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* Tigress appears in the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode "Splicers", voiced by [[Cree Summer]]. This version of the character is a human spliced with tiger DNA by a villainous genetics expert named Dr. Abel Cuvier.
* Tigress appears in the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode "Splicers", voiced by [[Cree Summer]]. This version of the character is a human spliced with tiger DNA by a villainous genetics expert named Dr. Abel Cuvier.
* Tigress appears in the second season of ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' portrayed by [[Jessica Lucas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/06/26/gotham-season-2-tigress-cast-jessica-lucas|title= Exclusive Gotham Season 2 Casts Jessica Lucas as the Bullwhip-Cracking Tigress|author=Matt Webb Mitovich|work=tvline.com}}</ref> This version of the character is a villain named '''Tabitha Galavan''', sister and lead enforcer of Theo Galavan (portrayed by actor [[James Frain]]), both members of the Dumas family and the step-relatives of [[Silver St. Cloud]]. The action Tabitha takes to help Theo in their family vendetta causes chaos in [[Gotham City]], with various [[List of Batman Family adversaries|Batman villains]] able to gradually emerge overtime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/06/gotham-james-frain-cast-villain-tigress-brother-1201454198|title=‘Gotham’ Casts James Frain As Regular, Will Play New Villain & Tigress' Brother|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=deadline.com}}</ref>
* Tigress appears in the second season of ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' portrayed by [[Jessica Lucas]]. This version of the character, an original creation for the series, is named '''Tabitha Galavan''', sister and lead enforcer of corrupt billionaire [[Theo Galavan]]. They are both members of the [[Sacred Order of Saint Dumas]], an ancient secret society bent on taking over [[Gotham City]]. She kidnaps [[Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham)|Oswald Cobblepot]]'s ([[Robin Lord Taylor]]) mother Gertrud ([[Carol Kane]]) to force him to kill the other mayoral candidates; after Cobblepot does Theo's bidding, however, Tabitha kills her anyway. Tabitha eventually falls out of favor with her brother, and so forms an alliance with Cobblepot's enforcer, Butch Gilzean ([[Drew Powell]]). Theo is killed by Cobblepot and [[James Gordon (comics)|detective James Gordon]] ([[Benjamin McKenzie]]), but is eventually revived by [[Hugo Strange]] ([[B.D. Wong]]) as the warrior [[Azrael (comics)|Azrael]]. As Azrael, Theo stabs Tabitha with a sword, critically injuring her. After Theo is killed yet again by Cobblepot and Gilzean, Tabitha recovers and becomes small-time gangster Barbara Kean's ([[Erin Richards]]) right-hand woman. She has an uneasy truce with Cobblepot, who is now Mayor of Gotham City. Cobblepot's chief adviser [[Riddler|Edward Nygma]] ([[Cory Michael Smith]]) blames Gilzean for the death of his girlfriend Isabella, and so he kidnaps Gilzean and Tabitha and imprisons them in an elaborate torture device that will kill Gilzean unless Tabitha pulls a lever that will sever her hand. After Gilzean declares that he loves her, Tabitha sacrifices her right hand to save him. Gilzean and Kean rush her to a hospital where her hand is reattached. Once Cobblepot falls from power, Tabitha and Barbara take over Gotham. However, when Barbara begins to work with Nygma Tabitha is disappointed. Butch and Tabitha plan to kill her. When Barbara finds out she shoots Butch in the head and fights with Tabitha who manages to electrocute her to death, with her quick whip. Now alone, Tabitha takes up a mentoring role to a young [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]] ([[Camren Bicondova]]). When Butch is revived as [[Solomon Grundy (comics)|Solomon Grundy]], Tabitha ends up placed against him in an underground fighting ring in The Narrows, where she is dubbed "Tabby the Tigress" by Nygma. When Kean takes over the [[League of Assassins|League of Shadows]], she turns against Tabitha, but the two once again join forces to help Cobblepot stop psychopathic criminal Jeremiah Valeska ([[Cameron Monaghan]]) from destroying the city. In return for their help, Cobblepot cures Butch of his condition - only to shoot him dead in front of Tabitha as revenge for Tabitha killing his mother. She swears revenge and joins Barbara's women-only "[[Gotham City Sirens]]" to take over Gotham once and for all, and kill Cobblepot in the workings. Three months later, Tabitha attempts to kill Cobblepot in revenge for Butch, but her use of a defective bullet allows Cobblepot to kill her instead.


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Tigress
Artemis Crock as Tigress in JSA #17 (Dec, 2000); art by Stephen Sadowski.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoPaula Brooks
Artemis Crock
Tabitha Galavan (Gotham)

Tigress is the name of three different comic book supervillains, all of whom have appeared in various series published by DC Comics.

In live action, Tigress debuted as original character Tabitha Galavan starting in the second season of the series Gotham, played by Jessica Lucas. Paula Brooks‘ version of Tigress appears on the DC Universe streaming service show Stargirl played by Joy Osmanski. The show also appears on The CW Network.

Publication history

The first Golden Age Tigress was a thief/spy and foe of Zatara in the late 1930s. She debuted in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), and was created by Fred Guardineer. She wore tiger-striped sweaters and ran gangs of thieves and murderers. She apparently had no powers.

The second Tigress is Paula Brooks, who was a member of the Young All-Stars, who later became a villainess named the Huntress.

The third Tigress is Artemis Crock, the daughter of the second Tigress, and is a member of the Injustice Society. She debuted in Infinity Inc. #34 and was created by Roy Thomas and Todd McFarlane.

Fictional character biography

Zatara foe

The original Golden Age Tigress.

The original Tigress appeared as Zatara's primary foe throughout twelve issues of Action Comics, including issues 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 22, 23, 25, 30, 35 and 42. In her initial appearance, she battles Zatara and his assistant Tong while attempting to rob a freight train. She escapes and later resurfaces in stories using various methods in attempts to kill wealthy men, including using an attacking airplane, poisoning their drinks and infecting them with a disease from a rare South American insect. She also uses her influence as a mob boss to pressure other criminals into assisting her in crime sprees, which usually involve bank robberies and thefts of other valuables.

The Artemis entry in Who's Who Update '87 #1 states that the Golden Age Tigress is the mother of Paula Brooks (the second Tigress and original Huntress) and the grandmother of Artemis Crock (the third Tigress). However, Who's Who Update '87 #5 included a retraction of that information and stated that neither Paula Brooks nor Artemis Crock is related to her.

Paula Brooks

Main article: Paula Brooks

The second Tigress is Paula Brooks. She was a member of the Young All-Stars and later became the villainous Huntress. She later married the Sportsmaster, and had a daughter, Artemis Crock, who becomes the third Tigress.

Artemis Crock

Main article: Artemis Crock

Artemis Crock is the daughter of the Golden Age villains Paula Brooks and Crusher Crock. She had taken up a career in crime, modeled after that of her parents, but only after some years did she take on the mantle of Tigress.

Other versions

Tigress (Earth-S)

An unknown woman nicknamed Tigress appears in Spy Smasher #2 (December, 1941). This version is an enemy of Spy Smasher.

Tigress (Quality Universe)

An unknown woman dubbed The Tigress or Tiger Lady appears in Blackhawk #11 (June, 1946). She is the leader of a gang of international criminal fugitives, who had fled the civilized world and holed up in a well-hidden fortress, in a jungle, in a mountainous, tropical part of the world. She organized this rabble into a tiger-masked team of deadly spearmen, mainly in order to keep the local natives at bay. A chance encounter with the Blackhawk Squadron, and a few bad decisions on her part, led to the Tigress' being killed by arrow-shooting natives, and her thugs being killed by the pistol-packing Blackhawks.

In other media

See also: Paula Brooks § In other media, and Artemis Crock § In other media
  • Tigress appears in the Batman Beyond episode "Splicers", voiced by Cree Summer. This version of the character is a human spliced with tiger DNA by a villainous genetics expert named Dr. Abel Cuvier.
  • Tigress appears in the second season of Gotham portrayed by Jessica Lucas.[1] This version of the character is a villain named Tabitha Galavan, sister and lead enforcer of Theo Galavan (portrayed by actor James Frain), both members of the Dumas family and the step-relatives of Silver St. Cloud. The action Tabitha takes to help Theo in their family vendetta causes chaos in Gotham City, with various Batman villains able to gradually emerge overtime.[2]

References

  1. ^ Matt Webb Mitovich. "Exclusive Gotham Season 2 Casts Jessica Lucas as the Bullwhip-Cracking Tigress". tvline.com.
  2. ^ Nellie Andreeva. "'Gotham' Casts James Frain As Regular, Will Play New Villain & Tigress' Brother". deadline.com.
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