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 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.

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