Maggie and Toby
Following the last issue of Detective Comics, I figured the comm could use a post about Maggie Sawyer, Toby Raynes, and their relationship.
(to start off, I don't have my box with these with me so these aren't my scans) So, the foreshadowing of their meeting. Maggie meets Superman for the first time during a hostage situation and they take down some badguys together. It being Superman and Metropolis there are reporters waiting for them to get the story. This is when they meet(or at least that's what it seems like, always a chance they'd met before).
Next time we see them, they're living together(they're talking about Maggie's daughter, who'd gone missing from her father's house).
Awww. Anywho, she follows Toby's advice and we get the story of what happened with the previously mentioned husband.
Hurm. Though enough of that. Someone asked in the Detective post if Turpin knew about Maggie and Toby. Well, not only did he know but...
Listen to your daughter! Gah.
While it's the classic 'oh... you didn't know?' amusement, I hate moments like this in comics/books/any medium because they give me such bad second-hand embarrasment(which is annoying since I rarely get embarrassed by things happening with me but with characters in things I'm reading? All the time.). That aside, Turpin keeps moving blindly ahead with his plans.
So he proposes, rather out of the blue, and Maggie, presumably, sets him straight. So how does Turpin respond?
Though Maggie won't have any of that nonsense.
So now that we have our couple established, time for the drama to roll in. At this time there's a case going on with fires mysteriously starting up in a way even Superman can't stop them. As though that wasn't enough for Maggie and the rest of the force to deal with, they loose a member in one of the attacks and have a bad story written about them by Lois Lane. To make matters worse, in order to get the inside feel for the SCU, Lois goes through training and joins them, after much protesting from Maggie and Supes. So, Maggie's worklife = chaotic.
But wait, there's more!
Poor Toby(or Tobie, even... they never really seem to settle on one way of spelling her name).
Though, eventually, Maggie makes it up to her.
Well, tries to make it up to her.
:(
As though that's not enough, they kick the drama up even more with added problems with Maggie's ex.
And having Toby get jealous of Lois.
Which leads to...
;_;
So, they part ways for a bit. Take a breather. As they'd been talking about earlier, Maggie's daughter comes for a visit, surly ex in tow.
Yeah, he's not exactly made out to be the most charming of people. While Maggie is out, Toby stops by.
Aw, you just know that little moment with Toby and Jamie was cute.
So Toby grabs some things and leaves before Maggie gets back.
Oy.
Double oy. Though Maggie doesn't prove to be the best of dates.
So off she goes!
So what's the call about this time? Well, it seems they'd found out the source of the fires has to do with this biosphere. Oh and that the thing has these balloons atop it that will release poison and kill everyone if they don't stop it. XP
Snooping around Maggie finds one of the two people who'd been inside the sphere on the outside(chasing after her pet cat). They fight, if you could call it a fight, and Maggie ends up locked inside.
Back at Maggie's place, things are going well, no one knowing what's going on with her.
Things were going well, at least.
But they get back on track, while Maggie's meeting the other person inside the sphere. The bad guy, who takes the time to show her around and tell her of his plans.
Yeah, so Maggie's having none of that and after a brief fight with an alligator manages to break free.
Something about the break out is hilarious to me. So they get the bad guy, Maggie needs a bit of medial attention, and everyone at home gets the news.
But it's okay, she gets better.
And everyone gets a happy ending!
:D
But wait! There's more! Turpin takes over for Maggie in Metropolis and we get this scene over in Detective Comics #764 as Maggie moves in.
So that leaves us at Maggie in Gotham and Toby set to join her soon. What happened from there? Honestly? I don't think it ever really mentions anything, I mean we even have this moment from 52 with Renee mock threatening Maggie via Toby.
Pretty sure that's implying they're still together and good so I honestly have no clue. Anyone have something more conclusive? (edit: well aside from the 'oh, we broke up a couple months back' thrown in)