In her most recent origin story, she was a rape victim who was going to train herself in various martial arts so as to kill her attacker, but he was killed in an auto accident before she had a chance to do it herself. Angered over being denied her chance to do the killing herself, she adopted a role as a thief so that she could support herself, so that all her training wouldn't go to waste, and also because she enjoyed the thrill of being a criminal.
For a time, she had an on again/off again romance with Spiderman, but she was disappointed to discover that he had a regular (for her, boring) life outside of being Spiderman. In other words, she wasn't impressed with Peter Parker, and preferred that he keep his mask on. She simply didn't want to deal with the boring half of his life. Their relationship eventually got to the point that they parted for good, and Peter Parker eventually married Mary Jane Watson. When Felicia came back into his life, she was upset that he was married and for a time tried to ruin their marriage, but now she has come to terms with it, and is even friends with MJ.
The story of the Black Cat that "retconned" her origin story is titled, "The Evil that Men Do". The cover of the first issue is below, and you see with that cover why she qualifies as a "busty superhero chick". The tight-fitting, low-cut costume that shows abundant cleavage is intentional. It's meant to be a distraction for when she is fighting men (and it might prove distracting for some women, no doubt). No doubt it works, but I also wonder if she has ever "popped" out of her costume at one time or another. That could be intentional as well, for it would be even more distracting than just the cleavage alone.
Currently, Felicia is in hero mode, but given her past, that could easily change.
Busty Superhero Chick rating (on a scale of 1 to 10 in which 1 is worst and 10 is bust - er, best) : 7.5
The next busty superhero chick coming next - probably Thursday - will be She Hulk.
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