MAGGIE JONES

Real Name: Margaret "Maggie" Jones

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Insurance agent

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Byron Benjamin, Eddie Harris, Heroes for Hire (Iron Fist/Danny Rand, Power Man/Luke Cage), Brock Jones, Machine Man (X-51/Aaron Stack), Pamela Quinn, Ginny Williams, Tom Williams

Enemies: Hulk (Bruce Banner), Jack O' Lantern (Jason Macendale)

Known Relatives: Brock Jones (brother, deceased), Lorraine Jones (sister-in-law), Daniel Jones (nephew), Ann Jones (niece), Tammy Helen Jones (niece), Philip Jeffries (cousin), Michael Jeffries (cousin), Maggie Jeffries (cousin)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Delmar Insurance building, Manhattan, New York, USA

First Appearance: Machine Man I#11 (October, 1979)

Powers/Abilities: Maggie Jones is experienced in insurance policies.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'9")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 125 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

History:

(Machine Man I#11) - When Aaron Stack was hired to work as an insurance investigator at Delmar Insurance, Maggie took an immediate interest in him and asked Pamela Quinn for more information about him. Maggie dropped by his cubicle to introduce herself to him and invite him out for cocktails after work but Aaron told her he had no time to socialize and had to go over his work. Maggie was offended at being ignored. Her co-worker Eddie Harris mocked her, noting someone had "finally" resisted her charms.

(Machine Man I#13) - At Delmar Insurance, Maggie found Eddie bragging to Aaron about one of his dates. When she accused him of telling a "fairy tale," Eddie retorted, "According to you, Billy Graham's about the only guy you haven't turned on!" Aaron finally told them to leave him alone. After work that evening, Maggie went to a party at her co-workers Tom and Ginny Williams' apartment. When Aaron got drunk at the party he collapsed by Maggie, knocking her over.

(Machine Man I#14) - One day at Delmar Insurance, Maggie threw herself at Aaron, kissing him on the cheek and hoping to seduce him but Aaron firmly rejected her, telling her to kiss Eddie the next time she wanted to kiss someone. Angry at being rejected, Maggie declared "war" against Aaron. Maggie stalked Aaron to his apartment that night but he evaded her, departing the building by air as Machine Man.

(Machine Man I#15) - At Delmar Insurance, Maggie hung out with Eddie as he badmouthed Aaron. Pamela told them both they should take lessons from Aaron and devote more time to their work.

(Machine Man I#16) - Maggie and Eddie noticed Aaron Stack seemed more distant than usual as he investigating the results of Baron Brimstone's crimes.

(Machine Man I#17) - When Aaron came to work with his left arm in a sling (it was actually a replica of his arm, which he'd lost), Eddie mocked his injury but Maggie accused Eddie of being down on him because Aaron wouldn't take him up his attempts to bet on sports.

(Machine Man I#18) - After Aaron again refused to give Eddie money for gambling, Eddie desperately asked Maggie to loan him $5 for lunch.

(Machine Man I#19) - Maggie's brother Brock Jones attended a meeting at Delmar Insurance and she introduced him to Aaron. Byron Benjamin told all the Delmar Insurance staff about the Super-Embassy where they'd be attending a costume party on Halloween.

(Marvel Team-Up Annual I#3) - After Delmar Insurance hired Power Man and Iron Fist of Heroes for Hire to guard a computer circuit that wound up being lost during a confrontation with the Hulk, Maggie accompanied Eddie and Aaron to confront the heroes in Willoughby, Tennessee about their bungling of the assignment. While Eddie complained to Power Man, Maggie admired Iron Fist's body. After Aaron faked a telephone call to send Eddie back to New York, Eddie told Maggie to inform Aaron he was in charge of the investigation. When Machine Man arrived and offered to help Power Man and Iron Fist, Maggie snuck after them, concealing herself in the back of the truck the Heroes for Hire were driving.

    When the heroes found Bruce Banner, who remembered nothing of the circuit theft (as the Hulk had been under the control of Nightshade), Maggie angrily confronted Banner, accusing him of the theft; she unwisely slapped Banner, causing him to become the Hulk again. Machine Man quickly sent Maggie out of the building as he and the Heroes for Hire fought the Hulk. As the fight became destructive, Maggie fled, returning to New York. By the time she returned, the missing circuit had been retrieved but Maggie was angry at Eddie and Aaron for leaving her alone in the field.

(Machine Man I#19) - The day for the Halloween party arrived and Maggie came in a pink dress. When she saw Aaron was in his business suit she accused him of being dull. As Aaron's human-like face had been damaged, Maggie could see from close-up that he was wearing a mask and removed his face - exposing his true robotic X-51 face. Not realizing he was Machine Man, Maggie assumed Aaron had worn a robot costume to the party. The party was crashed by the super-villain Jack O' Lantern, whom Machine Man defeated.

(Rom I#21) - Maggie, Eddie and Pamela noticed an unusual meeting going on at Delmar Insurance with Byron Benjamin and wondered what it was about, unaware all of the peopple in the meeting were Dire Wraiths in human guise, including Byron, who had been killed and replaced by a Dire Wraith.

Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman and Steve Ditko.

    Per the Official Marvel Index to Marvel Team-Up I#6, Marvel Team-Up Annual I#3 is set between pages 6 and 7 of Machine Man I#19.

   

   

Profile by Prime Eternal.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Maggie Jones should not be confused with:

images: (without ads)
Machine Man I#11, page 11, panel 8 (main)
Machine Man I#19, page 15, panel 2 (face)

Appearances:
Machine Man I#11 (October, 1979) - Marv Wolfman (writer, editor), Steve Ditko (artist)
Machine Man I#13-14 (February-April, 1980) - Marv Wolfman (writer, editor), Steve Ditko (artist)
Machine Man I#15-19 (June, 1980-February, 1981) - Tom DeFalco (writer), Steve Ditko (artist), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Marvel Team-Up Annual I#3 (1980) - Roger Stern (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Bruce Patterson (inker), Frank Springer (inker), Al Milgrom (inker), Joe Rubinstein (inker), Dave Humphrys (inker), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Rom I#21 (August, 1981) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Sal Buscema (co-plot, breakdowns), Joe Sinnott (finishes), Al Milgrom (editor)

First posted: 11/02/2026
Last updated: 11/02/2026

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