Black Cat
- From: Marvel Comics
Felisha Hardy found herself in a world of crime mostly due to her upbringing, as her father was not exactly on the right side of the law most of her life. He was a notable cat burglar that Felisha learned a lot from. As she went off to college, she was sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend as a freshman. This led her to train herself in numerous fighting styles along with acrobatics so that never happened again. That led eventually to following in her father’s footsteps as a cat burglar, where she took on the unique name of the “Black Cat.”
Interestingly, Hardy has sort of a superpower that allows her to subconsciously affect probability fields, which results in “bad luck” for her enemies. This, of course, helps her name make more sense. While she was clearly a villain, her run-ins with Spider-Man led to a romance with the spider. Though short-lived, he was able to inspire Hardy to leave crime behind. She did for a while and even remained one of Spider-Man’s trusted allies, but she would still commit crimes off and on. Black Cat does not often end the lives of her enemies, but she does not mind going to extremes at times. Making her one of the best comic book antiheroes, in our book.