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Greer Grant had been an adventurous young woman who married quite young yet was sadly widowed when her police officer husband was killed in the line of duty. Ā In order to support herself, Greer took a position as a laboratory assistant to an experimental biology researcher named Ā Dr. Joanne Tumolo. Ā Funded by a health-obsessed tycoon, Tumolo was working on a means of artificially augmenting physical attributes. Ā
Greer ended up a test subject for the process and was bestowed substantially enhanced speed, strength and dexterity as well as highly amplified senses. Ā Wanting to utilize the successful results for nefarious purposes, the projectās benefactor planted a bomb that killed Tumolo. Ā Greer discovered what had happened and decided to use her newfound abilities to bring the villain to justice. Ā She donned a cat-themed costume and, calling herself āThe Cat,ā was ultimately successful in taking down the murderers. Ā
Greer chise to continue on as a costumed hero and had a number of adventures, one of which saw her teaming up with the Amazing Spider-Man. Ā Greer would later discover that Dr. Tumolo had not perished in the explosion but had actually managed to survive. Ā Furthermore, Tumolo was secretly a member of ancient race of beings known as The Cat People. Ā These were cat/human hybrids who were created by magic some time in the middle ages and had continued on in isolation. Ā
Tumolo sought out Greer after she had been mortally wounded battling a cell of Hydra agents. Ā To save her life, Tumolo and the Cat People mystically transformed Greer into the legendary half-human, half-cat warrior they called the āTigra.ā Ā Greer was imbued with even greater physical and sensory abilities and was transformed into a cat/human hybrid, with orange fur, sharpened claws and a tail. Ā Taking on the mantle of Tigra, Greer helped the Cat People defeat the Hydra agents. Ā
Greer would have further adventures as Tigra, ultimately joining The Avengers for a brief period of time before relocating to San Fransisco where she had adventures alongside Jessica Drew. Ā Tigra was later recruited to serve as a member of the West Coast iteration of The Avengers. Ā
During her time with The West Coast Avengers, Tigra began experiencing increasing difficulties controlling the more primal, animalistic nature of her hybrid form. Ā This ultimately resulted in her devolving into a four legged cat-like creature. Ā She was eventually cured thanks to the help of the sorceress, Agatha Harkness.
Later, Tigra joined Iron Man pro-registration forces during the superhero Civil War. Ā She also became an instructor for the Avengers Initiative Program at Camp Hammond, taking special interest in her student Reptil. Ā
Around this time, Tigra entered into a romantic relationship with Hank Pym, unaware that he had recently been replaced with a Super Skrull imposter. Ā Following the Secret Invasion event, Tigra discovered she was pregnant and she was quite frightened over the potential ramifications of her baby being half-Skrull. Ā As it turned out, the Skrull imposter had duplicated Hank Pym on a completely genetic level and, as such, Tigraās son was born without any traces of Skrull DNA. Ā The child, whom Tigra named William, did however possess the properties of the Cat People and, like his mother, is a half human/half cat hybrid. Ā The circumstances of the childās conceptionĀ notwithstanding, the real Hank Pym was happy to be a part of his genetic sonās life and offered to support Greer and the baby in any way she liked. Ā
Following Hank Pymās apparent death, Tigra introduced William to Hankās daughter, Nadia Pym, who was overjoyed to meet her half brother. Ā Both Tigra and William have since participated in the adventures Nadia has had as the Unstoppable Wasp. Ā
The heroine first appeared in the pages of The Cat #1 (1972). Ā
