{"id":35,"date":"2022-05-23T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:25:52","slug":"minor-super-villain-019-the-tigress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 019: THE TIGRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Action Comics v1 001, 1938)<\/p>\n

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The Tigress was both Zatara’s first foe and his only real recurring villain, showing up a dozen times over 3 years. She acted in the role of what was occasionally called a “friendly enemy”: a villain of the opposite gender who the hero has a soft spot for, implicitly or explicitly because they’re horny for them. A Catwoman situation, in other words.<\/p>\n

Like Catwoman and Batman, the Tigress occasionally teamed up with Zatara against a worse foe, and Zatara frequently let her escape at the end of a case out of horny sentimentality. Unlike<\/i> Catwoman, the Tigress was absolutely a multiple murderer, running armed robbery, assassination and extortion rings at various times as well as acting as lieutenant for several other super-villains such as the Mad Lama.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Zatara caught the Tigress for the last time and seemingly persuaded her to reform. Whether it stuck or not, she never appeared in a comic book again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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