Cat People (comics)
| The Cat People | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Giant-Size Creatures vol. 1, #1 (July 1974) |
| Created by | Tony Isabella and Don Perlin |
| Characteristics | |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Notable members | Flavius Helene Tigra |
The Cat People are a fictional species of humanoids in Marvel Comics.
Dr. Joanne Tumulo, later revealed to be a member of the Cat People race, first appeared in Claws of the Cat #1-4 (November 1972-June 1973), and was created by Linda Fite and Roy Thomas (co-writers), and Marie Severin (artist).
The Cat People race first appeared in Giant-Size Creatures Vol. 1 #1 (July 1974), and was created by Tony Isabella and Don Perlin. The race subsequently appeared and was further detailed in Adventures into Fear #22 (June 1974), Marvel Two-In-One #19 (September 1976), Marvel Premiere #42 (June 1978), What If #35 (October 1982), West Coast Avengers Volume 2 #6-7 (March-April 1986), #15-16 (December 1986-January 1987), Fantastic Four #314 (May 1988), Avengers Spotlight #38 (November 1990), Dr. Strange III #27/2 (March 1991), and Tigra #1-4 (May-August 2002).
The Cat People received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1.
The first Cat People were created from ordinary house cats by a medieval sorcerer named Ebrok. Though the Cat People were initially welcomed into Ebrok's community as warriors and domestic servants, their fierce nature as well as their rapid breeding rate soon started to become uncontrollable, and the Cat People were banished to another dimension by Ebrok's fellow sorcerers. The sorcerers also installed a magick ensuring that Ebrok's original cats-into-cat-people spell would never work again.
Part of the banishment required that one Cat Person, to be known as The Balkathar, could be summoned by any Earthly sorcerer from time to time to perform a task.
Ebrok had trained his original two creations, Flavius and Helene, in both the scientific and mystical arts. Upon learning of the sorcerers' plans, they secretly crafted an amulet that temporarily gave themselves the appearance of normal humans, and thus had evaded banishment. This delighted Ebrok, who had begun to regard the pair as his children. Together, they worked to develop solutions that would allow the Cat People to return from their other-dimensional banishment and live peacefully among the human population. The cats' natural curiosity made them into gifted researchers and they made many scientific and magical discoveries along the way.
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