Metropolis Special Crimes Unit

The Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (SCU), is a fictional law-enforcement division featured in comic books published by DC Comics. They are part of the Post-Crisis continuity of the DC Universe and are usually featured in the Superman family of comic book titles. They first appeared in Superman, Volume 2 #4 in April, 1987. The group even headlined their own four-issue limited series in 1994 entitled Metropolis S.C.U.

History
The Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (or SCU for short) is a specialized task force that works in conjunction with the Metropolis Police Department. Whereas the regular Metropolis PD deals with conventional crime cases, the SCU tackles the cases that are just too fantastic or overwhelming for traditional crime prevention protocols. They are outfitted and trained to respond in matters that usually involve a superhuman element of some kind. The SCU often collaborats with Metropolis' own favorite son, Superman.

Some of the more notable members of the Metropolis SCU include Insector Maggie Sawyer, Dan "Terrible" Turpin and Lupe Teresa Leocadio-Escudero. Many of the SCU's cases involve resolving issues relating to the hi-tech crime cartel known as Intergang.

Following the "Battle of Metropolis", members of the SCU reverse-engineered a Kryptonian warsuit and developed a new Simm-Bot armor for their agents. These armors were first deployed during a time when Superman was acting erratically after discovering that he might in fact not be the real Superman.

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