Cat Claw

Cat Claw
Publication information
Publisher	Dečje novine, Eternity Comics
First appearance	June 1981
Created by	Branislav Kerac (artist) Svetozar Obradović (writer)
In-story information
Alter ego	Carol Connor
Partnerships	Cameron Hill
Abilities	Cat's agility, claw-like fingernails, superhuman strength, night vision

Cat Claw is a fictional comic book superhero created by Serbian artist Branislav Kerac and writer Svetozar Obradović.

In the early 1980s, the publisher Dečje novine and editor Sibin Slavković called for comic strips that would resemble American superhero comics for their magazine YU Strip. Of the creators solicited, only Branislav Kerac and Svetozar Obradović responded. Their suggestions included Gea, a Red Sonja-type character, Cyborg, a Terminator-type character, and Cat Claw, a female version of Spider-Man. Kerac stated in a 1991 interview: "I tried to imagine what the wet dream of every male pig would look like, and Cat Claw was the answer." Kerac penciled several pages and they were shopped around the Belgrade inkers, but most of them disliked the concept of the comic. Kerac ended up performing both duties. He was busy with his Kobra comic book, so one of the characters had to be dropped. Kerac chose to retain Cat Claw, which allowed him to emulate the work of one of his idols, John Romita. The first episode, "Bane Claws", written by Obradović, was very much in the Marvel Comics style. It even included a cameo appearance of Peter Parker. Soon after, Obradović, due to various obligations, had to drop his work on Cat Claw. After a short cooperation with writer Slavko Draginčić, Kerac became the complete author of the comic As writer, Kerac started to incorporate humor and allusions to various films, other comics and rock music, mostly heavy metal, into stories, which led some readers and critics to believe that Cat Claw was a parody of superhero comics.

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