I don't think Tigra is usually shown to be as strong as the Handbooks indicate. Greer's strength as Cat was athletic level. It became superhuman when she was Tigra (without tail). Then it was increased again when she became Tigra again in West Coast Avengers (and gained a tail). But writers usually concentrated on her speed and agility. Even before the last upgrade, she could bend steel bars. Again, though, her level of strength just isn't demonstrated often -- and is mostly showcased in hand-to-hand combat -- not performing feats of strength.
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I agree. The story was probably scheduled in attempt to bump sales of The Cat, but it came too late. As much as I loved Claws of the Cat #1, the follow up issues were rather insipid. Linda Fite was good at scripting, but not good at plotting stories. She had a plot assist from Roy Thomas in COTC 1 -- which is the best of the lot. Also, losing Wally Wood after only one issue didn't help the art.
If Marvel had convinced Gerry Conway to make The Cat a reoccurring ally in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, Greer might have avoid becoming Tigra. Especially, following the death of Gwen Stacy and Norman Osborn. I always felt the Greer could have been an excellent ally and friend to Peter Parker as there was a lot of story potential between them. I feel that Tigra should had been a new character instead of using Greer as its avatar. Then again, if Greer was a part of Spider-Man's world, we might not have had The Black Cat as we know her today. The only real difference between Felicia and Greer is anti-hero/villain vs heroine/crime fighter.
Tony Isabella(Tigra's creator) might had been better off with making Tigra a creator own character with an independent publisher. Pitching Tigra as part of Marvel Comics banner was a dumb idea on Isabella's part become he lost control over the character...
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You know what would be a cool book for Tigra? If Marvel did a "Birds of Prey" kinda series, but with the same weird almost-but-not-quite horror slant that the original Spider-Woman had in the 80s.
I would base it in San Francisco and have the main cast be Tigra, Hellcat and Jessica Drew with other characters coming in and out for different story arcs. Between the three of them, those ladies have a lot of obscure connections that a good writer could dredge up for stories! What do y'all think?
I know this will never happen but I would love to see a one-shot with Tigra, Hellcat, Blackcat, Puma and Feral from X-Force team-up for some feline shenanigans. And have the 3 more popular kitties look at Feral as a literal feral cat that's crazy and Puma would act like "why am I here". Maybe add Catseye too. It could be connected to the Cat People or whatever.
Am I missing any hero cat person?
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If they split the power of the Tiger God, they might be half as strong, but much more able to control the more predatory urges that come from him. It'd definitely be a way to have cake and eat it, too. (And Tigra would be stronger than either, so she'd keep her niche as biggest baddest cat-girl around.)
I dunno, I feel like adding Misty and Colleen would just make it seem like another Daughters of the Dragon/Heroes for Hire reincarnation and anyone else would just take a back seat to them. Also I like Misty in New York
I actually totally forgot about White Tiger, she'd be a good addition for Alphaxman's cat heroes one-shot! It might be a bit of overkill having another cat-themed HTH fighter on a smaller ongoing team when Patsy and Greer are already there though....maybe we could revamp one of the weirdos from Spider-Woman's old series like the Shroud or Poltergeist! I don't think they all necessarily need to be cat-themed as long as there's some obvious cat connection. I mean Birds of Prey only really had Black Canary named after a bird...as far as a name, I thought Pride sounded cool but the Runaways might have something to say about that lol ;p