Black Cat

La Gatta Nera (Felicia Hardy) è un personaggio di fantasia che compare nei fumetti americani pubblicati da Marvel Comics. Nel corso della sua storia, la Gatta Nera è stata nemica, interesse amoroso e alleata del supereroe Spider-Man. Creata dallo sceneggiatore Marv Wolfman e dal disegnatore Dave Cockrum, apparve per la prima volta in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (luglio 1979).

Felicia Hardy è la figlia di Walter Hardy, un ladro di gioielli di fama mondiale. Dopo aver vissuto un'esperienza traumatica durante il primo anno di università, si addestrò da sola in vari stili di combattimento e acrobazia e, dopo aver deciso di seguire le orme del padre, adottò l'identità mascherata della Gatta Nera. Come Gatta Nera possiede la capacità subconscia di influenzare i campi di probabilità, causando «sfortuna» ai suoi nemici. Il personaggio era originariamente una supercriminale e avversaria di Spider-Man, ma nel tempo i due si innamorarono, il che la spinse a diventare un'antieroina e sua compagna. Tuttavia, la loro relazione si complicò quando divenne evidente che la Gatta Nera era attratta solo dall'alter ego di Spider-Man e aveva scarso interesse per la vita civile dell'eroe come Peter Parker. Dopo la rottura, la Gatta Nera rimase una delle alleate più fidate di Spider-Man e per anni la coppia ebbe una relazione altalenante, finché lei non tornò definitivamente alle sue attività criminali.

Facendo parte del cast di supporto di Spider-Man e di uno dei suoi principali interessi amorosi, la Gatta Nera è stata protagonista di numerosi adattamenti mediatici legati al personaggio.

Abilità : 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.

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

Razza : Human