Lady Cop

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Lady Cop
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Lady Cop from 1st Issue Special #4, artist Dick Giordano. [1]
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance 1st Issue Special #4
(July 1975)
Created by Robert Kanigher
John Rosenberger
In-story information
Alter egoLiza Warner

The Lady Cop is a fictional police officer, a comic book character published by DC Comics. She debuted in 1st Issue Special #4 (July 1975), and was created by Robert Kanigher and John Rosenberger.

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The Lady Cop is Liza Warner, a young woman who watches from beneath a bed as a murderer in cowboy boots slaughters her two roommates, leaving the ace of spades behind as his calling card. Later a policewoman (circa 1975) praises her eidetic memory, calling her a "born police officer". Liza enrolls in the unnamed metropolitan city's police academy, performing her civic duty while hoping to one day find the mysterious "killer in boots". [2] [3] After a long absence, Liza Warner appeared in The All-New Atom #6 and #12, now as chief of police for Ivy Town.

Liza Warner appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of Arrow , portrayed by Rutina Wesley.

In other media

Liza Warner appears in Arrow , portrayed by Rutina Wesley. This version is a former police sergeant for the Star City Police Department and a member of its anti-vigilante task force who goes rogue following the events of the third season and Quentin Lance disbands the latter group. Throughout the episodes "Beyond Redemption" and "The Sin-Eater", Warner clashes with Team Arrow, with the latter episode seeing her join forces with China White and Carrie Cutter in a failed attempt at taking over Star City.

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References

  1. Abramowitz, Jack (April 2014). "1st Issue Special: It Was No Showcase (But It Was Never Meant To Be)". Back Issue! . Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (71): 42–43.
  2. 1st Issue Special #4 (July 1975)
  3. "L". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-10-21.