Pennyworth #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, proving once and for all that you can make a comic book about just about anything. You would think you couldn't squeeze 7 issues out of a comic about butlering, but here you have it. Check out a preview below.
PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7)
DC Comics
0621DC036
0621DC037 – PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7) CVR B JUAN GEDEON CARD STOCK VAR – $4.99
(W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes
Spanning the years between the hit TV show and today, Pennyworth tells the continuing adventures of Alfred Pennyworth as an MI6 counterintelligence agent—this time in Cold War-era Soviet Russia. When Alfred and his partner receive intelligence that nuclear weapons are being manufactured near the Arctic Circle, they're off to infiltrate the remote military base to learn more. But things don't go exactly as planned, and the ramifications of this mission may be more far-reaching than anyone could have guessed, as our present-day butler gets dragged back into his past…
In Shops: 8/10/2021
SRP: $3.99
Cover image for 0621DC036 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7) CVR A JORGE FORNES, by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
Cover image for 0621DC037 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7) CVR B JUAN GEDEON CARD STOCK VAR, by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A/CA) Juan Gedeon, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
Interior preview page from 0621DC036 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7), by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
Interior preview page from 0621DC036 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7), by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
Interior preview page from 0621DC036 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7), by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
Interior preview page from 0621DC036 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7), by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
Interior preview page from 0621DC036 PENNYWORTH #1 (OF 7), by (W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Jorge Fornes, in stores Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from DC Comics
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