Alfred - A Gentlemen's Gentlemen's Wager - Niel Jacoby

Panel 1: Alfred is dusting around the Batcave. The Bat-Computer screen shows an INCOMING MESSAGE

SFX: NANANANA-NANANANA

Panel 2: Alfred stands in front of the Bat-Computer, pressing a button.

SFX: NANANANA-NANAN-

Panel 3: Alfred is sitting in front of the Bat-Computer. His posture is proper as you'd expect.

Alfred: EDWIN! SO NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Edwin(from Bat-Computer): YES, LIKEWISE. IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN ALFRED.

Panel 4: Alfred is shocked.

Alfred: OH MY! THERE'S BEEN SUCH A GAP, I HAD FEARED IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

Edwin: OH, IT IS. MISTER STARK'S HAD ME POLISHING HIS DRESS IRON FOR THE OCCASION.

Panel 5: Alfred is excited, but it's subtle. He's not exactly leaping into the air.

Alfred: MASTER BRUCE WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR THIS.

Edwin: YOU'RE FORGETTING SOMETHING, ALFIE BOY. WHAT ABOUT OUR USUAL ARRANGEMENT?

Alfred: OH, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN, EDDIE. ONE DOLLAR, SAME AS ALWAYS.

Panel 6: Alfred is walking away, looking through his money clip. He's smiling to himself.

Alfred: OH, THIS WON'T DO, NOT AT ALL. I'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO BREAK A HUNDRED NEXT TIME I GO SHOPPING.

Edwin: I CAN HEAR YOU.

Alfred(whispering to himself): OH, I KNOW.

Alfred – Mad With Murder - Shaun Richens.

PAGE ONE

7 Panels.

2 rows of three with panel 7 as a page wide panel at the bottom.

1. Two ARKHAM asylum GUARDS are walking down a corridor past the cell door of an inmate. GUARD ONE is young and new to the job. GUARD TWO is much older, a veteran of Arkham.

         INMATE (Coming from inside the door.):

         HAHAHAHA.

2. We are in a medium two shot; the GUARDS are stood outside of the cell door. They stand either side of it.

         GUARD ONE:

         Is it true about what they say about this guy?

         GUARD TWO:

         Sadly the hear say is close to the truth kid.

         INMATE (Coming from inside the door.):

         <SOB>

3. Same composition as 2. GUARD ONE looks anxious as he decides if he should push the subject.

        

         GUARD ONE:

         So he tried killing him? That’s why he’s here?

         GUARD TWO:

         More to it than that.

4. Close up on GUARD TWO.

         GUARD TWO:

         It was after he killed Wayne, that’s what pushed him 

         over the edge. Couldn’t handle it, went totally mad, 

         so he went after him.

5. Same composition as 2. GUARD ONE looks shocked to hear the rumours are true. GUARD TWO wears a look of sadness on his face at retelling the story.

         GUARD ONE:

         Who’d have thought he cared so much?

        GUARD TWO:

He basically raised him. Bruce was a son to him. If the Joker murdered my son, I might have gone off the deep end and tried to kill him too.

6. We pull down to the placard on cell door. It displays the inmate’s name.

         The placard reads:

         A. Pennyworth.

        

7. We cut to inside the cell. The cell door in the background, the small drop down window open and the TWO GUARDS are peering in. In the foreground sat hunched over, his face in his palms weeping is ALFRED.

         ALFRED:

         <SOB>