Alfred Pennyworth on the role of confidante and advisor, often telling Bruce to simply carry a gun instead of a belt full of untested gadgets. Alfred later saved Bruce's life by shooting Mayor Oswald Cobblepot. Though Alfred introduced himself to the eight-year-old Bruce as his butler, it is obvious he never serves as a manservant in the story otherwise as Bruce's guardian and mentor. However, he is recruited by Thomas as his family's head of security prior to Thomas and his wife's deaths. He is also a skilled martial artist, and trains Bruce the combat skills he would eventually utilize as Batman.
Butler Cole Aspinall Butler Cole Aspinall Butler Cole Aspinall (11 November 1830 – 4 April 1875) was a British-born journalist, barrister and QC who migrated with his young wife to Melbourne Australia at first as an Editor and Writer for The Argus, but soon took up his lucrative legal practice as a defence advocate and later as a senior Victorian state politician. Aspinall was one of the chief counsel for the leaders of the 'Ballarat Riots' aka Eureka Stockade, and later defended Henry James O'Farrell for the attempted assassination of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Butler Cole Aspinall was appointed as Attorney-General of