The cat burglar has often been described as someone who uses their agility to enter a building undetected, and these two have taken the cat part of this persona to its extreme.
Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat.
Selena Kyle, the Catwoman.
I’m Br3ndan5, and I’ll be analyzing their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a DEATH BATTLE!
Black Cat
AKA: Felicia Hardy, Ashley Moon, Felicity Harmon, Cat, Licia, Leesh, Fee-Fee, Kitten
Height: 5’10
Weight: 120 lbs
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979)
Feats:
-Beat Sabretooth
-Beat Scorpion while protecting a depowered Spider-Man
-Held her own against Tarantula, Scorpion, and several less significant Spider-Man rogues
-Defeated Hydroman despite losing her powers
-Beat the Lizard in hand to hand combat
-Became the leader of a mob in Dan Slott’s run of Spider-Man
Strength:
-Climbed a building while carrying a fully grown man
-Kicked Carnage out of the air
-Staggered Mr. Hyde
-Kicked Mr. Hyde’s legs out from under him while he was distracted
-Held down Spider-Man’s wrists
–Costume further enhances strength (See “Weapons and Equipment” below)
Agility:
-Evaded Spider-Man by bouncing off of a wall
-Can walk along and easily balance herself on a tightrope
-Jumped over Spider-Man from a standing position
-Grappled and snatched a statue while bounding across a room
-Evaded the Rhino by backflipping
-Costume further enhances agility (See “Weapons and Equipment” below)
Speed:
-Has tagged Spider-Man on multiple occasions
-Dodged attacks from Doc Ock
-Evaded attacks from Scorpion
-Costume further enhances speed (See “Weapons and Equipment” below)
Durability:
-Survived Doc Ock repeatedly slamming her into a wall
-Was slammed into cement hard enough to break it
-Sucker punched by Superior Spider-Man with the only evidence of this being a missing tooth
-Survived being shot several times by Doc Ock’s henchmen
Weapons and Equipment:
Cat’s Claw:
-Hidden in the “fur” of each glove
-Combination of a whip and a grappling hook
-Can be electrified and used as a taser
-Used to lasso people and objects or swing around the city like Spider-Man
Costume:
-Created by the Tinkerer
-Improves her senses, allowing her to see camouflaged opponents
-Costume contains implants that boost her physicality to levels beyond the capability and physical limits of the finest human athlete
-Can lift 800 lbs
-Can run at speeds up to 40 mph
-Agility is boosted to superhuman levels
Contact Lenses:
-Improve her eyesight, allowing her to see things that Spider-Man cannot
-Gives her night vision
Claws:
-Easily cut through armor and metal
-Can rip a Spider-Slayer to shreds
Skills:
Expert Thief:
-Skilled in stealth, picking locks, escapology, evading alarms, and cracking safes
Skilled Martial Artist:
-Has a black belt in Karate and Judo
-Can take on several armed men without getting injured
Olympic Level Athlete
Olympic Acrobat
Powers:
Probability Manipulation:
-Also called her “Bad Luck” powers
-Given to her by the Kingpin
-Allows her to subliminally affect probability fields, causing her opponents to experience bad luck
-Though she needs to be focused in order to use this
Bad luck includes:
-Floors caving in
-Attacks being wildly off-target
-Nearby machines malfunctioning
-Goons missing, hitting each other by accident, or tripping
-Traps not working
-Enemies hurting themselves when trying to hit her
-Guns jamming or missing their target
Weaknesses:
-Needs to be focused when using her Bad Luck powers, otherwise they won’t work
-Despite her durability, she can be put down with enough force
-Dan Slott
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Catwoman
First Appearance: Batman #1 (Spring 1940)
Real Name: Selina Kyle
Age: N/A
Height: 1.7cm (5’7)
Weight: 60 kgs (133 lbs)
Occupation: Thief, Vigilante
Feats:
Didn’t feel the effects of the Fear Toxin
Defeated a team of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Flash in a few seconds
Although, she used cunning and her thieving abilities rather than direct combat
Defeated Wildcat, her former mentor, twice
Beat Batman in the battle of the sexes
Physicality:
Strength:
-Can easily break through solid glass
-Can send people flying through glass with her blows
-Knocked out two cops with a single kick
-Threw a guy onto the ground with her whip hard enough to create a crack
-KO’d an octopus underwater
-Threw a guy through a door
-Can rip vents open with her bare hands
-Broke a guy’s bones in his arm with her legs
Speed:
-Dodged gunfire, both single and automatic, multiple times
-Including shots from Deathstroke and Deadshot
-Dodged a bunch of ninjas
-Can blitz police officers and soldiers
-Outran a panther
-Tagged Zeiss, who sees the world around him in slow motion
Durability:
-Survived an explosion which destroyed her apartment
-Survived a blow which sent her flying through a wall
Agility:
-Can jump higher than an ordinary human
-Knocked out a guy from one side of a car, jumped over it to the other side, and knocked the other guy out before he could react
Abilities:
Master of Disguise:
-Once posed as an old lady and the other as a night club goer
Stealth:
-An FBI Agent admits they’ll never be able to catch her
Great Thief:
-Skilled at lockpicking and safecracking
Seductive:
-Used her natural beauty against men to get what she wants multiple times
-Stole Batman’s utility belt right off of him
-Also stole his Batmobile
Master Martial Artist:
-Impressed Batman
-Fought and defeated a bunch of guys inside of a vent
-Defeated a guy who could clone himself
-Trained by the Armless Master and Wildcat in:
-Boxing
-Capoeira
-Hapkido
-Jujutsu
-Dragon Style Kung Fu
-Karate
Powers:
Cat Empathy:
-Any cats, small or large, somehow sense that Catwoman is an ally and will come to her aid if she needs it
Weapons and Equipment:
Retractable Claws:
-Capable of cutting through the barrel of a gun
-Has them on her hands and feet
Caltrops:
-Sharp, metal jacks that stab the opponent’s feet when they step on them
Bolas:
–Three metallic balls tied together that can be thrown at foes to stun them or tie around their legs
Whip:
-Can be used to swing around
-Can cut through metal chains
Weaknesses:
-Often relies on cunning rather than direct fighting in most situations
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