Greer Grant Nelson/Tigra Appreciation 2023

[Agent Z]

An appreciation thread for Greer Grant Nelson, formerly known as the Cat and currently known as Tigra.




First appearance

As the Cat: The Claws of the Cat #1 (November 1972)

As Tigra: Giant-Size Creatures #1 (July 1974)

The Cat created by Roy Thomas and Wally Wood

Tigra created by Tony Isabella and Don Perlin

[Captain Craig]

Her frequent appearances in the current run of Moon Knight do have me more curious.
Marvel made a thick collection of her early origin years but I don't recall how they named it.
Using "Tigra Collection" or Tigra Complete Collection didn't yield a quick answer. The Cat didn't help either.
Anyone recall what that was named?

[Alex_Of_X]

Tigra's a fave. Great to see her basking in the spotlight yet again, for what feels like the first time since the Avengers: The Initiative--Avengers Academy days

[Phoenixx9]

Yay for Greer!

I always liked her as Cat but also as Tigra.

[Frontier]

Tigra's one of my underrated favorites and I'm glad to see her making some appearances in Jed McKay's Moon Knight .

[Thirteen]

GREER looking GREAT and Detrective-y in the preview of MOON KNIGHT
Not sure how I feel about the new costume but its better than her DEFENDERS BEYOND look and the art style of Alessandro Cappuccio sells the different striping pattern that I probably otherwise would balk at.

[Phoenixx9]

Tigra does not look "right" without her stripes in that one pic. I am used to seeing her with stripes.

But in that second pic with the stripes, she looks like a different character and not Tigra.

[Frontier]

GREER looking GREAT and Detrective-y in the preview of MOON KNIGHT
Not sure how I feel about the new costume but its better than her DEFENDERS BEYOND look and the art style of Alessandro Cappuccio sells the different striping pattern that I probably otherwise would balk at.

Yeah, I really didn't care for her Defenders Beyond look.

I get that the bikini look might be seen as too much in today's climate but Tigra should have a look that screams...freedom and wildness.

[Doombot]

The bikini or something similar is really the only thing that works, in spite of today's climate. Other costumes have never held up. You don't have a tiger woman character with stripes all over her body as her main gimmick and then cover that up.

[OBrianTallent]

Her frequent appearances in the current run of Moon Knight do have me more curious.
Marvel made a thick collection of her early origin years but I don't recall how they named it.
Using "Tigra Collection" or Tigra Complete Collection didn't yield a quick answer. The Cat didn't help either.
Anyone recall what that was named?

Tigra The Complete Collection

https://www.amazon.com/Tigra-Complet...s%2C141&sr=8-1

[Frontier]

Tigra The Complete Collection

https://www.amazon.com/Tigra-Complet...s%2C141&sr=8-1

That's cool! Did not know this was a thing .

[kcekada]

Her frequent appearances in the current run of Moon Knight do have me more curious.
Marvel made a thick collection of her early origin years but I don't recall how they named it.
Using "Tigra Collection" or Tigra Complete Collection didn't yield a quick answer. The Cat didn't help either.
Anyone recall what that was named?

It is Tigra, the Complete Collection.

https://www.amazon.com/Tigra-Complet.../dp/1302920693

[kcekada]

Yay for Greer!

I always liked her as Cat but also as Tigra.

That's one of the things I really liked in that Christina Z/Mike Deodato mini-series -- the return of Greer -- and that she is very capable eve when not in Tigra mode. I wish more writers would utilize that aspect of her.

[Phoenixx9]

That's one of the things I really liked in that Christina Z/Mike Deodato mini-series -- the return of Greer -- and that she is very capable eve when not in Tigra mode. I wish more writers would utilize that aspect of her.

Yeah, that's one of the problems I had with Patsy Walker just putting on one of the "old discarded Donnelbaine's cat suits" and acquiring the level of ability she got when fighting with the Avengers. That was not even Greer's suit since Greer's had a "cat-claw" on the chest.

Now, I loved Hellcat in the Defenders, and I understajnd by that time, she had trained a bit with Moondragon on Titan and so may have also trained with the Priests there as well. But Greer went through training, electrical, chemical (and mystical?) experimentation by Dr Tumolo, before putting on her cat-suit, which was specifically attuned to Greer, and to bring out and increase her heightened abiiities.

[Agent Z]

Who would make for a good writer for a Tigra solo or miniseries?