Did Batman's loyal butler, friend and surrogate father best the man of steel one on one?
Those of you who read Injustice know the answer: in at least one reality, yes.
Thanks to some Kryptonian technology in the form of a "super pill" he sure did.
DON'T CLICK AWAY!
This will be interesting, I swear.
Hey you fancy nerds, I'm Jay and this is "A Quick Take".
Let's do a character spotlight
on Alfred Pennyworth and review his role in Injustice: Year One!
Spoilers ahead, but only for year one.
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth is the ever loyal butler of the Wayne family and Bruce
Wayne's surrogate father, after the death of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne.
Yeah, Batman's parents died.
We're really breaking new ground with this one.
Alfred first appeared in "Batman #16" in April of 1943, and was created by artist
Bob Kane and writer Don Cameron (and knowing Bob Kane, probably other people too... but
that's just me speculating).
Alfred is a "do it all butler", not even joking here, if it's humanly possible he
can and will do it.
In fact his background seems to be well suited for life in Batman's world.
He joined the military at a young age in his home country, The United Kingdom, where he
became a field medic.
After many years in the British Royal Guard he eventually moved on to work for MI5 as
a spy.
He even tried his hand at acting after serving his country but when his father, Jarvis, passed
away he left home to become the butler for Thomas and Martha Wayne.
While Injustice takes place in a different reality in the DC Multiverse, it's very
likely that Injustice Alfred shares the same background (or at least a vastly similar one).
So let's talk Injustice.
A quick recap, Superman grabbed who he thought was Doomsday and flew into space… but it
was Lois Lane (who was pregnant with his unborn child).
The Joker had drugged Superman, he'd been hallucinating.
However, that's not where the heartbreak stops, The Joker had set up a nuclear warhead
in Metropolis and somehow wired it to Lois's heartbeat.
When her heart stopped, so did the city of Metropolis.
Superman lost the love of his life, his child, his city and nearly everyone he knew, all
in one fatal day, and it sent him down a dark path.
In a furry, he murdered the Joker and blamed Batman.
Batman had caught these lunatic Gotham criminals over and over.
Every time they escaped, he locked them up back in the same place.
From Superman's point of view, it was all a game for Batman.
The Joker once said, "All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.
Superman had his one bad day and it made him into a dystopian dictator.
As a result, Batman (and the rest of the world) had quite a few bad days as well.
So bringing it back around, where was Alfred's place in all of this?
Well, at first he didn't seem to be too important to the plot.
There was this scene of Alfred trying to remind Superman of his humanity while the two best
friends, Batman and Superman, were still on speaking terms (barely).
The next time we see Alfred is after the accidental death of Dick Grayson at the hands of Damian
Wayne, reacting the same way many of us would to the death of a grandchild.
Then we have this scene where Batman is trying to (and doing a poor job of) reconciling with
Robin.
Damion had just come from The Watchtower where Superman and his allies had just finished
a meeting. Lex Luthor had announced a new pill based on Kryptonian nanotechnology
that could increase the strength and power of a human being by 1000 fold.
Damion had taken this drug.
In the heat of the moment, Damion pushes Alfred who goes flying into a monitor; because of
the super pill, he didn't know his own strength.
Batman lunges at Damian but he punches the dark knight who flies into a giant penny they
keep in the batman cave as a trophy.
The penny falls toward a defenseless Alfred as Robin looks on in horror.
So… about that giant penny...
Na now, I will now explain why there's a giant penny in the Batcave in two minutes flat.
Put two minutes on the clock and let's go.
Whether in the Injustice universe or the normal DC Comic continuity, Batman always has a giant
dinosaur and an oversized penny displayed in the Batcave.
The Batcave itself first appeared in the 15 chapter Batman serials released in July of
1943 where it was known as The Bat's Cave.
In October of that same year, The Bat Cave (this time not plural but two words) made
its way into the Batman and Robin comic strips appearing in daily newspapers across the country,
complete with a nifty map.
Then in December of that very same year, The Batcave (no space) debuted in Detective Comics
#83.
As for the animatronic dinosaur, giant penny and other Batcave trophies, they made their
debut in Batman #12 in 1942, pre-dating the Batcave - note the window in this panel showing
the trophy room.
I guess Bruce Wayne doesn't get a lot of visitors…
After the creation of the Batcave, these trophies began to appear within the cave itself as
of Batman #48 and still do to this day… but where do they come from?
Well, like many comic stories, the origin of these two trophies have been told, updated
and retold but originally the dinosaur first appeared in Batman #35 wherein Batman and
Robin are invited to the opening of a animatronic dinosaur themed island amusement park called
Dinosaur Island where supervillain hijinks ensue.
The giant penny first appeared in World's Finest #30 when small time crook Joe Coyne
tried to rob a store of all its pennies and was arrested.
Upon his release, he took on the name The Penny Plunderer and vowed to get his revenge
by committing penny themed crimes, you know, as you do.
The giant penny was a display at a coin and stamp exhibit where the Plunderer was attempting
to steal it along with the first one cent coin ever minted.
Batman used the giant penny in the fight… because of course he did.
In Batman: The Animated series the villain Two-Face tied Batman to the giant penny which
rested on an oversized coin-flipping machine.
If the coin landed on the side batman was tied to, then the Batman would be crushed
to death, but even if it landed on the other side, the impact would break every bone in
Batman's body: a classic no-win Two-Face-style situation that batman managed to win anyway.
Because of course he did.
And we're back.
Where were we?
The giant penny was about to crush Alfred when Hawkgirl literally appeared out of nowhere
to hold it up and save Alfred's life.
Unfortunately, this display of strength tipped off Damion to the fact that Hawkgirl was actually
The Martian Manhunter, a shapeshifting hero who had been posing as Hawkgirl in order to
spy on Superman and his allies.
This did not end well for Martian Manhunter.
In response to this, Superman tried to out Bruce Wayne as Batman.
While Batsy was able to cut the power to the Watchtower before the message got out, Superman
tweeted his secret identity to the masses with the help of Cyborg.
The next time we see Alfred, he's giving Batman a list of things to take from the mansion
as he flees.
Batman tires to get Alfred to distance himself from Bruce Wayne but Alfred can't… after-all,
he's the first thing on the list.
Now skipping ahead, Batman and his allies have infiltrated Superman's fortress of
solitude (at great cost) and acquired one of these kryptonian super pills.
Batman must now return to the Batcave in order to analyze the pill so it can be synthesized.
The problem with that plan is that it's the first place Superman will check and he
is not happy, to say the least.
Batman tries to stall Superman using a variety of tactics and as the scan completes he dives
for the super pill, his only chance to make it out.
Superman stops him before he get to it, however, and breaks the back of the Batman.
It's only then that Superman realizes what's actually going on and in a fit of anger he
tortures Batman in an attempt to find out where the scan of the Kryptonian super pill
was sent.
In a rare moment of clarity, Superman stops to consider his actions and that's when
Alfred, after having taken the pill, headbutts the man of steel sending blood flying everywhere.
Alfred hits Superman so hard that his punches leave craters in the floor of the Batcave.
He picks up his surrogate child, Bruce Wayne and carries him to the safety of the Batcave
transporter.
This isn't the end of Superman, however, in fact this story is only getting started.
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