Mari McCabe and Yolanda Montez were women granted cat-like abilities, allowing them to combat injustice within their own families. As Earth-One's Vixen and Earth-Two's Wildcat, these feline furies gained notoriety during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, fighting alongside their world's greatest superheroes.Mari was a resident of the African nation of Zambesi until first her mother and then her father perished, with her uncle the wicked General Maksai pursuing her as he had her family to gain possession of her Tantu Totem, which would bequeath the powers of animals to its possessor. Immigrating to America, she had a career as a fashion model and an alter ego as the superheroine known as Vixen.
Yolanda's family originated in Mexico and she was the victim of treatments performed on her mother while she was pregnant with her by the evil Doctor Love. The daughter of "Mauler" Montez, a famed wrestler, Yolanda became the god-daughter of Ted "Wildcat" Grant. When she developed her abilities and saw Grant immobilized saving innocents, she was motivated to adopt his alter ego as the new Wildcat. Juggling her costumed career with her secular one as a fashion photo journalist.
In Mari's case, after two adventures alongside Earth-One's Superman, she became a member of the Justice League in Detroit. In this incarnation of the League, she proved herself a stabilizing influence for the predominantly younger team, and earned the respect of its seasoned veterans.In Yolanda's case, she was quickly invited into Infinity, Inc. which were the second generation proteges of the Justice Society, There she had a lengthy stint alongside her teammates, developing a romance with fellow Infinitor Nuklon and friendships with the rest.
While Vixen could access all types of animal powers, Wildcat was limited to those of a cat. Vixen would find a foe in General Maksai who transformed into a ox-man while Wildcat would face her mutated cousin Carcharo the shark-man. Both ladies would triumph over their kinfolk.
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