This week, readers of the Batman family of titles were treated to a series of teases that there’s something very disturbing undercover atop a silver tray–something that will change the course of the currently-ongoing “Death of the Family” storyline featuring The Joker.There’s been a lot of speculation that any number of characters, including Jim Gordon, his ex-wife or even Batman’s son Damian could die at the end of the story…but what is it that we might see under that cover?Quite a lot of fans seem convinced that it will be a severed head–something that might not actually fit under the dish as drawn by some of the artists (the trouble with a reveal like this is that not everyone draws “covered tray” exactly the same). Whose head? Well, that’s anyone’s guess and those same handful of characters are still more or less in play, in terms of the ones who would do enough damage to Batman’s psyche to really alter the game.But, since he was kidnapped at the start of the story and hasn’t yet reapppeared, a number of fans are expecting it to be the head of Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s butler and surrogate father.There are a number of reasons it’s likely not; the first of which is that I’ve been assured by someone who seemed confident and was likely (though not definitely) in a position to know that it isn’t. There’s also the whole “size of the tray” thing, along with the fact that Alfred is simply too valuable a commodity for DC to squander him this soon after the relaunch.
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