Full Name: Felicia Sara Hardy

Alias: Black Cat

Group Affiliation: Thieves Guild

Pet(s): Lupin Raffles Simon Irene

Relatives: Walter Hardy (father, deceased) Lydia Hardy (mother) Lou (niece)

Gender: Female

Height: 5′10″ (1.78 m)

Weight: 120 lbs (54.43 kg)

Eyes: Green

Hair: Platinum White

Powers: Tychokinesis – Felica's original "bad luck" powers were imbued by scientists working for the Kingpin through a bargain made with him. After they were removed by Doctor Strange, Felicia sought help from a supervillain scientist Doc Tramma. She grafted cybernetic enhancements to Felicia's body, namely a quantum probability pulsator, that causes "bad luck" to other people. This power allows her to subliminally affect probability fields, which would cause improbable, though not impossible, events of "bad luck" to occur to enemies within her line of sight. As Felica grew ruthless, her "bad luck" powers became more effective. This power also affects magic (manipulation of local probability fields), giving Felicia some protection against magical spells. The Puma's heightened senses detected Felica's bad luck superpower as a distinct aura, more active when she was under attack, but failed to identify its specific effect.

Abilities: Expert Thief – Felicia is a skilled (somewhat reformed) thief skilled in stealth, picking locks, escapology, evading alarms, and cracking safes.

Olympic Level Athlete – She has reflexes, agility, and stamina of an Olympic level acrobat, and is capable of many exceptional feats. She is physically very strong and athletic and has great physical endurance.

Skilled Martial Artist – As a way to honor her father Walter Hardy, she trained herself in martial arts for years. She has been trained in several martial arts; most notably Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate and Judo which she specializes in. Felicia is capable of taking on several armed assailants and incapacitating them without being injured herself. Her strength and, when pushed too far, ferocity in battle has proven to be overwhelming enough to defeat the mutant assassin known as Sabretooth.

Weaknesses: Proximity to Other Probability Manipulators – Felicia's powers malfunction when near other people with the ability to manipulate probability.

Personality: Greedy, vengeful, and cynical, much of Felicia Hardy's life has been shaped by loss and trauma -- leaving her a jaded woman who looks out for herself at the expense of others. Despite scoffing at the idea of being a super hero, Felicia has frequently acted as a vigilante anti-hero - largely due to Spider-Man's influence on her; and has also at-times gone straight and used her powers for good as both a vigilante and a private investigator.

Appearance: She is a tall, slender, and athletic woman. She is a former socialite who dresses in expensive, elegant clothing. Often in silk blouses, designer evening gowns, and tailored coats when not in costume. She prefers vibrant or neutral colors like cream, red, or deep blue. She favors wearing pearls and diamonds.

Felica in her Black Cat Costume.

Suit: A form-fitting black leather or latex jumpsuit designed with textured paneling along the legs and hips. Unlike her traditional low-cut comic catsuit, this variant features a distinct corset-style bustier top. Vibrant neon purple and deep indigo trimming outlines the sweetheart neckline and details the forearms, contrasting sharply against the black material. Thick, voluminous white fur lines the dramatic open collar around her shoulders, her forearms, and the shins of her boots, preserving her signature feline aesthetic. Polished, diamond-shaped silver chrome gems decorate the top of her bustier, her gloves, and the centers of her boots. A stylized silver metal utility belt rides low on her hips, curving outward to loosely mimic a cat's tail. She wears a thick black choker collar decorated with matching metallic diamond studs. Her gloves terminate in long, sharp metallic gold claws designed for climbing and combat. Her classic black mask features extended, stylized wingtips that accentuate her eyes and eyebrows.

Equipment: Black Cat's Costume: The costume she currently uses was designed by the Tinkerer, created using leather material, and is designed to increase many of her natural physical attributes far beyond normal human levels by means of micro servos embedded into it.

Suit Abilities: Enhanced Strength – The Black Cat's costume increases her physical strength to levels beyond the natural limits of a woman of her weight and physical build. In fact, her strength is increased to the maximum of human potential, enabling her to overhead press approximately 800 lbs with maximum effort.

Superhuman Agility – The costume she wears also possesses various implants. Without these implants, she has the agility of an Olympic level gymnast. However, the implants augment her natural agility to levels that are beyond the capability and physical limits of the finest human athlete.

Retractable Claws – The gloves of the Black Cat's costume contain steel micro-filaments that form retractable claws at the tip of each finger when she flexes her fingers by triggering a magnetic surge, which condenses the filaments into polarized talons. These claws are highly durable and razor sharp, allowing her to tear through most substances and to easily scale walls.

Equilibrium Earrings – Felicia wears earrings obtained by the Tinkerer that interact with the balance centers of her brain to grant her enhanced agility and balance, increasing her natural bodily equilibrium and allowing her to accomplish feats beyond the capabilities of the finest human athlete.

Electromagnetic Contact Lenses – Felicia wears contact lenses obtained by the Tinkerer that allows her to see in various ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet light. When wearing these contacts, Felicia's eyes appear to have blue irises as opposed to the green irises that Felicia naturally possesses.

Equipment: Grappling Hook – 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 and Daredevil despite lacking the associated speed of either. She can also use the cable from this device as a tightrope, wall scaling device, swing line, or as a weapon in combat.