Black Cat

Le Chat Noir (Felicia Hardy) est un personnage de fiction qui apparaît dans les comic books américains publiés par Marvel Comics. Tout au long de son histoire, le Chat Noir a été tour à tour l'ennemi, l'intérêt amoureux et l'allié du super-héros Spider-Man. Créée par le scénariste Marv Wolfman et le dessinateur Dave Cockrum, elle apparaît pour la première fois dans The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (juillet 1979).

Felicia Hardy est la fille de Walter Hardy, un cambrioleur de renommée mondiale. Après avoir vécu un traumatisme pendant sa première année d'université, elle s'entraîne seule à diverses techniques de combat et d'acrobatie et, après avoir décidé de suivre les traces de son père, adopte l'identité costumée du Chat Noir. En tant que Chat Noir, elle possède la capacité inconsciente d'influencer les champs de probabilité, provoquant une « malchance » chez ses ennemis. Le personnage était à l'origine un super-vilain et un adversaire de Spider-Man, mais au fil du temps, les deux sont tombés amoureux, ce qui l'a poussée à devenir une anti-héroïne et sa partenaire. Cependant, leur relation s'est compliquée lorsqu'il est apparu que le Chat Noir n'était attiré que par l'alter ego de Spider-Man et n'éprouvait que peu d'intérêt pour la vie civile du héros, Peter Parker. Après leur rupture, le Chat Noir a conservé son rôle de l'un des alliés les plus fiables de Spider-Man, et pendant des années le duo a connu une romance intermittente, avant qu'elle ne retombe finalement dans ses activités criminelles.

En tant que membre de son entourage et l'un de ses principaux intérêts amoureux, le Chat Noir a figuré dans de nombreuses adaptations médiatiques liées à Spider-Man.

Aptitudes : Initially, the Black Cat had no superhuman abilities. Later, a test induced by the Kingpin gave her the psionic ability to affect probability fields; essentially, she could produce "bad luck" for her enemies. The "bad luck" power entails that under stress she is subconsciously able to cause anyone in her immediate vicinity that she perceives as a threat to be susceptible to freak accidents, like guns jamming and exploding, or tripping on objects. This ability also had the side effect of eventually causing problems for anyone spending long periods of time around her. Doctor Strange eventually tampered with her powers that briefly removed her bad luck abilities, along with the unwanted side effect. However, this magical tampering temporarily endowed her with cat-like abilities, giving her night vision, retractable talons in her fingertips, superhuman speed, strength, agility and endurance, proportionate to a cat. Her "bad luck" powers were eventually restored by Doc Tramma through the use of cybernetics. The Black Cat has reflexes, agility, and stamina of an Olympic level acrobat. She is physically very strong and athletic and has great physical endurance. She is an excellent street fighter capable of taking on several armed assailants and incapacitating them without being injured herself. She is trained in several martial arts styles. Hardy is a talented photographer; while dating Spider-Man she takes pictures of the hero that he admits are better than his own work. The Black Cat has also acquired several devices from the Tinkerer that increase her agility and heighten her strength. She wears earrings that interact with the balance centers of her brain to grant her enhanced agility. She has contact lenses that let her see in various ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet. Her costume contains micro-servos that enhance her strength above normal human levels. The gloves of her costume contain steel micro-filaments, which form retractable claws at the fingertips when she flexes her fingers (triggering a magnetic surge which condenses the filaments into polarized talons) which enable her to tear through most surfaces and easily scale walls. Using this equipment, the Black Cat has been able to beat enemies who have superhuman abilities. The Black Cat has a miniature grappling hook device hidden in the "fur" of each glove, designed by her father Walter Hardy, which enables her to swing from buildings in a manner similar to Spider-Man, though not quite as fast. She can also use the cable from this device as a tightrope, wall scaling device, swing line, or as a weapon in combat.

Équipe : Heroes for Hire, Defenders, Black Cat's Gang

Race : Human