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 egoSharon Smith
Species Human mutant
Team affiliations Hellions
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.

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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 the original Hellions recruited by Emma Frost to rival the New Mutants. 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]

Catseye possesses the ability to transform into a purple cat-like creature and serves as the antithesis of Wolfsbane, who can transform into a wolf. [4] She engages in several battles with the New Mutants—mostly petty competition—but occasionally gets along with the students, becoming friends with Wolfsbane in particular. [3] [5] [6]

Frost takes advantage of the New Mutants' emotional turmoil after the Beyonder kills and later resurrects them. She persuades the current headmaster of the school, Magneto, to send the students to the Massachusetts Academy for counseling. Catseye shares a room with Wolfsbane at the academy, but they are separated after Magneto realizes that Empath has been manipulating him. [7]

Soon after, Frost throws a party which the Hellions and the X-Men attend. Trevor Fitzroy—a member of the Upstarts—crashes the party with the goal of killing Frost to gain points within the group. Some of the Hellions are killed in the initial firefight. The rest, including Catseye, are killed to fuel Fitzroy's portal. [8]

During the Necrosha event, Catseye is temporarily resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard using the Transmode Virus. [9]

In the Krakoan Age, Catseye is among the mutants resurrected by the Five following the establishment of Krakoa as a mutant nation. [10] [11]

Powers and abilities

Catseye's mutant power is ailuranthropy, the ability to partially or fully transform into a purple feline form ranging from a normal cat to panther-like form. In her panther form, she has superhuman physical abilities, powerful claws and fangs, a prehensile tail, a slight healing factor, and the ability to crawl up walls. [12]

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

An alternate universe version of Catseye from Earth-295 appears in Age of Apocalypse #1. [13]

Age of Revelation

A potential future version of Catseye appears in Age of Revelation as a member of the Seraphim, a group of mutants loyal to Revelation. [14]

What If

An alternate universe version of Catseye from Earth-94040 appears in What If #60. This version is a member of the X-Men before being killed by Krakoa. [15]

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. ↑ New Mutants #31 (September 1985)
  3. 1 2 New Mutants #17 (July 1984)
  4. ↑ Marnell, Blair (October 13, 2020). "The History of the Hellions". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 13, 2025. In New Mutants (1983) #16, the Hellions debuted as Frost's answer to that team. Jetstream, Tarot, and Catseye even had similar powers to Cannonball, Mirage, and Wolfsbane.
  5. ↑ New Mutants #53 (July 1987)
  6. ↑ Fulton, James (February 10, 2017). "Retro-Reviews: The New Mutants #35-54 By Claremont, Guice & Others For Marvel Comics". Inside Pulse. Retrieved March 13, 2025. Catseye surprises Rahne and they decide to have some fun together in their animal forms. Dani and Proudstar decide they should find them, after they are alerted through Dani and Rahne's mindlink.
  7. ↑ New Mutants #38-40 (April - June 1986)
  8. ↑ Uncanny X-Men #281 (October 1991)
  9. ↑ Necrosha #1 (October 2009)
  10. ↑ Hellions #1 (May 2020)
  11. ↑ Webber, Tim (February 3, 2025). "Meet the Hellions, the X-Men's Dark Reflection". Marvel.com. Retrieved March 13, 2025. Based out of Frost's Massachusetts Academy, the first group of Hellions included Empath, Tarot, Roulette, Catseye, Jetstream, and James Proudstar, the brother of the late Thunderbird.
  12. ↑ McDade, Sean (August 7, 2022). "MCU: 10 X-Men Characters Least Likely To Appear, According To Reddit". Screen Rant . Retrieved March 13, 2025. Catsye's power is ailuranthropy which gives her the ability to become a cat. She can turn into a cat or a cat-human hybrid.
  13. ↑ X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1 (May 2005)
  14. ↑ World of Revelation one-shot (December 2025)
  15. ↑ What If (vol. 2) #60 (April 1994)
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