Catseye (character)
Catseye is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a member of the Hellions, a group founded by Emma Frost who served as enemies of the New Mutants. Catseye is a counterpart to Wolfsbane, being able to transform into a cat-like creature while Wolfsbane can transform into a wolf. Catseye and many of the Hellions were killed in a battle with Trevor Fitzroy, but were resurrected long after their deaths when Krakoa was established as a mutant nation and developed a means of resurrection.
Publication history
Catseye was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema in The New Mutants #16-17.Fictional character biography
Catseye is a member of the original Hellions recruited by Emma Frost to rival the New Mutants. Having been abandoned by her parents and grown up in the wilderness, she came to believe that she was a cat who could assume human form rather than the other way around.Catseye possesses the ability to transform into a purple cat-like creature and serves as the antithesis of Wolfsbane, who can transform into a wolf. She engages in several battles with the New Mutants—mostly petty competition—but occasionally gets along with the students, becoming friends with Wolfsbane in particular.
Frost takes advantage of the New Mutants' emotional turmoil after the Beyonder kills and later resurrects them. She persuades the current headmaster of the school, Magneto, to send the students to the Massachusetts Academy for counseling. Catseye shares a room with Wolfsbane at the academy, but they are separated after Magneto realizes that Empath has been manipulating him.
Soon after, Frost throws a party which the Hellions and the X-Men attend. Trevor Fitzroy—a member of the Upstarts—crashes the party with the goal of killing Frost to gain points within the group. Some of the Hellions are killed in the initial firefight. The rest, including Catseye, are killed to fuel Fitzroy's portal.
During the Necrosha event, Catseye is temporarily resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard using the Transmode Virus.
In the Krakoan Age, Catseye is among the mutants resurrected by the Five following the establishment of Krakoa as a mutant nation.