Pantha

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Pantha
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Pantha as depicted in Who's Who in the DC Universe #14 (November 1991); art by Tom Grummett.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance New Titans #73
(February 1991)
Created by Marv Wolfman (writer)
Tom Grummett (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoRosabelle Mendez
Species Metahuman
Team affiliations Teen Titans
Black Lantern Corps
Notable aliasesX-24
Abilities
  • Enhanced strength, agility, and vision
  • Powerful claws

Pantha (Rosabelle Mendez) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is a member of the Teen Titans who gained cat-like abilities from experimentation by the Wildebeest Society. Pantha was killed by Superboy-Prime during the Infinite Crisis event in 2006 and has made limited appearances since then.

Contents

Diane Delano voices Pantha in the animated series Teen Titans .

Publication history

Pantha first appeared in New Titans #73 (February 1991) and was created by Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett. [1]

Fictional character biography

Pantha is a cat-like member of the Teen Titans who was created by the Wildebeest Society. [2] She has no knowledge of her origins and does not know whether she was a human or a panther before the Society mutated her. Pantha later adopts Baby Wildebeest and moves to Russia with Red Star to care for him. [3]

In Infinite Crisis , Superboy-Prime kills Pantha during his battle with the Teen Titans. [4] In Blackest Night , Pantha returns as a Black Lantern before Dawn Granger kills her. [5]

Powers and abilities

Pantha possesses retractable claws and superhuman physical abilities derived from her cat-like physiology, including enhanced strength, speed, agility, and senses.

Other versions

An alternate timeline variant of Pantha appears in Booster Gold (vol. 2). This version is a member of the Freedom Fighters and a student at New York University. [6]

In other media

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References

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    • Teen Titans Sell Out one-shot (November 1992)
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    • Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006)
    • Ambush Bug: Year None #3 (November 2008)
  3. Blackest Night: Titans #3 (December 2009)
  4. Booster Gold (vol. 2) #7–9 (2008)
  5. "Pantha Voice - Teen Titans (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 18, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  6. "Teen Titans Go! #32 - Arena (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  7. Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2024.