Appearing in "Nightmare's Evolution"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Cat People (Main story and flashback)
- Dr. Joanne Tumolo (Main story and recap) (Death)
- Dr. Richard Dannemiller (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Faelar (First appearance)
- ⏴ Dr. Leon
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Thor (Only in flashback)
- High Evolutionary (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- New Orleans (Main story and flashback)
Races and Species:
- Cat People (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- New Men (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Cat's Head Amulet
- Electro-Genetic Patterning Device
Synopsis for "Nightmare's Evolution"
During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tigra receives a warning from the ghost of Dr. Tumolo that "Tabur has the ray." Relaying this to the Cat People, she learns that they possess a rare ability to sacrifice their own lives to warn loved ones of grave danger in this fashion. She learns that the "ray" was developed by Dr. Leon to give Tigra a way to return to human form, but it is now in the hands of Tabur, an embittered castaway New Man the Cat People had taken in, who had killed Dannemiller to obtain it. Having modified the ray into a de-evolving weapon, Tabur goes on a rampage through the city, turning mammals from the zoo and the surrounding Bayou country into their prehistoric proto-forms, and announcing his plans to similarly devolve the entire human race into helpless simians. Tigra and the Cat People rush to the surface to combat Tabur. Although three of the Cat People are turned into sabretooth tigers, Tigra is able to keep them on her side and together they defeat Tabur, using the ray to return him to the form of an ordinary housecat. Afterwards, Tigra wishes that Dr. Tumolo were still around to see how things would change now that the Cat People had revealed themselves to the public.
Notes
- Plot by Warner and Hannigan, script by Hannigan.
- Tigra last appeared in Marvel Team-Up #67.
- After this issue, the non-demonic Cat People will not appear (except in flashbacks) in any Marvel comic set in the present-day Marvel Universe until Avengers: The Initiative #35 is published in 2010, 32 years after this issue.