Catseye (comics)
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| Catseye | |
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 Catseye in human form | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The New Mutants #16 (June 1984) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont Sal Buscema |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Sharon Smith |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Hellions New Mutants |
| Abilities | Can transform herself into a purple, humanoid feline or a panther-like wildcat. |
Catseye (Sharon Smith) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
[edit]Catseye was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema in The New Mutants #16-17 (June–July 1984).[1]
Fictional character biography
[edit]Catseye is a member of Emma Frost's Hellions who can partially or fully transform into a purple cat. Having been abandoned by her parents and grown up in the wilderness, she came to believe that she was a cat who could assume human form rather than the other way around.[2][3]
Throughout her appearances, Catseye battles the New Mutants, but befriends Wolfsbane, whose powers are similar to her own.[4][5][6][7] She is later killed by Trevor Fitzroy before being resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard.[8][9][10][11][12]
Powers and abilities
[edit]Catseye's mutant power is ailuranthropy, the ability to become a cat. She can transform into either a housecat or a human-panther hybrid (a werecat). In her panther form, she has superhuman physical abilities, razor-sharp claws and fangs, a prehensile tail, a slight healing factor, and the ability to crawl up walls.
Other versions
[edit]- An alternate universe variant of Catseye from Earth-295 appears in Age of Apocalypse #1.[13]
- An alternate universe variant of Catseye from Earth-94040 appears in What If #60. This version is a member of the X-Men before being killed by Krakoa.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ The New Mutants #31
- ^ The New Mutants #17
- ^ The New Mutants #38-40
- ^ The New Mutants #53
- ^ The New Mutants #56
- ^ The New Warriors #9-10 (March–April 1991)
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #281 (1991)
- ^ Generation X Annual (1997)
- ^ Generation X #55-56
- ^ X-Necrosha #1 (October 2009)
- ^ New Mutants #8-9 (2009)
- ^ X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1
- ^ What If vol. 2 #60
External links
[edit]- Characters created by Chris Claremont
- Characters created by Sal Buscema
- Comics characters introduced in 1984
- Fictional feral children
- Fictional therianthropes
- Fictional werecats
- Marvel Comics shapeshifters
- Marvel Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds
- Marvel Comics characters with superhuman senses
- Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength
- Marvel Comics female supervillains
- Marvel Comics mutants