BLACK CAT Will Go From Super-Thief To SUPERHERO In New Marvel Comics Series This August

BLACK CAT Will Go From Super-Thief To SUPERHERO In New Marvel Comics Series This August

This August, Felicia Hardy begins a new era in Black Cat, a new ongoing series written by G. Willow Wilson and illustrated by Gleb Melnikov which will see Felicia Hardy go from super-thief to superhero...

By JoshWilding - May 06, 2025 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

This August, Black Cat returns with a new solo ongoing series written by G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and illustrated by Gleb Melnikov (Amazing Spider-Man). Spinning directly out of Joe Kelly, Pepe Larraz, and John Romita Jr.'s Amazing Spider-Man, the comic kicks off with Felicia Hardy testing her luck at being a full-fledged superhero.

Black Cat will be a radical shift for the character's solo adventures as the longtime anti-hero finds herself battling supervillains, including many of Spider-Man's most fearsome foes, amidst her usual high-stakes capers.

However, is Felicia's most recent change of heart for purely altruistic reasons or simply a way to pull off her greatest heist yet?

We'll have to wait and see, but the series marks Wilson’s first ongoing Marvel series since her groundbreaking run of Ms. Marvel concluded (she previously wrote a Black Cat short story in Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #4).

Here's the official description for Black Cat #1:

Felicia Hardy is the BLACK CAT, the world’s slyest and most skilled super-thief! She loves a good score. The longer the odds – the better! But her entire world turned upside down after SPIDER-MAN’s brutal battle with HELLGATE in Amazing Spider-Man #8-9, so Felicia is turning over a new leaf as New York City’s newest…super hero?!

The first super villain on her list – THE LIZARD! But will the Black Cat risk it all after her do-gooding moral high ground attracts dangerous attention from the lowest of the city’s underworld? Easy, KINGPIN OF CRIME, she’s still skimming off the top – honest! Don’t miss the winding road of twists and turns, laughs and mind-bending action of BLACK CAT’s next exciting chapter!

"As soon as Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood dropped and people saw the Black Cat story, readers began to ask me \When are you going to write more Felicia?' Well, the answer is: right now," Wilson shared today.

"Black Cat is so much fun to work with. She's a supporting character with main character energy," the writer teased. "And she has such a rich history that there are tons of tantalizing story threads to pull on."

Melnikov added, "I was itching to draw more of Felicia after finishing my first Spider-Man issue, so when [Editor] Tom Groneman asked if I was interested in working on the Black Cat series, I typed 'YES!' faster than a lightning bolt."

"Black leather, street-level fights, and the chance to draw our favorite usual suspects from Spidey's rogues gallery? Sign me up! Not to mention I'm very excited to work with Willow and color artist Brian Valenza," the artist concluded.

Below, you can check out Adam Hughes' Black Cat #1 cover along with variant covers by his fellow acclaimed artists, Jeehyung Lee, Peach Momoko, and Simone Di Meo.

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BLACK CAT #1
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
Art by GLEB MELNIKOV
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
Variant Cover by JEEHYUNG LEE
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
Variant Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
On Sale 8/20

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KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 5/6/2025, 2:39 PM
That third cover...hot damn
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 5/6/2025, 3:03 PM
@KaptainKhaos - Damn that 3rd cover should be studied
KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 5/6/2025, 3:23 PM
@Gabimaru - for Science, obviously
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 5/6/2025, 2:41 PM
no Sweeney instagram link?
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PatientXero
PatientXero - 5/6/2025, 2:42 PM
Hasn’t she been a hero before?
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/6/2025, 2:44 PM
Another peach momoko cover of course what else new
Batmangina
Batmangina - 5/6/2025, 3:01 PM
Third Printing pre orders already SOLD OUT!!!


Just kidding. Nobody will buy this [frick]ing thing.
DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 5/6/2025, 3:34 PM
@Batmangina - Most of these Marvel comics nowadays aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 5/6/2025, 3:27 PM
Damn the artwork for those covers is fantastic.
TheStranger
TheStranger - 5/6/2025, 3:33 PM
Stop changing who these characters are, if everyone is a hero then nobody is. Keeping characters unique is what made, seeing them appear in each others books, unique and cool. Black Cat and Gambit being thieves and morally gray is what makes these characters great.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 5/6/2025, 4:11 PM
What Ed Brubaker was able to do with Catwoman back in the day, was give her her own territory to protect (The East End), within Gotham City. So it was clear who and what she was fighting for.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 5/6/2025, 4:38 PM
Bella Ramsey as black cat
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/6/2025, 5:10 PM
@AllsNotGood -

Some Disney hackfrauds would consider an average looking actress for Black Cat.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/6/2025, 5:08 PM
Disney liberals don't believe anyone but White straight conservative men can ever truly be a bad person.

Just victims of circumstance.

Look at how they tried to make Maleficent and Cruella heroes.
TK420
TK420 - 5/6/2025, 5:15 PM
Covers 1,2, and 4 are great. 3, not so much...

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