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Easy enough to misread, I've just misread it myself and noticed that when I left work yesterday, I appeared to have left my grasp of grammar on my desk. My bad.
Anywho...yes. I think there will be a reveal, but the only reason we have to think that is that one from Morrison's interview.
Without that, I'd be thinking that The Black Glove is a new and exicting crime organisation that Morrison has made up, and who seem to be fond of betting and of pitting good against evil for laughs.
Once you know that there is a reveal, you can go back and look for clues, and there are a number of scenes which could 'in hindsight' lend themselves to a reading of Alfred being the big villain.
Or, they could lend themselves to a reading of Alfred's character being fleshed out in the manner of a writer who wishes to add some depth to an important secondary character, like he has to Tim or Damian or Talia.
I'd love to believe that Alfred-on-orders-of-Mad-Bruce theory, because it's truly, truly brilliant. I'd love to read that story.
But, the case 'for' is a lot of meta-clues, and scenes like the "outsider art" comment, or the "Alfred? Shhh!" comment.
The case against, on the other hand, rests on the small matter that Alfred would have to be complicit in the Legionnaire being stabbed 23 (or however many) times, Dark Ranger being burned to death, Wingman being shot, Raven Red nearly having his face eaten by pirahnas, and so on. Let alone however many folk the Black Glove and the replacement Batcops have killed over the years.
It jsut doesn't really add up for me, at this point. But hey! How silly will I look when I'm wrong, eh? |
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