In this second volume, MacKay and artist C.F. Villa took the Black Cat’s larcenous adventures into the realm of cosmic horror with an inaugural arc that tied into the King in Black event. After that arc came to a close in Black Cat #3, Black Cat #4 MacKay and artist Nina Vakueva reintroduce their protagonist’s ongoing war with New York City’s shadowy Thieves Guild and set up an arc that pays off on that long-form story that’s been building since 2019’s Black Cat #1.
Linda Turner is the daughter of silent film Western actor Tim Turner, and a former Hollywood stunt woman. Linda has successfully made the transition from stunt woman to lead actress. During the filming of an unnamed picture, Linda suspects the film’s director, Garboil (no first name given), of being a Nazi spy or at the very least an American Bund member. In order to follow him and gain corroborating evidence, she disguises herself in a backless blue blouse, red shorts, blue flared gloves, red buccaneer boots and a blue opera mask and calls herself the Black Cat.
According to Jess Nevins’ Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, most of the Black Cat’s opponents are ordinary criminals and Axis agents, but she does fight a female mad scientist, the criminal brothers known as the Three Black Cats, a vampire, and after the war Russians in Afghanistan.
In 1944, The Black Cat’s costume was modified slightly, becoming a one piece blue bathing suit with buccaneer boots, flared gloves and opera mask, all in blue, and a red belt. This look would remain for the rest of her career.
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