“She’s Ms. Felicia Sara Hardy. A.K.A. the Black Cat... and she’s my least favorite personality in New York City.” — Susan

Susan Storm

Sue Storm’s origin begins as a bright, compassionate young woman from an ordinary life who gets pulled into extraordinary circumstances through science and exploration. A gifted student with a knack for both people and problem-solving, she becomes involved in an experimental spaceflight meant to push human understanding beyond Earth’s limits. When that mission is bombarded by cosmic rays, Sue and her crew return transformed—she discovers she can vanish from sight and manipulate unseen forces, and she takes on the identity of the Invisible Girl (later Invisible Woman). From that moment, she steps into a life of public heroism, adventuring across dimensions and defending the world as a founding member of the Fantastic Four.

Personality

Susan is the emotional core and moral compass of her team—empathetic, nurturing, and endlessly protective, but also steel-spined when pushed. She’s naturally diplomatic and attentive to others’ feelings, often reading a room faster than anyone else and smoothing tension before it explodes. Underneath that warmth is a fierce stubbornness: she will challenge authority, call people on their nonsense, and refuse to be sidelined or underestimated. Over the years, she grows from someone struggling with being overlooked into a confident, self-possessed leader who knows exactly how powerful she is. She carries the weight of responsibility heavily, sometimes sacrificing her own needs for the group, but her resilience, dry wit, and quiet courage are what hold everyone together when things fall apart.

Abilities

Sue’s abilities center on invisibility and force-field projection, and in practice they make her one of the most powerful superheroes on Earth. She can render herself and others unseen, bend light in complex ways, and even selectively hide parts of objects or environments. More importantly, she shapes invisible force fields with incredible precision—domes, walls, platforms, battering rams, scalpels, and intricate constructs limited mostly by her imagination and concentration. She can use these fields for defense (blocking explosions, bullets, or psychic assaults), offense (crushing, suffocating, or hurling foes), support (creating bridges, cushions, or life-support bubbles), and even flight by riding her own platforms. At peak focus, she can exert city-shaking force or incredibly delicate control, making her a strategic powerhouse in any battle.

Black Cat

Black Cat, aka Felicia Hardy, is the daughter of famous cat burglar Walter Hardy, and her origin is built on defiance, reinvention, and legacy. Growing up in a wealthy but emotionally complicated home, Felicia discovered the truth about her father’s criminal life and idolized his skill more than his respectability. After a traumatic assault in college in some continuities, she refused to be a victim again and threw herself into training—acrobatics, martial arts, stealth—eventually crafting the Black Cat identity to take control of her life on her own terms. Her path crossed Spider-Man’s early in her career, and their complicated romance, built on thrill-seeking, attraction, and moral friction, anchored her firmly in the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe as both an ally and a chaos factor.

Personality

Felicia is playful, bold, and shamelessly self-possessed. She loves the game as much as the prize, thriving on risk, flirting with danger, and teasing everyone—enemies, allies, and lovers alike. She projects confidence and glamour, using charm and wit as weapons just as sharp as her claws. Underneath the showmanship, though, she’s fiercely independent and deeply sensitive about vulnerability; she hates feeling powerless or “less than” and will double down on bad decisions before admitting she’s hurt. Loyalty with her is selective but intense: if you’ve earned her trust, she’ll take real risks for you, but betrayal cuts deep and she holds grudges with style. She walks an emotional tightrope between wanting to be seen as more than “just a thief” and refusing to let anyone, especially superheroes, judge how she survives.

Abilities

Felicia’s skills are a mix of elite physical training, criminal expertise, and, at times, enhanced “bad luck” manipulation. She is an Olympic-level acrobat and gymnast, with superb agility, balance, and reflexes that let her run rooftops, dodge attacks, and improvise mid-fight. She’s an expert cat burglar—lockpicking, safecracking, infiltration, security systems, and social engineering are second nature to her—and she plans heists with tactical precision. In many versions, her “bad luck” powers come from tech or genetic tampering, subtly sabotaging opponents with misfortune during combat. She’s also a capable hand-to-hand fighter, specializing in speed, evasive maneuvers, and dirty tricks rather than brute strength. On top of that, she’s a clever strategist and leader, able to command crews, outwit crime bosses, and switch from solo thief to underworld queen when the situation (or payout) calls for it.