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Warning ! comprise potential spoilers For Batman # 146 !
None ofBatman ’s legion friend over the old age have been more trusted and more important to him thanAlfred Pennyworth , a fact thatthe Jokerwas able to capitalize on . Alfred knows every single one of Batman ’s secrets , and this ended up being a major weakness when the Joker successfully turn Alfred against Batman . Because of this , the Clown Prince of Crime was capable to learn all of Batman ’s secrets .
During the upshot of 2012’sBatman : Death of the Family , the Joker kidnap Alfred Pennyworth for the lofty finale of his architectural plan . Now , antecedently unsung details of this time are set to be revealed inBatman#146 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez . According to a preview of the issue , during that metre when the Joker had Alfred , he finagle to drug and torment him to the point Alfred confessed everything he sleep with about Batman . This includesBatman ’s Failsafe contingency , an AI make by Batman ’s substitute Zur - En - Arrh personality designed to activate if the Dark Knight ever give away his " no - killing " rule .
Using this information , Joker ’s attack over the coming year would get importantly more personal and brutal , and this was only due to the information that Alfred supplied . If Alfred had n’t tell the Joker about Failsafe , the Joker would n’t have been able to crusade Batman to where he is now .
The Joker has always had a distorted survey of the globe , but after one encounter with Bizarro , the Joker accommodate that his view really do n’t form .
Alfred Pennyworth Was Batman’s Greatest Ally
A friend of the Wayne mob , Alfred Pennyworth has known Bruce for his full aliveness . The two have a male parent - Logos human relationship and there is no one on Earth that Batman has trusted more than Alfred . In fact , Alfred even know secrets about the Batcave that Batman did n’t , such as the existence of Failsafe andthe Zur - En - Arrh Batcave . With how fiercely firm Alfred is to Batman , it was never a major headache that he knew all of this , right up until the Joker managed to kidnap him .
Batman : Death of the Familyis a major turning point for Batman . Joker launches a full - scale of measurement attack to sample and demolish the Bat - Family , and come through in drive a cuneus between Batman and his allies . But thanks to Alfred ’s betrayal , this is also when Joker becomes aware of the Failsafe android . It ’s here that he decide to push Batman as far as possible , which results inBatman : Endgame , where Joker nearly destroys all of Gotham City . When this does n’t work , Joker resorts to framing Batman for murder , which does have the intended issue of loose Failsafe .
Joker’s Attacks Only Became More Brutal Over Time Because Of Alfred’s Betrayal
No one would go after Alfred Pennyworth without the cognition that Batman is Bruce Wayne . Considering this arcanum is n’t widely known by the villains of Gotham City , it was never a major concern that Alfred might be targeted . But as common , the Joker proved to be an irregular terror , and having project out Bruce Wayne ’s identity , used this noesis to ambush and bewitch Alfred . From there , Joker learned every single secret Batman had . While it ’s hard to blame Alfred for being unable to resist Joker ’s torture and toxin , it ’s still reliable thatJokerlearned all ofBatman ’s secrets through his most trusted ally , Alfred Pennyworth .
Batman#146will be usable April 2 from DC Comics !
Batman#146 ( 2024 )
