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Hellcat

Real name: Patsy Walker, Patsy Baxter, or Patsy Hellstrom, depending on when you started reading.

First Hellcat First appearance: As near as I can figure, Patsy Walker Comics 1 in 1945! although she may have had a previous recurring role in Millie the Model. Her first appearance in Marvel continuity was as a guest at Reed and Sue Richards' wedding in Fantastic Four Annual 3. She became the Hellcat in Avengers 144 after donning Tigra's cast off Cat uniform.

Favorite quote: "You're nothing like the man I married -- or even the man I divorced !" (To her ex-husband Buzz Baxter in Avengers 142)

Team affiliation: Avengers and Defenders. Between those two stints, she trained with Moondragon. Before becoming Hellcat, she befriended Hank McCoy, the Beast, in various Amazing Adventures issues.

Powers: Patsy has no known powers, although Moondragon's training appears to allow her a low-level psionic rapport with certain people. When possessed by the demonic entity Avarrish in Defenders 94, her psi abilities seemed considerably enhanced.

Favorite story line: The saga of The Six-Fingered Hand (Defenders 92-100), during which Patsy realizes that being the daughter of the devil isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Least favorite story line: Patsy fell victim to the lamest of all Marvel cliches, the Gwen Stacy syndrome. This is where some hack with writer's block decides the only way to deepen the character of the hero is to kill off his spouse/girlfriend. Other victims of this tacky syndrome include Mockingbird (Hawkeye's wife), Jarella (the Hulk's girlfriend), Sharon Carter (Captain America's girlfriend), Mariko (Wolverine's fiancee), Marrina (Namor's wife), Captain Jean DeWolff (potential Spiderman girlfriend), Candy Southern (the Angel's girlfriend) and probably a couple dozen other women I can't think of right now. It was a lousy sendoff for a character that had been around almost as long as Captain America, and that once had three simultaneous series running for Marvel ("Patsy Walker Comics" was joined by "Patsy and Hedy" in 1952 and "Patsy and her Pals" in 1953).

Reboot Update: No, your eyes don't deceive you! That is someone with the code name "Hellcat" running around in the alternate universe Avengers created after Onslaught! Unfortunately, it isn't our Patsy, just another in an endless line of Feral/Wolfbane clones...

Quick thanks: To Scott Hollifield and his Publishing History of Marvel, which helped a lot with Patsy's pre-superheroine appearances.