Tigra
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Real Name
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Greer Grant-Nelson
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First Appearance
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The Cat #1 (August, 1972)
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Creators
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Linda Fite, Marie Severin
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Team Affiliations
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Aliases
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The Cat, Grimalkin
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Base of Operations
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Avengers Mansion
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Powers
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Strength, speed, agility, and senses of a tiger, retractable claws, night vision
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Skills and Abilities
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Skilled fighter, Skilled tracker
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Paraphenalia
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Tigra (Greer Nelson) is a superheroine in the Marvel Universe and a member of the Avengers.
Origin[]
Greer Nelson became the vigilante known as the Cat after the murder of her husband. The Cat met a race of evolved felines called the Cat People while fighting HYDRA agents in Europe. The Cat People transformed her into a weretiger when she was dying of radiation poisoning after being shot with a HYDRA weapon. Greer then became Tigra.