Summary

• Tigra gets a deserving comeback in Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7, showing she's more than just a feline hero.
• Tigra's journey from a human hero to a cat-woman Avenger is explored, making her a compelling character once again.
• MacKay and Cappuccio have helped Tigra unlock her potential, moving away from past sexualized portrayals.

Warning: contains spoilers for Vengance of the Moon Knight #7!

Marvel is finally giving a 1980s Avengers hero the comeback they so richly deserve, and I could not be more ready. Tigra was once a prominent member of the Avengers throughout the 1980s, but saw her star fade by the 200s. Tigra returned to the pages of Moon Knight, as Marc Spector’s handler, and Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7 takes her amazing comeback to the next level.

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7 is written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Alessandro Cappuccio. The issue, a tie-in to the Blood Hunt event, sees Tigra and Hunter’s Moon traveling around New York, fighting vampires. The duo is ed by the Wrecker. The three of them bust Khonshu out of his Asgardian prison.

The group returns to Earth, and Khonshu revives Marc Spector.

Tigra’s perspective grounds the story, making it clear that not only does she care for Moon Knight, but that she has found herself as a hero once again.

Tigra Was Once a Prominent Member of the Avengers

Tigra Helped Found the West Coast Branch of the Avengers

Tigra has had two phases to her career. While most know Tigra today as a literal “cat-woman,” she began her heroic career as a human. Her name was, appropriately enough, the Cat. Debuting in 1972’s Claws of the Cat #1, Greer Nelson later mutated into Tigra a year and a half later in Giant Sized Creatures #1. As Tigra, Nelson would soar to new levels of popularity, that would take her all the way to the Avengers. Tigra served with the team, both the main and West Coast branch, for most of the 1980s and into the 1990s.

Tigra's original human form, The Cat, was created by Roy Thomas and Wally Wood, while Tony Isabella and Don Perlin transformed her into Tigra.

While Tigra never fully went into limbo, her popularity waned and by the 2000s she was relegated to ing roles in other books. Her situation in Moon Knight is no different: she began as Marc’s handler before becoming his lover and member of the Midnight Mission. Yet working with Moon Knight has helped Tigra become the hero she was meant to be. Tigra was spinning her wheels career-wise before ing the Midnight Mission, but now she has found a new purpose. Likewise, Tigra has been good for Moon Knight’s well-being also.

Tigra's Avengers' Comeback Is Way Overdue

Tigra Is A Compelling Character, and Deserves More Stories

During Tigra’s first heyday in the 1980s, the character was heavily sexualized, but MacKay and Cappuccio have moved away from this, showing Tigra as a devoted friend, lover and mother.

Tigra is an underrated member of the Avengers, and her time has come once again. During Tigra’s first heyday in the 1980s, the character was heavily sexualized, but MacKay and Cappuccio have moved away from this, showing Tigra as a devoted friend, lover and mother. MacKay and Cappuccio have explored Tigra’s psyche and traumas, and helped make her a compelling character once again. They have helped unlock Tigra’s potential, and make a strong case for her to return to not only the Avengers, but to a more prominent role in the Marvel Universes as a whole.

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