Red Panzer

Red Panzer
Helmut Streicher as the Red Panzer debuts in Wonder Woman #228.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Wonder Woman #228 (February 1977)
Created by	Mark Pasko José Delbo
In-story information
Alter ego	Helmut Streicher
Abilities	Armed with a cannon on his arm and his body armor is an indestructible shell.

Red Panzer is the name used by four different comic book supervillains who have appeared in books published by DC Comics, usually as adversaries of Wonder Woman as well as Donna Troy during her time as a member of the Titans.

The Helmut Streicher version of Red Panzer first appeared in Wonder Woman #228 and was created by Mark Pasko and José Delbo.

The second Red Panzer first appeared in Wonder Woman: Donna Troy #1 and was created by Phil Jiminez.

The third Red Panzer first appeared in Titans #5 and was created by Devin Grayson and Mark Buckingham.

The Justin version of Red Panzer first appeared in Titans #12 and was created by Devin Grayson and Mark Buckingham.

Nazi Helmut Streicher captured Batman, Flash and Green Lantern prior to the formation of the Justice Society. Later, he donned body armor and fought Wonder Woman during World War II. The armor survived the War and has been worn by three modern successors of Streicher.

The next Red Panzer was a neo-Nazi bent on upholding his beliefs on white supremacy. When his son was born, his coloring betrayed his bloodline. It was then revealed that Red Panzer's wife had African American blood in her; her great-great grandmother was a slave. Horrified at learning this, Red Panzer murdered his wife. His son was raised in foster homes.

Inspired by the Golden Age Red Panzer, he was a simple-minded Neo-Nazi villain who was killed during a battle with Wonder Woman and Troia.

Because of his alleged "black blood" from his mother's side, the child who was to take up the name Red Panzer was put away for adoption by his neo-Nazi father. As a teen, he learned that his father, as the Red Panzer, was killed during a battle with Wonder Woman and Troia. Vowing revenge, the boy took the Panzer armor as his own and joined Vandal Savage's Tartarus team. He was killed by H.I.V.E. leader Damien Dahrk.