Alfie

Alfie is a supporting character in the Italian police-procedural series Nick Raider, working alongside detective Nick Raider and colleagues in a New York crime-fighting setting. No powers are recorded; the character operates in a grounded, realistic law-enforcement world.

Alfie made their comics debut in 1988 within the pages of Nick Raider #1 — a collector-significant first issue from Sergio Bonelli Editore, the legendary Italian publisher behind some of Europe's most beloved genre storytelling. A Copper Age arrival who has proven surprisingly durable, Alfie has kept remarkable company across three decades, sharing adventures alongside Nick Raider himself, Jimmy Garnet, Marvin Brown, tenente Arthur Rayan, and capitano Philip Vance in the pages of Nick Raider, Nick Raider le nuove indagini, and Collana Almanacchi. With a publishing presence stretching all the way to 2022, this is a character whose quiet longevity speaks volumes about the richly populated world they inhabit — and for collectors drawn to the distinctive tradition of Italian fumetti crime storytelling, that key-issue debut alone makes Alfie well worth tracking down.