Felicia Hardy, a.k.a. the Black Cat, is a longtime ally of Spider-Man's and one of Peter Parker's former love interests. For many fans, their relationship tops those the wall-crawler has had with Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, but it doesn't look like Marvel Studios has any plans to reunite them.
Since their breakup, Felicia has jumped between hero and villain status, but remains one of Spidey's closest allies. In her solo series, Black Cat, the character has recently been dealing with New York City's Thieves Guild. That's meant getting close to the group's leader Odessa Drake, but in tomorrow's issue #7, their relationship - and Felicia's life - looks set to take an unexpected turn.
As Bleeding Cool reports, the comic is expected to kick off Pride Month by having Felicia lock lips with Odessa.
We don't know if this means the vigilante is coming out as gay or bisexual, but it's certainly as big a shift for Black Cat as when Iceman realised he was a gay man after decades of being portrayed as heterosexual. At the very least, the leaked pages shared by the site indicate that Felicia intends to spend the night with Odessa, which could be an interesting new direction to take Black Cat in.
"Black Cat's actions of the last few years make her rethink who she is," reads the synopsis for Black Cat #7. "The price of all the things Felicia and the Black Fox have stolen is finally tallied and the bill is due. And when a bill involves items from the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Iron Fist and Wolverine, you can't exactly take out a loan."
It's worth noting that Kevin Smith's controversial The Evil that Men Do established that Felicia could be bisexual, but Marvel Comics hasn't referenced that - or the character's rape - since its release.
You can check out those leaked pages by heading over to the site.
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