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Alfy Twidgett

Alfy Twidgett

24 appearances · Golden Age · 1942–2026 · 4 key issues
Who is Alfy Twidgett?

Born in the fertile imagination of Bill Finger and Bob Kane, Alfy Twidgett made their debut in Detective Comics #66 in 1942 — a Golden Age origin that places this character in the same storied era that shaped DC's earliest legends. With a home most frequently found in Boy Commandos and Detective Comics, Alfy keeps remarkable company, sharing pages with Batman, Green Lantern, and a cast of wartime adventurers that reads like a who's who of DC's classic age. Four of Alfy's 24 catalog appearances carry key-issue status, a collector's signal that this small-but-notable figure punches above their weight in the annals of Golden Age history. For fans who love digging into the wartime roots of the DC universe, Alfy Twidgett is one of those rewarding discoveries that reminds you just how rich and surprising those early decades truly were.

Teams & affiliations
Boy Commandos
★ First appearance
Detective Comics #66
Aug 1942

Top series

Covers through the years — 1942–2008

Boy Commandos #1 1942
Boy Commandos #1
Mister Miracle #4 1971
Mister Miracle #4
America at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn] 1979
America at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn]
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3 1985
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3
The Brave and the Bold #9 2008
The Brave and the Bold #9

Appearances

Detective Comics (1937)
Boy Commandos (1942)
World's Finest Comics (1941)
#10
Special Edition, Detective Comics (1945)
#4
The Steranko History of Comics (1970)
#1
Mister Miracle (1971)
#4
America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (1979)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#3
Blue Beetle (1986)
#21
The Brave and the Bold (2007)
#9
DCU: Legacies (2010)
#4
DC Universe: Legacies (2011)
Detective Comics 66 (Facsimile Edition) (2026)