MAGGIE SAWYER
Real Name: Margaret "Maggie" Sawyer
Class: Human
Occupation: Police officer
Group Affiliation: Metropolis S.C.U.
Known Relatives: James Buchanan Sawyer (ex-husband), Jamie Sawyer (daughter)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Gotham City, formerly Star City, Metropolis
First Appearance: Superman II #4 (April, 1987)
Powers: Maggie was a skilled law enforcement agent with access to conventional and hi-tech firearms.
History:
(Superman II #13) - MI-7 contacted Maggie to let her know the serial killer Toyman was in Metropolis. They asked for Superman's help in catching him, and although Superman foiled a murder attempt on Lex Luthor he slipped away.
(Superman II #19) - Maggie and Superman investigated an alien ship that landed in Metropolis harbor, but its occupants, Psi-Phon and Dreadnaught, had already fled the scene.
(Action Comics I #650) - Maggie and the SCU guarded Sazu in her holding sell and had to restrain her when her lawyer Ron Hamel mentioned Superman and she went berserk.
(Superman: The Man of Steel #1) - Maggie investigated a series of terrorist bombings perpetrated by Cerberus. Cerberus set off a bomb at the Metropolis airport, but Superman minimalised casualties.
(Adventures of Superman #522 (fb)) - Maggie and the S.C.U. dealt with desperate out of work Metropolis citizens that were holding Perry White and his wife hostage. The perps took DMN, turning into demonic creatures, at which Superman took over to defeat them.
(Superman: The Man of Steel #41) - Maggie responded to the vampiric murder of a deli owner, and kept Superman advised about the situation. Superman later found Babe Tanaka, who could no longer control her urges, was responsible.
(Adventures of Superman #524) - Maggie and the S.C.U. went on protective detail for anyone associated with Clark Kent because they were all potential targets of Conduit.
(Adventures of Superman #534) - Maggie and the S.C.U. cleaned up a battle between Superman and the last of the DMN junkies and brought the surviving junkies to Metropolis General.
(Superman: The Man of Steel #45) - Maggie and the S.C.U. responded to an explosion caused by Conduit. Robotic duplicates of Conduit tried to kill Maggie and members of S.C.U., but Superman fought them off.
(Aztek: The Ultimate Man #9) - Maggie witnessed Vanity City's superhero Aztek take down Parasite while Superman was away battling natural disasters. She told Aztek to consider joining the S.C.U., who were seriously undermanned and underarmed.
(Action Comics I #732) -
(Superman: The Man of Steel #115) - The Alien Alliance transported Maggie and every last citizen of Metropolis by zeta-beams to the orbiting space ark. It was an evacuation necessary because Metropolis would be a staging ground against Imperiex, who'd destroyed a number of alien worlds and was preparing to blow up Earth.
Comments: Created by John Byrne.
Maggie Sawyer had a cameo in Hawk & Dove III #23
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