Tigerwoman

Real Name: Nita Dell
First Appearance: Hand of Fate #25b (1954)
Original Publisher: Ace
Created by: Lou Cameron

Origin:

Nita Dell and her partner in crime Brett Hannigan robbed the main offices of a carnival and decided to hideout from the police in a waxworks show's tent. They seek refuge in a hollow statues of a werewolf and tigerwoman respectively. However, the police shoot the statues and take the crooks into custody with a slight pulse.

However, the waxworks show owner Lizette used black magic to transform Nita and Brett into the monster they hid in so that she could get revenge on the police for destroying her irreplaceable statutes. The two crooks awaken in the prison hospital transformed and go on a killing spree with the cops helpless to stop them in their new bulletproof monster forms.

Lizette decides however to collect the bounties on the creatures heads and has her demons summon the creatures to her tent. The witch then convinces the duo to drink witch's brew in order to restore them to their human forms. Instead it makes them go into a berserk rage causing them to kill each other. When the police examine the bodies though both Nita and Brett have returned to their human forms.

The police then charge Lizette with the murder of two wards of the state. Instead of going with the police she runs into her burning cauldron and burns to death.

Powers and Abilities:

Nita is described as being transformed into an Indian were-tiger and presumably has the abilities of a tiger including enhanced strength, speed, agility, and stamina as well as enhanced senses. She is also shown to be bulletproof. However, she could not change back into her human form until she was killed.

Golden Age Appearances: 

Hand of Fate #25b