Is that Bruce or Alfred speaking?
Is that Bruce or Alfred speaking?
Oops! completely missed the moustache. so that was Alfred narrating it all? It'd be nice if just one person from his family was on his side or at least believed in him.
Alfred was the 1st person to suit Damian up as a hero. He gave him his 1st Robin costume. Surely he doesn't doubt Damian.
Well, we don't yet know how Alfred returns, so maybe this Alfred is possessed too, and part of setting up Damian.
But it wouldn't be out of character for the Alfred who basically shooed Damian off on life threatening adventures when Bruce forgot Batman and was happy.
Batman vs. Robin #1 Preview
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: Mahmud Asrar
Interesting showing of receipts with the oolong tea: Alfred drinks Earl Grey most of the time. Damian brings it up back in Death of the Family, which makes sense as Damian, being the child of the woman who ran Hong Kong and a quarter Chinese himself, would drink oolong (a far superior tea).
Given that we know Damian and Alfred's relationship is much closer and more paternal/less formal than either have with anyone else, the oolong tea would be an excellent oblique test on Bruce's part. Only someone who knows that Alfred is Damian's primary caregiver would know that Damian converted a Brit to better teas.
Hmmm. Nezha has possessed Alfred during World's Finest and he's currently possessing Damian. That could explain how this Alfred knows about his last moments and can answer Bruce's questions. Bruce himself suspects that he's being lead into a setup as they go down to the cave.
The solicitation for the second issue talks about Nezha!Damian having wrecked the batcave and Bruce and Alfred having to run. So I guess this Alfred does kinda stick around? But he's probably being used by Nezha.
The "well well" at the end is probably from Nezha!Damian who is waiting for Bruce in the batcave to strike.
I’ve always thought of Dick and Bruce as brothers. Bruce once stated they were 14 years apart… I don’t know if that’s cannon, but it rang true for me.
There was like that brief suit he had on during the last half of Tomasi's 'Tec run after he "renounced" being Robin that I think was supposed to be a non-Robin look for Damian, but I think the current suit is meant to be a more personalized Robin suit for him.