Catseye (comics)

This article is about the Marvel character. For other uses, see Cat's eye.
Catseye
Catseye in human form
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe New Mutants #16 (June 1984)
Created byChris Claremont
Sal Buscema
In-story information
Alter egoSharon Smith
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsHellions
New Mutants
AbilitiesCan 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

Catseye was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema in The New Mutants #16-17 (June–July 1984).[1]

Fictional character biography

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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The New Mutants #31
  3. ^ The New Mutants #17
  4. ^ The New Mutants #38-40
  5. ^ The New Mutants #53
  6. ^ The New Mutants #56
  7. ^ The New Warriors #9-10 (March–April 1991)
  8. ^ The Uncanny X-Men #281 (1991)
  9. ^ Generation X Annual (1997)
  10. ^ Generation X #55-56
  11. ^ X-Necrosha #1 (October 2009)
  12. ^ New Mutants #8-9 (2009)
  13. ^ X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1
  14. ^ What If vol. 2 #60

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