Patsy Walker

Hellcat in Iron Man/Hellcat Annual v1 #1.

Patsy Walker is a female comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Patsy Walker

Patricia Walker

Hellcat

While her husband was assigned to a security post at the heavily government-subsidized Brand Corporation in New Jersey, Patsy met the Beast and learned his secret identity. Walker had long idolized 'super heroes', and she elicited the promise from him that in exchange for keeping his secret, he would help her become a 'superheroine'. (Avengers v1 #144) Walker's marriage eventually came to a bitter end, and she sought out the Beast, who was now a member of the Avengers, to remind him of his promise. (Avengers v1 #141) Tagging along with the Avengers to investigate criminal activities at the Brand Corporation, she became imprisoned along with the heroes by the Corporation and her ex-husband.(Avengers v1 #143) After they freed themselves, Walker discovered the Cat Suit worn by Greer Nelson in her identity as the "Cat". Putting the costume on, Walker dubbed herself "Hellcat" and used her natural athletic abilities to help the Avengers. (Avengers v1 #144)

Hellcat was persuaded by the Titanian priestess Moondragon to accompany her to Titan to undergo a period of training. (Avengers v1 #151)

Upon her return to Earth, she met the Defenders and decided to accept their offer of membership rather than the Avengers. (Defenders v1 #46)

Eventually, she met Daimon Hellstrom, who in his costumed guise of the Son of Satan, joined the Defenders for a short time, and after he was cured of his demonic aspect found that she was in love with him. Renouncing her costumed identity, Patsy Walker decided to marry Hellstrom. The couple was married in Greentown, Ohio, where Patsy's father resided at the time. The wedding, attended by several of her Defenders colleagues, was interrupted by her ex-husband "Buzz" Baxter, who had assumed the costumed guise of Mad Dog, and the Mutant Force. The Defenders repulsed the attack and Hellstrom subdued Mad-Dog. (Defenders v1 #125)

The Hellstroms then moved to San Francisco where they established themselves as occult investigators. In this capacity, they helped several superheroes in mystical problems, notably the Avengers West Coast branch. In helping the Avengers, Pasty again donned the Hellcat costume and remained on hand to help them capture the villains Tiger Shark and Whirlwind. (West Coast Avengers v2 #16)

Notes

• Patsy Walker was created by Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson where she made her first appearance in Miss America Magazine v1 #2 (November, 1944).
• Her Hellcat incarnation was created by Steve Englehart and George Pérez that made her debut in Avengers v1 #144 (February, 1976).

Appearances

• Miss America Magazine v1: (1944)
• Avengers v1: (1976)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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