Sapphire Stagg

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Sapphire Stagg
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Publisher DC Comics
First appearance The Brave and the Bold #57 (January 1965)
Created by Bob Haney
Ramona Fradon
In-story information
Species Human
Team affiliations Stagg Enterprises

Sapphire Stagg is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the wealthy socialite daughter of industrialist Simon Stagg and is the long term love interest of the superhero Metamorpho. [1]

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Fictional character biography

Sapphire Stagg meets and falls in love with one of Stagg's former employees, Rex Mason, and remains with him when he is transformed into the superhero Metamorpho. [2] Simon Stagg greatly disapproves of Sapphire's devotion to Mason and schemes to break them apart (usually by putting Metamorpho into harm's way). [3] Sapphire and Rex eventually marry and have a son together named Joey. Joey inherits the transmutative properties of his father, but can use these abilities to affect the chemical properties of other objects as well. [4]

For a time, Sapphire believes that Metamorpho has died, and her father arranges for her to marry his Neanderthal assistant Java. [5] Although she remains loyal to Java, her heart always belongs to Rex. Eventually, Sapphire discovers that Metamorpho is alive and working in Paris as a member of Justice League Europe. The two have since reunited.

Birds of Prey

Java comes upon Black Canary while searching for help for Sapphire. His story is that Sapphire and Joey, Metamorpho's son, has been caught in a lab explosion and merged into a single energy being who was taking revenge upon Simon Stagg's former colleagues. [6] It is revealed that not only were Sapphire and Joey merged, but so was Simon. It is he who is directing the revenge. Black Canary realizes that Java is actually Metamorpho, somehow affected to believe he is Java. The three are separated once more; Simon claims to have been overcome by the energy itself and unable to control his actions. As the comic ends, he steps away from the joyous family reunion to check on a growing clone of Java. [7]

The New 52

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Sapphire Stagg's history and her love for Rex Mason is the same. [8]

DC Rebirth

In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to the New 52. Sapphire was present when Simon Stagg opens a portal to the Dark Multiverse which The Terrifics travel through and when they return home. [9] [10] [11]

During the "Endless Winter" storyline, Sapphire Stagg is revealed to have a brother named Sebastian. [12]

Other versions

Sapphire Stagg appears in the Elseworlds story The Nail . [13]

In other media

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References

  1. ↑ Roswell star joins The CW's Flash as shady DC character Simon Stagg. Trent Moore. Blastr. July 14, 2014
  2. ↑ Manning, Matthew (2011). The Batman Files. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN   9781449408220.
  3. ↑ Review: Justice League: "Metamorphosis". Oliver Sava. The AV Club. January 2012.
  4. ↑ The Brave and the Bold #57 (January 1965). DC Comics.
  5. ↑ Showcase Presents Metamorpho, the Element Man. Win Wiacek. June 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Birds of Prey #51. DC Comics.
  7. ↑ Birds of Prey #52. DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Legends of Tomorrow #1. DC Comics.
  9. ↑ The Terrifics #1. DC Comics.
  10. ↑ The Terrifics #2. DC Comics.
  11. ↑ The Terrifics #3. DC Comics.
  12. ↑ Endless Winter #1. DC Comics.
  13. ↑ JLA: The Nail #2. DC Comics.
  14. 1 2 "Sapphire Stagg Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 22, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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