General Bio[]
Alias: Felicia Hardy
Designation: Conditioned/Artificially Enhanced
Powers: Probability manipulation, expert thief, and an Olympic level athlete
This Incarnation: Classic
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #194
Felicia Hardy was born in Queens, New York. Her father Walter was a world-renowned cat burglar who, before his arrest, encouraged her to never settle for second best. If she loved basketball, she should work to become a basketball player and not just a cheerleader. As a freshman at Empire State University, Felicia was raped by her boyfriend Ryan. Hating the idea of being a victim, she trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics, intent on killing her rapist. Finally, after months of preparing, she set out for revenge, but before she could find him, Ryan was killed in a drunk driving accident. Furious that she was denied the chance for revenge, Hardy decided to utilize her new skills to follow in her father's footsteps. After amassing a fortune in stolen items, Felicia adopted her costumed identity. She first donned the Black Cat costume in order to break her father out of prison. On the same night, she met Spider-Man. Unfortunately for Felicia, her father died, and she then faked her own death. Despite her antipathy towards men, Spider-Man was the first man she felt she could trust and she grew to believe herself in love with him. Felicia looked for a way to earn his trust and continued with the Black Cat persona as a misguided attempt to attract his affection. Seeing the good in Felicia, Spider-Man made every attempt to have her criminal record expunged. At one point, the Kingpin gave her the ability to alter probability fields, but they were placing hexes on everyone around her including Spider-Man. Later, Spider-Man went to Dr. Strange, who was able to alter the source of the hexes and give her more cat-like abilities.
Superhero Squad[]
Black Cat currently has appeared in the Superhero Squad line one time:
- In her classic black and white costume in the Spider-Man and Black Cat 2-Pack
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