Catseye (comics)

This article is about the Marvel character. For other uses, see Cat's eye.

Catseye (Sharon Smith) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Catseye
Catseye in human form
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The New Mutants #16 (June 1984)
Created by	Chris Claremont Sal Buscema
In-story information
Alter ego	Sharon Smith
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	Hellions New Mutants
Abilities	Can transform herself into a purple, humanoid feline or a panther-like wildcat.

Publication history

Catseye was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema in The New Mutants #16-17 (June–July 1984).^[1]

Fictional character biography

Catseye is a member of the original Hellions recruited by Emma Frost to rival the New Mutants. Having been abandoned by her parents and grown up in the wilderness, she came to believe that she was a cat who could assume human form rather than the other way around.^[2][3]

Catseye possesses the ability to transform into a purple cat-like creature and serves as the antithesis of Wolfsbane, who can transform into a wolf.^[4] She engages in several battles with the New Mutants—mostly petty competition—but occasionally gets along with the students, becoming friends with Wolfsbane in particular.^[3][5][6]

Frost takes advantage of the New Mutants' emotional turmoil after the Beyonder kills and later resurrects them. She persuades the current headmaster of the school, Magneto, to send the students to the Massachusetts Academy for counseling. Catseye shares a room with Wolfsbane at the academy, but they are separated after Magneto realizes that Empath had been manipulating him.^[7]

Soon after, Frost throws a party which the Hellions and the X-Men attend. Trevor Fitzroy—a member of the Upstarts—crashes the party with the goal of killing Frost to gain points within the group. Some of the Hellions are killed in the initial firefight. The rest, including Catseye, are killed to fuel Fitzroy's portal.^[8]

During the Necrosha event, Catseye is temporarily resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard using the Transmode Virus.^[9] In the Krakoan Age, Catseye is among the mutants resurrected by the Five following the establishment of Krakoa as a mutant nation.^[10][11]

Powers and abilities

Catseye's mutant power is ailuranthropy, the ability to partially or fully transform into a purple feline form. In her panther form, she has superhuman physical abilities, powerful claws and fangs, a prehensile tail, a slight healing factor, and the ability to crawl up walls.^[12]

Other versions

• An alternate universe variant of Catseye from Earth-295 appears in Age of Apocalypse #1.^[13]
• An alternate universe variant of Catseye from Earth-94040 appears in What If #60. This version is a member of the X-Men before being killed by Krakoa.^[14]