Cat Grant
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| Cat Grant | |
 Cat Grant from Action Comics Annual #11 (May 2008) |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventures of Superman #424 (January 1987) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman Jerry Ordway |
| In story information | |
| Full name | Catherine "Cat" Grant |
| Team affiliations | Daily Planet Galaxy Broadcasting |
| Supporting character of | Superman |
Catherine "Cat" Grant is a fictional DC Comics character appearing in Superman comics. She was introduced in Adventures of Superman #424 (Jan 1987) as a gossip columnist for the Daily Planet. She was introduced as a potential love interest for Clark Kent, adding a new dimension to the Clark/Lois/Superman dynamic. She was a native of Los Angeles, a divorcee, whose ex-husband had driven her to drink. Cat was also a single mother with a young son named Adam Morgan.
Cat went undercover at Galaxy Broadcasting to help Clark expose Morgan Edge's links to Intergang. Following this she needed a bodyguard and Jose Delgado (aka the costumed vigilante Gangbuster) took the job. The two became romantically linked, but Jose was resented by Cat's son Adam, who still hero-worshipped her ex-husband, Joe Morgan.
Cat joined WGBS for real, and became an on-air reporter, who eventually got her own talk show, "The Cat Grant Show". Superman gave Cat an interview on her show, which was cut short by the rampage of Doomsday. Cat was on the scene covering the events of Superman's battle with Doomsday live on television.
Cat continued to contribute work to the Daily Planet while she worked at WGBS. She later became WGBS station manager. There were rumours that she got the position thanks to a relationship with Morgan's father Vinnie Edge, her new boss who harassed her constantly. At around the same time Adam was killed by the Toyman, almost driving her back to drink, however she managed to pull through, thanks in part to support from Jimmy Olsen and Perry White. Cat also ended the rumours at WGBS when she had Edge charged with sexual harassment. Vinnie Edge was removed from the board of WGBS, and Cat was given his position.
When Lex Luthor became President of the United States of America, Cat was appointed Press Secretary. Following his impeachment she returned to her hometown of Los Angeles, where she lived and worked for some time.
Recently, she has returned to Metropolis to work at the Daily Planet again (as shown in Action Comics Annual #11) following new developments about Toyman's involvement in the death of her son. Toyman claims that a robot he built to look like him, killed Adam. Toyman claims (as he tells Jimmy Olsen in Action Comics #865) that it was a glitch in the robots programming, and that he would never intentionally harm any child.
[edit] Other media
In Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Cat Grant was featured in her early role as the Daily Planet gossip columnist with an interest in Clark Kent. She was played by Tracy Scoggins. Cat was portrayed as a shameless man-chaser, who tried to seduce Clark Kent very often, and usually dressed in provocative attire. Scoggins was a regular cast member during season one, but the character was dropped for the remainder of the series, because ABC thought the character was too indecent for the 8pm time slot.
[edit] External links
- DC Database Project: Cat Grant
- DCU Guide: Cat Grant
- DCU Guide Chronology: Cat Grant
- Superman Homepage: Cat Grant
- Cosmic Teams: Cat Grant
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