Alfred Pennyworth change: Alfred awoke from his apparent death with pasty white skin with circular markings, superhuman powers, including telekinesis, and a desire to destroy Batman and Robin. Calling himself The Outsider, he indirectly battled the Dynamic Duo on a number of occasions, using others as his puppets—the Grasshopper Gang in "Detective" #334, Zatanna in "Detective" #336, and even the Batmobile itself in "Detective" #340—and generally only appeared as a mocking voice over the radio. He did not physically appear in the comics until "Detective" #356, when he is bathed again in the rays of the regeneration machine during a struggle with
Outsider (comics) box and tells the heroes that the box is not magic, but science, that was created on his world and can only be opened by someone from his world. He explains that the box opens a gateway to another universe, his homeworld; the birthplace of evil. It is revealed that The Outsider is actually from Earth-3 and is that world's version of Alfred Pennyworth who works as the butler to Owlman. During the "Forever Evil" storyline, Pandora tries to get answers from the Outsider on how to reopen the portal to Earth-3, but he points out that she is asking