White Tiger (Heroes for Hire)

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Comics character

White Tiger

The White Tiger as depicted in Heroes for Hire #4 (October 1997). Art by Pasqual Ferry.

Publication information
Publisher| Marvel Comics
First appearance| Heroes for Hire #1 (July 1997)
Created by| Roger Stern (writer)
Pascual Ferry (artist)
In-story information
Team affiliations| Heroes for Hire
U-Foes
Notable aliases| Tiger
Abilities| Martial arts skills, cat-like speed, agility, and reflexes, ability to become a tiger or a weretiger, resistance to mental powers.

White Tiger is a fictional animal superhero character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a white Bengal tigress capable of mutating into a woman, that appeared in the series Heroes for Hire. She is the second character to use the identity of the White Tiger, the first being Hector Ayala.

## Fictional character biography

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The White Tiger is a white tiger who the High Evolutionary evolved into an anthropomorphic form to battle his previous creation, the Man-Beast. Unlike the other New Men, she can transform between her normal and humanoid forms at will. During her quest, she encounters the U-Foes and falls in love with their leader, Vector, before eventually joining the Heroes for Hire.

White Tiger is returned to her natural form

White Tiger later becomes attracted to Iron Fist, but learns that he is already in love with Misty Knight and attempts to attack her. Heartbroken by the experience, White Tiger returns to the High Evolutionary and has him devolve her and return her to the wild.[1]

The X-Men: Endangered Species storyline reveals that White Tiger has a sister who was similarly evolved and is known as the Snow Queen.

## Powers and abilities

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White Tiger is an expert martial artist who has cat-like speed and reflexes. Her gloves are equipped with razor-sharp claws. If angered, White Tiger can return to her tiger form, and in this form, she has deadly talons, superhuman strength, and enhanced senses. She can even assume a human/tiger hybrid form, becoming a weretiger.

In order for White Tiger to be able to confront and capture Man-Beast, High Evolutionary endowed her with resistance to psionic powers, making White Tiger immune to Man-Beast's mind-control ability.

## References

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1. ^ Heroes for Hire #1-19

## External links

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* Her profile at the Appendix to the Marvel Handbook