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Eve Teschmacher

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Eve Teschmacher, or simply Miss Teschmacher, is the name of a fictional character created by Richard Donner and Mario Puzo who appears in DC Comics media as Lex Luthor's personal assistant and love interest. Originally created for Superman (1978), in which she was portrayed by Valerie Perrine, Teschmacher has made further appearances in other Superman-related media, such as the Arrowverse series Supergirl, in which she was portrayed by Andrea Brooks,^[1][2][3] and the upcoming DC Universe film Superman (2025), portrayed by Sara Sampaio.

Film[edit]

Superman (1978) and Superman II[edit]

Created by Richard Donner and Mario Puzo for Superman and Superman II, Miss Teschmacher is Lex Luthor's assistant who frequently questions his schemes.

Superman Returns[edit]

A character loosely based on Eve Teschmacher named Kitty Kowalski appears in Superman Returns, portrayed by Parker Posey.

Teschmacher appears in the tie-in Superman Returns: Prequel Comic #3.

Comics[edit]

Eve Teschmacher appears in JLA: Earth 2 and Superman Family Adventures as Lex Luthor's secretary.

Eve Teschmacher appears in the DC Rebirth comic Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen.

In other media[edit]

• A character loosely based on Eve Teschmacher, among other characters, named Tess Mercer appears in Smallville, portrayed by Cassidy Freeman.^[4]
• Eve Tessmacher appears in Supergirl, portrayed by Andrea Brooks. This version is a thrall of Leviathan who tasked her with working as Lex Luthor's spy.^[5] Under the latter, she works undercover at CatCo as Cat Grant, later James Olsen's, personal assistant and L-CorpasLena Luthor's research assistant throughout the series. Following changes made to the multiverse during the events of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Tessmacher is rewritten to become an employee of Obsidian Tech who joined Leviathan as an assassin after her father was killed. Lex later found her and persuaded her to work for him in exchange for protecting her mother and claiming to know who killed her father. Though she later discovers Lex was lying, he blackmails her into continuing to aid him by threatening to harm her mother. After Supergirl rescues Tessmacher's mother and Lex is arrested for his association with Leviathan, Tessmacher testifies against him, though he is later acquitted.
• Eve Teschmacher will appear Superman (2025), portrayed by Sara Sampaio.

Analysis[edit]

Teschmacher has been subject to academic analysis.^[6][7]

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External links[edit]

• "Eve Teschmacher (Character)". Comic Vine. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
• "Supergirl Makes a Major Update to a Superman Supporting Character". CBR. June 4, 2018.
• "Eve Teschmacher". DC Database.
• "The Martian Chronicles" – via www.imdb.com.