Catseye (comics)

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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.

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

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

Catseye is a member of Emma Frost's Hellions who can partially or fully transform into a purple cat. 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]

Throughout her appearances, Catseye battles the New Mutants, but befriends Wolfsbane, whose powers are similar to her own.^[4][5][6][7] She is later killed by Trevor Fitzroy before being resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Catseye's mutant power is ailuranthropy, the ability to become a cat. She can transform into either a housecat or a human-panther hybrid (a werecat). In her panther form, she has superhuman physical abilities, razor-sharp claws and fangs, a prehensile tail, a slight healing factor, and the ability to crawl up walls.

• 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]

• Uncannyxmen.net Character Profile on Catseye
• Uncannyxmen.net feature on the Hellions