Tyger Tiger

Jessan Hoan was a Singaporean banker whose life was shattered when she was kidnapped and thrust into the criminal underworld of Madripoor. Forged by that brutal experience, she reinvented herself as Tyger Tiger, seizing control as the island nation's most powerful crime lord.

Born in the pages of Marvel Comics Presents #4 in 1988, Tyger Tiger is a Copper Age Marvel creation from the legendary team of Chris Claremont and John Buscema — a pedigree that alone signals this is a character worth tracking down. Over a surprisingly durable run stretching all the way to 2024, she's carved out a distinct corner of the Marvel universe, most at home in the gritty, street-level world of Marvel Comics Presents, Wolverine, and Wolverine: Patch. She keeps dangerous company — Logan, the shadowy General Nguyen Ngoc Coy, and Archie Corrigan among them — which tells you everything about the morally complex, high-stakes atmosphere she inhabits. With nearly five decades of publishing history and 49 catalog appearances, Tyger Tiger is one of those richly specific Marvel figures that rewards the reader who digs deeper than the headline names.