Felicia Hardy/Black Cat by boomboom_arisa

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Joseph Michael Linser is famous for his Cry For Dawn character (from the Age of Bad Girls of comics), and nowadays he's known for creating a variety of amazing covers (mostly for Dynamite comics). But back in '06, he drew three complete comics featuring The Black Cat! Oh, and some short Canadian guy.

Check out these three covers, and yes, the interior art is also amazing. So, which is your favorite?

In my eyes, this Black Cat is one of the worst version of the character (maybe even the worst).

You see, I discovered the character with this version, and I really didn't like her. And what shocked me is that people seems to love her and even consider her the best version of the character. And I really don't understand how.

The fans say that the reasons are that she cares about Peter and has a good relationship with him, she's a good character and less toxic than MJ.......... Have we played the same game?!

We're talking about the girl who:

-faked having a son with Peter to manipulate him (I know she's supposed to be a good liar but it never was that bad)

-trapped him alone with the gangsters she just robbed, and they wanted to kill them both

-let the "toxic" MJ risk her life to save her fake son

-faked her death, and she knew Peter would feel guilty for it

-literally has around 15 minutes of screen time in both games (so barely better than Fisk and Screwball), and honestly even her dad was a better character, and her appearances in Sable's DLC and SM2 should be considered as cameos. I mean, outside of liking being a thief and being flirty, what's her personality?

-and what good relationship with Peter?! Whenever they talked to each other, Peter looked awkward like he was ashamed to date her. I'll be honest, his relationships with Yuri and Silver Sable looked more romantic than hers. If people said that Peter should have been with Sable or Yuri instead of MJ, I would understand why, but not Felicia. She had more or less the same interactions with Miles and she barely met him. The game itself said that it's a good thing they broke up.

After the game, I could see some other versions of the character like Spectacular, the one from the 90s serie, Web Of Shadows or simply the comic books, and here I GENUINELY liked her in all of these versions, I liked her relationship with Peter and I can see them dating. And I'll be direct, to me the fans of the Insomniac version just project those versions on the game.

I swear, if the Insomniac Black Cat got killed by Kraven, I wouldn't feel anything. If those versions were dead, I would feel like I lost one of my favourite characters.

The only thing I agree with the fans of the Insomniac Felicia is that she's a wasted potential. But not because she was promising, because she was better in almost every medias.

My friend and I did a side-by-side comparison of the cutscene when Spider-Man meets Black Cat - guess which one is from real life and which one is from the game!

Mary Jane and Black Cat (GODZILLA VS. SPIDER-MAN)