Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)

Sister Maggie
Name	Margaret Grace Murdock
Current Alias	Sister Maggie
Aliases	Margaret Murdock
Affiliation and Relationships
Relatives	Jack Murdock (husband, deceased) Matt Murdock (son)
Marital Status	Widowed
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′4″ (1.63 m)
Weight	90 lbs (40.82 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mother of Matt Murdock
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	New York City
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Nun
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli
First	Daredevil #229 (December, 1985)
First	Daredevil #229 (December, 1985)

History

Maggie is the mother of Matt Murdock, the vigilante known as Daredevil. She and Jack had Matt when they were a young couple. However, Maggie soon suffered from postpartum depression, feeling constantly anxious regarding Matt's safety, thoughts which soon developed into self-loath, as she considered herself to be a bad mother.

Her depression became a paranoia. She began thinking that Jack was plotting against her, and that Matt was there to tear them apart. One night, under the influence of her mental illness, Maggie tried to assault the baby. As soon as she came to her senses, she ran away in shame. She was taken in by a church, and took the name of Margaret. With the help of doctors and counseling, she recovered from her depression.

Years later, While caring for an infant girl suspected of being the Antichrist, Daredevil brought her to Sister Maggie at the Clinton Mission Shelter. Maggie brought Daredevil into the Church, and he slept for two days straight in her room. While he slept, she cleaned his costume and cared for the infant. When Matt woke up, Maggie greeted him and offered him some food. After some small talk, Matt got her to finally admit that she was his mother. She noted the similarities between him and his father, but told him she had no answers for why she had left him so many years before. When he questioned all the problems he had had in life and told her that God had let her off pretty easily, she slapped him across the face, and he dropped to his knees and apologized. After they talked for hours, she encouraged him to ask God for answers about the baby, telling him that after all of his experiences in the supernatural that he should have no problem believing in the Almighty. He questioned how she could be so confident in her faith, and she told him a story about a knight and a monk. Maggie then advised Matt to talk to Karen, who was waiting for him downstairs in the sanctuary.

While Daredevil met with Dr. Strange to question Mephisto about his possible involvement, Bullseye, sent by Mysterio to retrieve the baby, assaulted the Clinton Mission Shelter. Maggie and the others refused to tell him where the baby was, so he killed Sister Theresa and tortured Sister Anne, but Maggie kept the baby hidden. When Daredevil returned, Maggie told him what had happened, and then Bullseye appeared and attacked him. While the two battled, Maggie and Karen spoke quietly, and Karen showed up soon after, offering the baby to Bullseye in exchange for not killing Daredevil, whom he had shot and now had at his mercy. Karen tricked him, delivering a doll, while Maggie tried to escape out the door with the real baby. Bullseye dropped Karen with the doll and then snatched the baby from Maggie and raised Daredevil's Billy Club to kill her (or the baby), but Karen had grabbed his discarded gun and demanded he stop. Bullseye mocked her, as the gun only had a single bullet, and he then hurled the billy club at Daredevil, but Karen leaped into its path and was killed when he went through her chest. Bullseye took the baby and left.

Maggie met up with Matt at the hospital when he visited the baby girl Mysterio had used as a pawn; still banged up from her recent trauma and using a walker, Maggie was likely a patient at the same hospital. They discussed the child and what the baby means to Matt and how the whole Mysterio nightmare has affected him. Maggie told Matt that the authorities had arranged for the kid to be adopted and said the baby needed a name. Matt suggested calling her Karen. Maggie later attended Karen's funeral.

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Attributes

Power Grid

See Also

• 25 appearance(s) of Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)
• 4 minor appearance(s) of Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)
• 13 mention(s) of Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)
• 7 image(s) of Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)

Links and References

• http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/sistermaggiemurdock.htm
• Sister Maggie: Matt Murdock's mother, the Catholic nun

References

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