Catseye (Sharon Smith) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Catseye was created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema in The New Mutants #16-17 (June–July 1984).

Fictional character biography

Catseye is a member of Emma Frost's Hellions who can partially or fully transform into a purple cat. 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. Throughout her appearances, Catseye battles the New Mutants, but befriends Wolfsbane, whose powers are similar to her own. She is later killed by Trevor Fitzroy before being resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard.

Powers and abilities

Catseye's mutant power is ailuranthropy, the ability to become a cat. She can transform into either a housecat or a human-panther hybrid (a werecat). In her panther form, she has superhuman physical abilities, razor-sharp claws and fangs, a prehensile tail, a slight healing factor, and the ability to crawl up walls.

Other versions