Batman's Permanent New Ally Officially Debuts Today, Name Revealed by DC

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Published Jul 1, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT

Robert Wood is a writer and editor based out of Cheshire, England. He is the author of 'The False Elephant: and 99 Other Unreasonably Short Stories' - 100 stories, each told in exactly 100 words.

Rob got into comics via Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man and the UK anthology 'The Mighty World of Marvel,' which was running Frank Miller's Daredevil, Classic Hulk and Contest of Champions II.

Prior to journalism, he worked in copywriting and copyedited for Oxford University Press. He is on X as @PinchTwigs and Instagram as roobwoodjourno.

DC just added a permanent new all to Batman canon, as Verity Pennyworth makes her official debut. The great-niece of longtime butler Alfred Pennyworth, who perished in 2019.

Since she arrives on the comic's last page, little is known about Verity so far, other than that she's Batman's permanent new Butler, a member of the mysterious 'Society of the Midnight Key,' and here at the request of Alfred.

batman new butler verity pennyworth arrives

Batman #11 comes from Matt Fraction, Jorge Jiménez, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles.

This is a developing story, more will be added shortly...

Batman #11 is available now from DC Comics.

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