Wayne Manor. Does Alfred have to clean the whole place by himself? And cook? And stitch wounds?

By: badspock

badspock — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:21:36 +0000

I vote CADBURY, because there’s more to comics than superheroes (although he DID become one in the Super Richie stories, so, umm….anyway, Cadbury rules!)

By: benday-dot

benday-dot — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:17:15 +0000

Having read more Avengers and Marvel books than Batman I am naturally inclined to pick Jarvis. But there is no way I could. Even a greater familiarity with the Avengers butler is no where near enough for me to select him over Alfred… a guy who pretty much transcends his station, and the whole damn genre.

By: Zor-El of Argo

Zor-El of Argo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:22:44 +0000

It would have been interesting to see how Cadbury would have fared in this poll.

It’s one thing to be the loyal manservant to a team of beloved super-heroes that has Captain America as it’s front man; it’s another to keep the secrets of a dark vigilante who often frightens the very people he protects and is trusted by very few in law-enforcement. Alfred was doing this even before he was ret-conned into Bruce’s surrogate father.

Alfred is the Man. Hands down.

By: Stony

Stony — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:47:44 +0000

Too many pro-Jarvis comments for this to be a walk in the park
Must vote

By: Ortiz

Ortiz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:39:26 +0000

Poor Jarvis, he’s gonna lose, but still, I’m gonna vote for him.

Peace.

By: Chris S.

Chris S. — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:41:42 +0000

It occurs to me that Jarvis must have been really happy when Beast went back to the X-Men. All those little blue hairs to clean up….