Black Cat

"Following information comes from Black Cat"The Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Throughout her history, Black Cat has been an enemy, love interest, and ally of the superhero Spider-Man. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Dave Cockrum, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979).

Felicia Hardy is the daughter of Walter Hardy, a world-renowned cat burglar. After suffering a traumatic experience as a college freshman, she trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics and, after deciding to follow in her father's footsteps, adopted the costumed identity of the Black Cat. As Black Cat, she has the subconscious ability to affect probability fields, producing "bad luck" for her enemies. The character was originally a supervillain and adversary of Spider-Man, but over time the two fell in love, which motivated her into becoming an antiheroine and his partner. However, their relationship grew complicated after it became apparent that Black Cat was only attracted to the alter ego of Spider-Man and had little interest in the hero's civilian life as Peter Parker. After their break-up, Black Cat maintained her role as one of Spider-Man's most trusted allies and for years the pair shared on-again, off-again romance before she eventually lasped back into her criminal ways.

Being a part of his supporting cast and one of his principle love interests, Black Cat has been featured in many media adaptations related to Spider-Man. Black Cat was ranked as the 152nd greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine. She was ranked 24th on IGN's "Top 25 Spider-Man Villains" list, as well as 27th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. The Black Cat is scheduled to appear in The Spider-Man: My Own Worst Enemy.

Behind the Scenes
The decision to add Black Cat to the cast list was made very early on. Not only did the character actually appear in the Superior Spider-Man comics but it also allowed for a real dilemma for Spider-Man. Black Cat big role is to serve as a replacement for the character Anna-Maria Marconi, the love interest from the Superior Spider-Man comic arc. "We didn't know any midgets" Moore elaborates. "Anna-Maria, in the comics was a midget and in my hometown I knew of none and not one of my friends knew one either and changing her to be a normal sized human would feel like an insult to the character so I made a simple substitution for a character who briefly appears in the comic but also has a history with Spider-Man".