It was more egregious than when they did this to her.
Introduced as Patsy Walker, she was the star of a teen-oriented romance comic when Marvel was still Timely, before being brought into Earth-616 proper during an issue of the Fantastic Four in 1965. This cute little cameo turned into a recurring role, and by 1976, Patsy was divorcing her idiot husband, blackmailing Beast into joining an Avengers mission, and then stealing a costume and telling Captain America and Iron Man to piss off. Hellcat was born.
That was a certifiably badass introduction, and Hellcat soon made her way over to the Defenders, becoming a mainstay of the team. She had her own Hellcatmobile! She trained in martial arts on Saturn’s moon! But then she fell into an abusive relationship with the literal Son of Satan and was driven to suicide because Marvel does not have the best track record when it comes to female superheroes. While in Hell, she pulled a Hulk and got involved in gladiatorial combat, developed psychic abilities, and then tricked Hawkeye into returning her to Earth, giving the finger to Dormammu, the same extradimensional entity that killed Doctor Strange, like, a thousand times.
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During Marvel’s weird “50 States Initiative,” Hellcat was sent to Alaska and had an adventure that bordered on a drug trip with yeti and talking rabbits, and it was amazing. Still, no one ever talks about it, and that’s a shame. She came back and started a job placement agency for superheroes and reformed supervillains because her true superpower is optimism and a positive attitude. And, also, y’know, catlike agility, space martial arts, psychic powers, and having grappling-hook claws. Also, briefly, the ability to sneeze and rewrite reality.
Anyway, Jessica Jones decided to turn her into a bloodthirsty vigilante in at least the fourth rehash of the “heroes don’t kill!” storyline in as many years. She was also just kind of insufferable. And Netflix also decided not to put her in the Defenders miniseries because they’re all idiots, and no wonder that entire corner of the MCU got canceled. You did this to yourselves, Daredevilverse.
Eirik Gumeny is the author of the Exponential Apocalypse series, a five-book saga of slacker superheroes, fart jokes, and assorted B-movie monsters, and he recently added werewolves and assassins to The Great Gatsby. And he wasn’t joking about that Banshee thing, Marvel. You can find him on Twitter.
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