Public Domain Super Heroes
Tigress

Real Name

Tigress

First Appearance

Crash Comics #4 (1940)

Original Publisher

Holyoke

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

After young David Merryweather lose his parents in the Burmese jungles, a female Tiger finds him and treats him like one of her cubs. She teaches him the ways of the jungle and gifts him with all the abilities of the cat family, but once David reaches manhood he saves one of his tiger brothers. As a gesture of gratitude, the tigress takes David to human civilization so he can be with his people where he becomes the hero Cat-Man.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • Crash Comics #4