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Pantha | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | New Titans #73 (February 1991) |
Created by | Marv Wolfman (writer) Tom Grummett (artist) |
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Alter ego | Rosabelle Mendez |
Species | Metahuman |
Team affiliations | Teen Titans Black Lantern Corps |
Notable aliases | X-24 |
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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.
Diane Delano voices Pantha in the animated series Teen Titans.
Pantha first appeared in New Titans #73 (February 1991) and was created by Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett.[1]
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 possesses retractable claws and superhuman physical abilities derived from her cat-like physiology, including enhanced strength, speed, agility, and senses.
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]