From: NewNowNext
As it readies to take flight to the CW for its second season, Supergirl is adding a bunch of new characters—including Captain Maggie Sawyer, a lesbian police officer who’s been part of the Superman universe since the 1980s.
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Sawyer was introduced during John Byrne’s run on Superman in the late 1980s, as Captain Sawyer of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, a special branch of the Metropolis police force that handles super-villains.
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She has appeared on Superman: The Animated Series, as well as in Smallville (portrayed by actress Jill Teed). More recently, her character had a romance with Batwoman that nearly ended in marriage but was controversially nixed by editorial mandate.
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Newsarama reports that, on Supergirl, Maggie is an “out and proud” detective and member of the Science Police.
Other additions include Lex Luthor’s sister Lena, a diabolical villain named “The Doctor” and Snapper Carr, who was the Justice League’s teen mascot in DC comic books from the 1960s.
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