Madame Sapphire

Madame Sapphire is a supervillainess from Amalgam Comics and a foe of Iron Lantern. Her first true appearance was in Iron Lantern #1, but in Amalgam continuity, she appeared in Showcase of Suspense #75.

Madame Sapphire was actually Pepper Ferris, a test pilot in Coast City for Hal Stark's aircraft corporation, who also yielded her strange powers when she was attacked by enchanted jewelry that took control of her body. The jewelry itself had been revived by Mandarinestro as a plot to destroy Iron Lantern.

Pepper secretly had a crush on Iron Lantern's alter-ego, Hal Stark, but knew the relationship couldn't work due to work relations. She is also the daughter of Senator Ferris, a snooty government official keeping tabs on Stark Aircraft.

After turning into Madame Sapphire once again in a plot by Mandarinestro, the possessed Pepper kidnapped Senator Ferris to give him lessons in "etiquette", and resurrected Great White to try and destroy Iron Lantern.

In the unpublished Iron Lantern #2, Madame Sapphire abandoned this plan after seeing Iron Lantern falling to Earth, Peppers' love for him surfaced, and used her sapphire-powers to revive him. Abandoning the Senator's lesson, she defeated Mandarinestro alongside Iron Lantern and Green Guardsman.

She is an amalgamation of Madame Masque from Marvel Comics and Star Sapphire of DC Comics. Her secret identity is an amalgamation of Pepper Potts from Marvel Comics and Carol Ferris of DC Comics.

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