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 made limited appearances afterwards before being resurrected following The New 52 and DC Rebirth relaunches.

Contents

Diane Delano voices Pantha in the animated series Teen Titans , where she is depicted as a wrestler and honorary member of the 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]

Pantha returns in the 2023 limited series Tales of the Titans, where she is depicted as a former member of the Teen Titans who left for a maternity leave. [6]

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. [7]

In other media

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References

  1. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 226. ISBN   978-1-4654-5357-0.
  2. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2010). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 248. ISBN   978-0-7566-6742-9.
  3. ↑
    • Bloodbath #1–2 (December 1993)
    • New Titans #114 (September 1994)
    • Teen Titans Sell Out one-shot (November 1992)
    • JLA vs. Titans #2 (1999)
  4. ↑
    • Teen Titans (vol. 3) #32 (March 2006)
    • Infinite Crisis #4 (March 2006)
    • Ambush Bug: Year None #3 (November 2008)
  5. ↑ Blackest Night: Titans #3 (December 2009)
  6. ↑ "DC Preview: Tales of The Titans #2". AIPT Comics. August 11, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  7. ↑ Booster Gold (vol. 2) #7–9 (2008)
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Teen Titans Go! #32 - Arena (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  10. ↑ Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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