Julia Pennyworth
Julia Pennyworth is a female comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Julia Remarque
For years, Julia was unaware of her mother's fate until she asked Jaques and he told her about Marie's last days. Julia learned that Marie was shot and after the attack, she only muttered the name 'Alfred'. Julia assumed that Marie was calling for her killer and in order to avenge her death, Julia lured Alfred to a trap, where he would have to stand trial for the murder of Marie. Batman intervened and found the real killer, but Julia didn't learn the truth about Alfred at that time. (Detective Comics v1 #502)
Eventually, Julia learned that Alfred was her biological father and she travelled to Gotham City to join him. (Detective Comics v1 #532) While in Gotham, she also investigated the murder of her adoptive father, Jaques Remarque. (Batman v1 #366) It was during the course of her investigation that led her to travelling to Montreal. This later saw them becoming the target of the killer known as Deadshot. For this reason, they summoned Batman to help them and when he captured the killer, they learned that he had been hired by Jacques Remarque, Julia's adoptive father. (Batman v1 #368) Following the investigation with the Montreal Police, Julia and Alfred tracked down Deadshot and his associates to their base of operations in the sewers of the city, where Julia learned the hard way that Jacques was dead and the crooks only used his name as a decoy. Afterwards, the whole organization was dismantled and Deadshot was finally arrested. (Detective Comics v1 #536)
While working with Vicki on a mission to get exclusive pictures about Mister Freeze's recent crimes, Julia told Vicki that she was interested in Batman. On their mission, they were captured by Freeze and during the final battle between Freeze and Batman, Julia and Vicki worked together to help Batman defeat the villain. During the rescue, Julia kissed Batman without permission, and Vicki was glad about it, unaware that Batman was Bruce Wayne. (Batman v1 #375) On another occasion, Julia took the opportunity of going on a date with Bruce and tried to expose her feelings, but Bruce avoided a serious approach. (Detective Comics v1 #543)
After a month working at Picture News, Julia managed to get her first writing assignment thanks to Vicki's influence. (Batman v1 #379) Working closely with Vicki, Julia came in conflict with her boss' rival, Catwoman. (Detective Comics v1 #548) She came to sacrifice herself to save Batman and made Julia realize the deep love between the two of them. (Batman v1 #382) Having learned this, Julia changed her focus and became interested in Bruce, a decision her father encouraged and supported. (Batman v1 #383) Eventually, Julia became a freelance writer, working for the Gotham Gazette. (Detective Comics v1 #552) This led to her starting to make public appearances with Bruce Wayne. (Detective Comics v1 #553) However, the inconsistency of their relationship caused her to lose hope to ever be with Bruce Wayne. (Batman v1 #390)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different series of events. Julia Pennyworth
After Bruce Wayne suffered from amnesia, Batman was considered to had been killed in the fight to stop the Joker. Around this time, the G.C.P.D. worked with the Powers Corp in creating an replacement hero to take over as Batman but one controlled by the authorities. Ultimately, James Gordon was chosen for the role and he was provided a support team in managing his power armoured Batsuit. Pennyworth by this point had assumed an identity as Julia Perry where she was put forward as an candidate by Wayne Enterprises with her working with Daryl Gutierrez in helping Gordon as the new Batman. (Batman v2 #41) Around this time, the Narrows had become a focal point for supervillain activity as various crime lords were provided 'seeds' that gave them powers with these being given by a mysterious new arms dealer called Mister Bloom. Gordon came to confront Julia over having worked with the real Batman and even asked her advice on what he would have done during this time. (Batman v2 #42) Despite working with the GCPD in an official capacity, Julia helped Gordon steal the Batsuit commissioned by Geri Powers in order to monitor the supervillain Mister Bloom, who was last seen in the Devil Pigs hideout. Monitoring Gordon from afar, Julia tried to warn him that his Batsuit's stealth-mode was being jammed before he was ambushed by the Devil Pig gang. The gang's leader Qi Tsu activated a trapdoor beneath Gordon, locking him in a furnace, prompting Julia to leave her station to try and rescue her partner. However, she is knocked unconscious by Mister Bloom before she could make it to Gordon. (Batman v2 #43)
She later went with Batwoman and provided support to Kane during the search for Monster Venom that was taken by terrorists. (Batwoman v3 #1)
While Kate went in search of The Needle in the Sahara, Julia received information about one of these investigations, a string of tourist kidnappings in Cairo, Egypt. After arriving there, however, she was soon abducted by Dollotrons and taken to the lair of the man behind the kidnappings: Professor Pyg. Batwoman managed to rescue Julia just as she was about to be operated on, but was unable to save the rest of Pyg's captives. (Batwoman v3 #11) Kate and Julia eventually learn that Tahani, the mastermind behind the Many Arms, intends to attack Gotham with a bioweapon. When the duo arrive in the city, Julia gets to work creating an aerosol vaccine for the disease, using data collected from Kate in the Needle's lab, as well as the disease itself, which Kate had been infected with and was carrying asymptomatically. (Batwoman v3 #14) The vaccine was successful, but as Julia was deploying it in the city, she betrayed Kate by contacting Batman, under the guidelines of a Plan B protocol meant as some sort of safeguard against Kate going too far. While Kate dealt with Batman, Julia flew to an unknown location. (Batwoman v3 #16) Three months after that night, Kate had fully recovered from the psychological and physical stress she experienced on that mission, and had forgiven Julia for her betrayal, apparently having hired her to help care for her sister Beth. (Batwoman v3 #17)
After the death of her father, Julia cut ties with the Batman Family over their inability to save Alfred, and traveled to Santa Prisca in order to learn more about Bane's organization. Barbara Gordon contacted Julia to investigate something going on at Santa Prisca, blowing Julia's cover in the process. (The Joker v2 #7)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Julia was shown as being fluent in both English and Esperanto. (The Joker v2 #7)
Notes
- Julia Remarque was created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton where she made her first appearance in Detective Comics v1 #501 (April, 1981).
- She was re-introduced as Julia Pennyworth after the Flashpoint event by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV in Batman Eternal v1 #8 (July, 2014).
Alternate Versions
- In Batwoman v3 #6 (2017), an alternate version of Julia Pennyworth appeared in the Titan's Tomorrow timeline within the Multiverse. It was revealed that she died under unknown circumstances leading to Batman Tim Drake agreeing to a temporary truce with the Colony so that Batwoman and Red Hood could bury Julia in Gotham City.
In other media
Television
- In Batwoman, Julia Pennyworth appeared in the setting of the CW live-action television series set in the Arrowverse where she was portrayed by actress Christina Wolfe.
Films
- In Catwoman: Hunted, Julia Pennyworth appeared in the setting of the anime film where she was voiced by actress Lauren Cohan. She was shown as being an Interpol agent who came to work alongside King Faraday and Batwoman they abducted noted thief Catwoman.
Video games
- In DC: Unchained, Julia Pennyworth in her identity as Penny-2 was referenced in the setting of the mobile video game. Batman had sent her the scans over the Apokoliptian helmets that had brainwashed various people where they determined that the altered the brain chemistry of the wearer to the point that even when removed that the person still served Darkseid.
Appearances
- Detective Comics v1: (1981)
- Batman Eternal v1:
- Batman v2:
- Batwoman v3:
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