Eve Teschmacher
| Eve Teschmacher | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Superman (1978 film) first appearance in the mainstream DC Universe was in JLA: Earth-2. (2000) |
| Created by | Jeff Lemire Andrea Sorrentino |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Eve Teschmacher |
| Team affiliations | LexCorp |
| Notable aliases | Miss Teschmacher |
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Eve Teschmacher is a fictional character appearing in the Superman 1978 film and Superman II, where she is the secretary to Lex Luthor. She is portrayed by Valerie Perrine.
Fictional character biography[edit]
Eve in film[edit]
Eve Teschmacher first appears in Superman and Superman II (portrayed by Valerie Perrine), Miss Teschmacher is Lex Luthor's lovely assistant, and shares a relationship with her employer similar to The Joker and Harley Quinn. In the Donnerverse Miss Eve Teschmacher is Lex Luthor's closest assistant and what she hints on to be his love interest, although she is also attracted to her employer's arch-foe Superman... She is commonly known for questioning Luthor's evil schemes, especially what he dubbed "The Crime of The Century", and even went as far as to commit an infidelity towards Lex during his plan by saving Superman from certain death when her boss attempted to drown him in his under-ground swimming pool with a chain with Kryptonite on the end. She Managed to get him out of the water just in time to dispose of his Kryptonite Necklace---After she made him promise to save her mother in Hackensack, New Jersey, since he never lies. Thus foiling Lex Luthor's evil plans and unwittingly having her boss sent to prison thanks to the Man of Steel.
In Superman II, she uses a hot-air balloon to rescue her employer Lex Luthor from the State Penitentiary, along with his assistant Otis, who Luthor reluctantly leaves behind since he weighted down the balloon. (According to the "Superman II: Richard Donner Cut") She then offers Lex a vacation to somewhere romantic, like Paris, But Lex Insists he Wants to Go "North", to Superman's Fortress of Solitude, to learn the secret of Superman's abilities, and she again goes on with his plan. Teschmacher and Lex eventually arrive to Superman's secret lair, and activates the program of Jor-El to learn a bit about Superman's history, Such as one of his basic "Educational" Information Crystals which Jor-El explained about the nature of trees in, and another one where Jor-El recalls of the darkest chapter of Krypton's history, which concerned Three Rogue Kryptonians.
Named Ursa, Non and their Ring Leader, General Zod, who plotted to overthrow The Council of Krypton, which resulted in their imprisonment in the Phantom Zone, which was the punishment Jor-El himself appointed them... Miss Teschmacher took no interest in the story, but her employer was fascinated in it... And the idea of Three Criminals with equal savvy of his own, all armed with the same powers as his foe Superman. But to both of their surprise, an Atomic Blast in the Earth's Atmosphere caused by Superman evacuating a Hydrogen bomb from the Eiffel Tower) Freed the Three Criminals from their Eternal Living Death, where they laid waste onto the world while Superman unwittingly gave up his powers in order to stay with his own love interest Lois Lane.
Miss Teschmacher was from then almost not mentioned at all after that point, and was only seen in Superman's Fortress during the Man of Steel's final confrontation with the General and his co-horts. She was not seen again after her boss unwittingly tricked Zod into losing his powers, giving Superman a chance to dispose of him in a seemingly endless cavern in the Fortress. Her boss, Lex Luthor, was then seen getting brought back in the State Penitentiary thanks to Superman, and was not mentioned of again.
Eve in comics[edit]
Eve Teschmacher first comic appearance in JLA: Earth-2 (January, 2000). Eve Teschmacher works as Lex Luthor's secretary for an unknown period of time. At one point, she was unaware that her boss was replaced by a counterpart from another universe, who gives her some vacation time and $80,000 into her account.
Other Versions[edit]
- Eve Teschmacher is mentioned in Superman: Red Son #2 (July, 2003) (Earth-30).
- Eve Teschmacher appears in Superman Family Adventures #05, 09 and 12.
In other media[edit]
- A character based on Eve Teschmacher named Kitty Kowalski appears in Superman Returns, portrayed by Parker Posey. Eve also appears in Superman Returns: Prequel Comic #3 (August, 2006).
- A character who shares some similarity with Eve Teschmacher appears in Smallville. She is a combination character, created through an amalgamation of Mercy Graves, Eve Teschmacher, and Lena Luthor. Her birth name was Lutessa Lena Luthor, but she is more commonly known in the series as Tess Mercer. She is also referred to by Oliver Queen, with whom she has a romantic fling, as Mercy. She makes her first appearance in "Plastique". She is portrayed by Cassidy Freeman.
- Eve Teschmacher appears in Supergirl (portrayed by Andrea Brooks) and makes a cameo in The Flash season three episode "Dead or Alive". Eve Teschmacher is the personal assistant of Jimmy Olsen and Lena Luthor, previously Cat Grant. After Kara Danvers was promoted, she recommended Eve to be her replacement as Cat's assistant. Cat found her inadequate, particularly compared to Kara, and often screamed at her. She was apparently reduced to tears on more than one occasion because of this. At one point, Eve forgot Cat's coffee, and as a punishment Cat made her call the dean of Yale and admonish him for having given her a diploma. Eve became James Olsen's assistant after Cat decided to take a leave of absence from CatCo. She was instantly infatuated with "Mike Matthews" (the fake identity of Mon-El) on his first day at work, and willingly helped him with his files. She and Mon-El are later caught having sexual relations in a copy room by Kara. Later on, she let Mon-El use her credit card to buy a suit to wear to go to Lena Luthor's charity event. Some days later, while working one night, she witnessed Vibe and Gypsy duel, questioning to herself in the background why National City got weirder every day, as the two jumped into another universe. After Kara rejected Mon-El, he decided to move on and went on a date with Eve, but it went badly for her as he could only talk about Kara the whole time. Eve told him that he had to get over his ex if he ever wanted to date anyone else, to which he quickly responded that he and Kara hadn't dated. A few days later, When Kara bumped into Eve, she asked how things were going with "Mike" as she thought they were dating and Eve told her the truth of what happened. Kara told Eve that she and "Mike" hadn't dated, and Eve slyly replied that this was what he had said, too.
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