The Cat #2

The cover of this January 1973 Marvel title says it all: the Cat — in her vivid yellow costume and razor-sharp claws — clings desperately to the side of a skyscraper while the menacing, cape-swept Owl looms over her mid-air, taunting "I can fly, Cat! How unfortunate that you cannot!" It's a genuinely gripping high-rise standoff, rendered with crisp energy by cover artist John Romita, that perfectly captures the lopsided stakes of "The Owl and the Pussycat!!" Inside, the creative team of writer Linda Fite, artist Marie Severin, and inker Jim Mooney continues to make the Cat one of Marvel's most compelling early-'70s heroines.