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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Tigra also known as The Cat , Greer Nelson , The Werecat , Greer Sorenson . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Greer Nelson (maiden name Grant) first appeared as The Cat in the comic of the same name. She later became Tigra through a mystic ritual.
Origin
Greer Grant's first appearance was as The Cat in the comic The Cat: Claws of the Cat #1 (November, 1972). She later became Tigra through a process that transformed her into a more cat-like being by bonding the soul of one of the Cat People to her. First Appearance of Tigra is in Giant-Size Creatures #1 (July, 1974).
The Cat
Tigra as The Cat.
Greer Grant was a University of Chicago sophomore when she met rookie policeman Bill Nelson, with whom she fell in love and subsequently married. Greer dropped out of college, at Bill's insistence. When Bill was killed in an off-duty shooting, Greer was left on her own. When she tried to find a job, the only positions she was offered were typists or clerks. One day, she ran into her old physics professor, Dr. Joanne Tumolo. She remembered her old pupil and hired Greer as her lab assistant. Greer also returned to college.
After several months, Dr. Tumolo revealed she'd been working on a private project to allow women to achieve their full mental and physical potential, despite the handicaps that society placed on them. She wanted Greer to be the first subject.
Due to lack of funds, Dr. Tumolo had made an arrangement with an eccentric named Mal Donalbain. Donalbain was a fanatic about physical conditioning. He had agreed to sponsor the research. However, he overrode Dr. Tumolo's choice and insisted his protege, Shirlee Bryant, be their "first lovely guinea pig." The doctor wanted to cancel the experiment, but Greer persuaded her to secretly test Greer as well as Shirlee. Both women emerged from the treatments with superhuman physical and mental abilities.
Donalbain planned to use those powers for his own purposes. He told Shirlee she was to be the first of hundreds of enhanced women who would work in his clubs. Using the clubs as a front, Donalbain's force would seize control of the country. He gave her a uniform to wear, a yellow catsuit with blue claws, gloves, and sash. Shirlee balked at donning a cat-earred cowl, but Donalbain told her that it mechanically enhanced her hearing and night vision. Reassured, she finished off the outfit with a studded blue collar. The will-nullifier forced her to obey Donalbain, much to his satisfaction. He ordered Shirlee to demonstrate her new athletic abilities, but she fell to her death.
Donalbain had his henchmen dynamite Dr. Tumolo's lab to eliminate any incriminating evidence. The doctor was critically injured in the explosion. Greer donned one of The Cat uniforms to put an end to his plans.
Greer continued her adventures, defeating the Owl, Commander Kraken, Man-Bull, and the Man-Killer. One day she came home to interrupt a kidnapping attempt on the convalescing Dr. Tumolo by Hydra agents. Greer was shot with an "alpha radiation" pistol while driving off the agents. Dr. Tumolo saved Greer's life with a mystic ritual that bound the soul of one of the Cat People to her. The reborn Tigra abandoned both her previous identities as Greer and The Cat.
The costume used by Greer as The Cat was later found and used by Hellcat.
Tigra
Birth of Tigra.
After the ritual that turned Greer into the Tigra, Hydra found their location and attacked them, she was able to escape. She met a werewolf on the beach, together they fought Hydra soldiers, but to no avail, she soon was captured, and the wolf was left on the beach. But the wolf didn’t want to be separated from Tigra, for he felt something for her when he first saw her. He followed Hydra men to their base and rescued Tigra from the cage. Again they fought together against the soldiers. The battle was won when Dr. Tumolo released the Black Plague. At first she could change her form with an amulet, but soon she was stuck with her Tigra form.
First time she fought Kraven The Hunter when she rescued a doctor from his lair. Soon after that she managed to track down the Rat Pack, she found herself against Super-Skrull who was Rat Pack’s leader, teaming up with Red Wolf she followed them. In the final battle, Super-Skrull tried to use Soul Catcher to capture Tigra's soul, but the artifact chose Super-Skrull himself as a target, and he was trapped in there. Next she met with the Thing, when she broke into the Fantastic Four building, to get help to defeat Cougar who had Null-Bands and planned to take over the world with it. Later Tigra brought the Soul Catcher to Fantastic Four for safe keeping. When she found out that Fantastic Four had been captured by Frightful Four, she went to their rescue, but got herself captured too. Due do a coincident they managed to escape. Then she stayed there awhile, competing with Thundra for Thing’s affection, but Ben was loved Alicia Masters and rejected them both. Once while having pizza with the Thing they happened on a Metalloid, who was carrying a bank vault, they went and stopped it together. When counter earth Reed Richards threw Susan out of the window: Tigra, Thundra and Impossible Mansaved her. The then returned to the building and battled Mad Thinker’s android who game from Negative Zone. Next she was captured by Kraven the hunter, who used a high-tech collar to make her his slave. Kraven planed on entertaining himself with death-fight between Tigra and Spider-Man. Spider-Man saw the collar and released Tigra from its influence, together they beat Kraven. Her first meeting with Tabur is when Dr. Tumolo sacrifices herself to warn others of his actions. Tabur planned to take over the world and lead the cat people. He had a weapon he used to turn humans back to apes and animals to their prehistoric forms. Cat people revealed themselves to the world that day and thwarted his plans. Tigra battled with Tabur and got hold of the weapon and used it on him, turning Tabur back into housecat.
When Moondragon got all the possible recruits together for a new group of Avengers, Tigra was chosen as one of them. She pitted them against one-another, Tigra ‘s enemy was Angel. After the whole mess Tigra even got chosen for the new team. She fought few battles when in the team, against: Elfqueen, Ghost Rider, Molecule Man. She eventually quit the team because she was feeling insecure about her skills to contribute to the team. It didn’t help that she froze few times in the battle thus letting down the team.
She then went briefly to San Francisco, there she befriended with the first Spider-Woman.
A Tail!
When the West Coast branch of Avengers was created under the leadership of Hawkeye, Tigra was asked to join. She by then was acting more cat-like, having relations with Wonder Man and Hank Pym at the same time, and later flirting with Iron Man and Moon Knight. She made a deal with the Cat People, that if she kills Master Pandemonium she will be rid of the cat soul in her. When they were in hell and made it to Cat People’s grounds, Tigra was pitted against Master Pandemonium, she refused to kill him. Cat People, who felt that she is not worthy of Tigra’s soul, removed it. However during the final battle when Hellcat gave her cat outfit to Greer, she broke the soul container and it bonded with her again this time the union was stronger and she even had a tail.
The team went through time travel, and other adventures, but soon the team split up over different views. Some thought that Avengers don’t kill, and some thought that killing is sometimes necessary. Tigra joined with the last ones because of the deal she made with cat people. Mockingbird, Moon Knight and Tigra ended up battling High Evolutionary along side with Goliath. Eventually the team got back together.
Tigra was constantly changing more cat-like, even in appearance. Chasing mice in the kitchen, attacking her own team members. Finally Hank Pym had no other choice but to shrink her, when Tigra attacked her with an intent to kill. She soon escaped the captivity, and lived wild on the streets, feeding with stray cats. One day she was attack by a pit bull and mortally wounded. She was saved by Agatha Harkness, who summoned Tabur who somehow changed her back to more human appearance. Tabur wanted Tigra to be his wife, she declined. Fight ensued, during that Agatha Harkness cast a spell and cat soul went from Tigra to Tabur, changing him back into a housecat. Greer however get to keep her Tigra appearance and the strength that came with it, but could again change back to human with the cat amulet.
Tiny Tigra.
While they fought Pacific Overlords Tigra was injured in the battle, but still tried to go to help other. On the way there she crashed her Quinjet into the river in Australia. She renounced her position from West Coast Avengers and stayed in Australia for a while, she lived with an aborigine tribe. She was happy with herself and her cat side, Jungle was her home. When a slave master kidnapped some of the women from the village, she went and saved them.
When a call came to assemble all avengers, she too joined them. Morgan Le Fay was manipulating the reality. There she was known as Grimalkin in a group called Queen’s Vengeance. When some realized who they were, Tigra still believed what was put into her head by Morgan. Only In final battle she remembered her true self and aided in Le Fey’s defeat. Back in their own time, there were too many avengers, she however didn’t consider staying. She went with Starfox to outer space. When Quasar summoned together a team to fight the Infinities, both Tigra and Eros went and helped him, they were joined with Thor, Photon and Moondragon. After that incident they started to move back towards earth, this was during Maximum security, when earth was made a prison colony.
Back on earth she went underground to police academy, to find out who are Brethren of The Blue Fist. She gained their trust and was invited to join that rogue group. She gave information to other cops who would interfere their missions. Finally she took down the main man behind The Blue Fists. She found out that her late husband was the one who started the vigilante group. Done her job she completed the police academy.
During the Civil War she chose Iron Man’s side. She later infiltrated Captain America’s team and leaked info back to her boss. She was found out as a traitor by Black Panther, and was only given information that was no threat to them.
Now a registered hero and agent of SHIELD, she serves as a instructor in Camp Hammond, and having a relationship with Hank Pym again. During that time she was kidnapped by the Puppet Master along with Araña, Dusk and Silverclaw and forced to serve as his personal servants. Released by Ms. Marvel she returned to her duties.
On one of the patrols she happened on a Jigsaw, cops came too at that moment, and the villains seized the moment and made their escape bullets blazing. When The Hood started gathering villains into a team, Tigra was made an example of their power, she was severely beaten and her cat amulet stolen. The Hood threatened to kill her mother if she would cross them again or says anything to others. Later The Hood gang was beaten by New Avengers and arrested by Mighty Avengers. They however did not wait long before the breakout. They visited Tigra and wanted to know where the New Avengers hide to exact vengeance on them, she complied. During the battle, when The Hood was about to kill Iron Fist, Tigra jumped in and attacked him. Battle was stopped by Doctor Strange, then arrived the Mighty Avengers and she was carried out of there.
Powers
She possesses tiger-like abilities and a tiger-like appearance - pointed ears, fangs, striped fur and tail. She has razor sharp retractable claws on her hands and her feet. She also has highened senses and night vision, super-strength, agility, speed (up to 70 miles an hour), reflexes and a minor healing factor. She has strong empathy, she can tell if someone has internal bleeding or broken ribs. Tigra also has a slight resistance against telepathic attacks.
Skills
Tigra is also able to dislocate her joints to escape entrapment.
Tigra was trained in hand-to-hand combat by Captain America. She is also a skilled pilot.
Alternate Realities
Manga Tigra.
Earth-398
Tigra of Earth-398 was known as Grimalkin and was a member of the Queen's Vengeance.
Earth-58163
In the House of M reality, Greer used her appearance to be considered as a mutant, while supporting the Sapien Liberation Army. She later joined Luke Cage's Avengers, who opposed the rule of Magneto. When an assassination plot against Luke was discovered, she found that Taskmaster is aiming for Luke, but Tigra took the bullet, killing her.
Earth-2301
In the Marvel Mangaverse, Greer is the assistant of Doctor Strange who bounded her into a curse that she will stay in her part-animal until she could perform a thousand good deeds.
Earth-2149
In the Marvel Zombiverse, Tigra is a zombie.
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