Real
Name: Francisco "Panchito" Guerrero
el Gato Negro (the Black Cat)
Real
Name: Francisco "Panchito" Guerrero
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Social Worker
Affiliations: Baldo(sidekick in dream sequence), El Valiente, Aym Geronimo, Nemesis (ally), L-7 (ally/foe), Silverback (ally).
Enemies: El Graduado (Armando Ochoa), Boss Ochoa, the Annulus, the Observer, Graveyard, Anaconda, Dirge, Susto y Espanto, Autoheist
Known Relatives: Agustin Guerrero (El Gato Negro, grandfather)
Aliases: Nocturnal Warrior; The Black Cat
Base of Operations: Rio Grande Valley, Texas (lives in Edinburg, Texas)
First Appearance: el Gato Negro #1 (Azteca Productions, October 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Extremely fit, at the peak of human capability. Expert in boxing, aikido, ninjutsu, taijutsu and a master of submission holds from Lucha Libre (freestyle wrestling). His mask is equipped with special lenses granting him night vision, and he often employs shuriken (his "cat claws") and a pair of batons to further expand his combat effectiveness.
History: Social worker Francisco Guerrero grew tired of watching the way criminals preyed on the weak and innocent. Inspired by the example of his grandfather, who had been a masked wrestler and crimefighter in the 1970s, Francisco adopted the costumed identity of el Gato Negro, the Black Cat, the Nocturnal Warrior, a being who was to become the scourge of drug smugglers and coyotes (immigrant smugglers) who operated around his home area of Rio Grande Valley, down near the Texas-Mexico border.
Comments: Created, written and illustrated by Richard Dominguez. Copyright to him and Azteca Productions.
In September 2005, El Gato Negro guest starred in the Dallas newspaper strip "Baldo", in a story specially written and drawn by Richard Dominguez, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.
El Gato Negro will be taking part in 2008's War of the Independents.
CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with
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