Nightcat is a fictional multimedia character created by comic book company Marvel Comics in partnership with record label LeFrak-Moelis Records (LMR). The character was a fictionalised version of LMR artist Jacqueline "Jackie" Tavares, who functioned as the model for the comic character. Jackie Tavares is a 19-year old growing up in Queens with her parents, dreaming of being a singer. Her father is an undercover police officer, and the stressful situation causes her mother to slip into fatal alcoholism. Her father enrols her in college, and forces her to swear to abandon the idea of becoming an entertainer. In order to pursue her desires to be a singer, she devises the persona of superheroine Nightcat for her on-stage performances. As Nightcat she wins a talent contest and a recording deal with LMR Records, but blunders into a drug deal at the studio, earning the enmity of major dealer Amanda Gideon - who her father is investigating. Gideon has Nightcat used as a guinea pig for a new designer drug. Instead of killing Jackie, the drug grants her cat-like powers. However, her father is killed during her escape and Jackie vows to use her powers to avenge him - also creating a custom car called the Cat-illac. She storms Gideon's headquarters and battles the ringleader on top of the skyscraper. Gideon is left dangling from Nightcat's hair, and when she tries to pull the hero over Jackie uses her claws to cut the lock, sending the villain to her death. After a successful concert she is met by a journalist, announcing that "the cat has just begin to prowl." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices