The Universal Production film series beginning with 'The Invisible Man' in 1933 and followed by four sequels up to 1944.

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

Invisible Woman's powers take a physical toll, limiting what her constructs are able to accomplish. However, when she had the psychic Mantis suppress her pain receptors, Sue Storm overcame her limits.