Who Is Josephine MacDonald? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Josephine MacDonald is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 60 comic issue appearances. Josie MacDonald is a detective in Gotham City's Major Crimes Unit with a secret psychic talent for reading inanimate objects.

Who is Josephine MacDonald?

Origin Josie MacDonald's brother, Raymond, disappeared when she was still a child. Police were never able to find him or give the family any answers about the disappearance. After this tragedy, Josie developed a psychic ability to read objects. It was as if objects would call out to her. She used this talent to find things people had lost, becoming a little local hero in her Gotham City neighborhood. Josie's trick worked only with inanimate objects and not people, so when one of their neighbors lost her child, there was nothing Josie could do for her. The woman was enraged, saying horrible things about Josie and the family in her grief. After that, Josie's father began turning people away who came asking her to find things for them, saying she could no longer do that trick.

Key facts

Josephine MacDonald is of human origin and first appeared in "Officer Down -- Part Three: Armed and Dangerous". The character is published by DC Comics. With 60 recorded issue appearances, Josephine MacDonald ranks among the most featured characters in comics.