Jessan Hoan

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Publication information
Tyger Tiger
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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #229 (1988)
Created by	Chris Claremont Marc Silvestri
In story information
Full name	Jessan Hoan
Supporting character of	Wolverine

Tyger Tiger (Jessan Hoan) is a fictional character most often appearing in Wolverine stories in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a former banker turned crimelord.

[edit] Fictional character biography

Jessan Hoan was born in Singapore. She worked at her family's bank, Hoan International Bank, when the Reavers robbed the bank. The Reavers kidnap Jessan and kill several members of her family at the bank. While Jessan is a prisoner at the Reavers' Australian base, the Reaver named Pretty Boy tries to alter Jessan's mind so that she would join their criminal band as a financial expert. The X-Men interrupt the process, freed Jessan, and defeat the Reavers. The supernatural being Roma teleports Jessan back to her family's bank.

Jessan is ostracized by her family because she mysteriously survives the attack that killed several of her relatives. In addition, Jessan found that she had lost some of her inhibitions as a result of the partial brainwashing by Pretty Boy. However, she is not wholly evil, as she still retains most of her morality.

Jessan discovers that the Reavers had been hired to attack Hoan International bank by Roche, the crimelord of Madripoor. She moves to the island of Madripoor, where she became embroiled with the criminal element and adopted the alias 'Tiger Tyger'. Wolverine later joins Jessan's efforts against Roche. Jessan decapitates Roche after he shoots Wolverine.

As Tiger Tyger, Jessan becomes the new crimelord of Madripoor, but she refuses to deal in either drugs or slavery. For a time she briefly wore a highly resistant suit of armor that later came into the possession of the X-Man Psylocke.

Wolverine allows Tiger Tyger to operate, but decides to act as an ethical check on her enterprises. Later, when Tony Stark manages to overthrow Madame Hydra's government of the region, control is given to Tiger Tyger, now turned into a Robin Hood-esque figure.