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Hellcat
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Real Name
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Patricia Walker Baxter Hellstrom
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First Appearance
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Miss America Magazine #2 (November, 1944) [as Patsy Walker], The Avengers (vol. 1) #144 (February, 1976) [as Hellcat]
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Creator
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Ruth Atkinson
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Team Affiliations
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Defenders, Avengers, Lady Liberators, Legion of the Unliving
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Alias
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None
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Base of Operations
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New York City
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Powers
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Telekinesis, Psychic resistance, Retractable claws
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Skills and Abilities
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Well-trained Martial Artist
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Tools and Weapons
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Wrist-mounted grappling hook
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Hellcat is a superheroine in the Marvel Universe and a former wife of Daimon Hellstrom.
Origin
Patsy Walker was a fan of superheroes who ended up in a situation where she had the opportunity to save the Avengers, after putting on the costume of the superheroine The Cat. She was trained by the superheroine Moondragon and returned to join the Defenders as Hellcat.
Biography
Patricia Walker was born to Joshua and Dorothy Walker (the former being a professional comic book writer) in Centerville, California. Patricia (or "Patsy") became a model and commercial actress at a young age with her mother acting as her agent. Her mother also helped her popularity by creating a romanitc comic book series about her teenage daughter and her real life friends, which lasted about 10 years and remained popular during Patsy's adolescence.