Magpie (DC)
Magpie is a female comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Margaret Pye was a female human who was born in the modern age. Growing up, she loved shiny things and wanted them all for herself. She was ridiculed for her obsession, and nicknamed Magpie. This obsession just got stronger as she grew up, and she took a job as curator of the Gotham City's Museum of Antiquities to be surrounded by the valuables she loved. This love became compulsive jealousy when she realized she would never possess the antiques around her. Her mind snapped, and she started a crime-wave as Magpie. She made booby-trapped duplicates of famous museum pieces, and put them in place of the genuine articles. She felt she was taking what was rightfully hers, not stealing. She also recruited a small gang of thugs to ensure that she was never caught. She was a harsh employer, killing any goon that failed her expectations. She was unfortunate enough to be the first criminal captured by the team of Batman and Superman working together. (The Man of Steel v1 #3) Although she eventually returned to crime much later, she had an emotional breakdown after her second confrontation with Batman and Robin. (Batman v1 #401)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Margaret Pye
Margaret Pye was still alive and was one of the inmates at Arkham Asylum where she masqueraded as the receptionist when Jim Corrigan and Luke Fox arrived to investigate a supernatural disturbance at the site. (Batman Eternal v1 #15)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After becoming a criminal, she came to adopt the name Magpie for herself. (The Man of Steel v1 #3)
Pye was a kleptomaniac who had a love for shiny things that she wanted to keep for herself. (The Man of Steel v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Magpie was created by John Byrne where she made her first appearance in Man of Steel v1 #3 (November 1986).
In other media
Television
- In Beware the Batman, Magpie made an appearance in the animated television series where she made her first appearance in the episode "Secrets" and was voiced by actress Grey DeLisle. Her backstory revealed her as a criminal named Margaret Sorrow who had kleptomaniac tendencies who was selected for an experiment run by Bethanie Ravencroft and Joe Braxton. Sorrow would agree in exchange for a reduced sentence at Blackgate Penitentiary with the mind altering experiment actually creating two personalities within her body. The first called herself Cassie who lived a normal life whilst the second was a criminal who called herself Magpie that had curare poison on her fingernails that could grow sharp and was unable to feel pain allowing her to handle great injuries without feeling them. She would often say the words 'shiny, shiny' when she saw something she desired. As Cassie, she was hired as a receptionist for Bethanie Ravencroft who was not aware of her assistant's past whilst Magpie came to believe that the scientists had stolen her memories which she wanted back. She would target both Braxton and Ravencroft to get revenge but was stopped by Batman and Jim Gordon. In "Attraction", she remained imprisoned at Blackgate prison where she developed an attraction and obsession with Batman who had been visiting her to ensure that she was alright. When Batman dropped Lunkhead into Blackgate, Magpie wanted to speak to him but after seeing Katana she began to grow jealous of his partner. This led to her believing that Katana was controlling Batman and that she needed to escape in order to free him. When Batman rejected her, she grew violent and targeted Katana to kill her as she believed that without her than Magpie could be with Batman. She had Katana buried alive in a coffin in an empty grave at Gotham Cemetery that was created for Magpie's original identity of Margaret Sorrow. Ultimately, Katana would free herself and both her along with Batman were responsible for defeating Magpie.
Films
- In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies animated movie, the character did not make an appearance but reference was made to her. She was mentioned by Superman who inquired on what happened to her to which Batman replied that she had died. When Superman asked if he was sure, Batman responded he was "Reasonably" to which Kal-El asked "Why is it that the good villains never die?" with the Dark Knight responding with "Clark, what the hell are good villains?"
Appearances
- The Man of Steel v1: (1986)
- Batman:
- Batman Eternal:
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