Panara (comics)
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Panara is a fictional character
who first appeared in the DC Comics
' series Catwoman
. She is a human/leopard
hybrid, a wereleopard
.
, believing her to be a werecat, and thought she would have special DNA
to use in Ms. Dorsey's cure, but found that she was a "mere human". Keeping Catwoman captive, he had his assistant bring him an leopard
, and used its genetic code to alter Ms. Dorsey's physiology, in order to reverse her disease's symptoms, but it turned her into a humanoid leopard. Her personality now entirely animal, she killed her doctor and his assistant, and would have killed Catwoman, had she not outsmarted the killer cat creature. Ms. Dorsey escaped into the night.
Later, she resurfaced in the Batman/Wildcat mini-series as "Panara", named for the city in India where one leopard killed 400 people
. She had been captured and forced to fight in a metahuman fight club, and escaped when Batman
and Wildcat
freed the prisoners.
Later, she met and fell in love with a werejaguar named Tezcatlipoca
and the two began a killing spree, until they were stopped by Robin, and Blue Beetle
, and sent to prison. Panara's whereabouts are unknown.
. Her strength, speed, and agility are greatly enhanced beyond human levels, as are her senses. She has excellent night vision, razor-sharp fangs, and retractable claws in her fingers and toes.
As a side effect of her animal form, her intellect is more bestial than a normal human, and she has trouble controlling her feral instincts.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
who first appeared in the DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
' series Catwoman
Catwoman
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
. She is a human/leopard
Leopard
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...
hybrid, a wereleopard
Werecat
A werecat is a therianthropic creature of folklore, horror, and occultism, described as being a shape-shifter similar to a Werewolf....
.
Fictional character biography
A young woman, Ms. Dorsey, was diagnosed with an incurable disease. She sought the aid of a geneticist who specialized in radical cures for illnesses. He had trapped CatwomanCatwoman
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
, believing her to be a werecat, and thought she would have special DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
to use in Ms. Dorsey's cure, but found that she was a "mere human". Keeping Catwoman captive, he had his assistant bring him an leopard
Indian leopard
The Indian leopard is a leopard subspecies widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the five big cats found in India, apart from Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard....
, and used its genetic code to alter Ms. Dorsey's physiology, in order to reverse her disease's symptoms, but it turned her into a humanoid leopard. Her personality now entirely animal, she killed her doctor and his assistant, and would have killed Catwoman, had she not outsmarted the killer cat creature. Ms. Dorsey escaped into the night.
Later, she resurfaced in the Batman/Wildcat mini-series as "Panara", named for the city in India where one leopard killed 400 people
Panara
Panara is a census town in Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.-Geography:Panara is located at . It has an average elevation of 733 metres .-Demographics:...
. She had been captured and forced to fight in a metahuman fight club, and escaped when Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
and Wildcat
Wildcat (comics)
Wildcat is the name of several fictional characters, all DC Comics superheroes. The first and most famous of these is Ted Grant, a long-time member of the Justice Society of America...
freed the prisoners.
Later, she met and fell in love with a werejaguar named Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca (DC Comics)
Tezcatlipoca is a the name used by two fictional characters who appeared in the DC Comics. One is the deity from Aztec mythology and appeared in Wonder Woman. The other is a character who appeared in Green Arrow and is a hybrid of human and jaguar, a werejaguar.-Aztec deity:The Aztec god...
and the two began a killing spree, until they were stopped by Robin, and Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Blue Beetle is the second Blue Beetle, a superhero who was originally published by Charlton Comics and later picked up by DC Comics...
, and sent to prison. Panara's whereabouts are unknown.
Powers and abilities
Panara is a wereleopard, and has all of the abilities of a big catPanthera
Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats...
. Her strength, speed, and agility are greatly enhanced beyond human levels, as are her senses. She has excellent night vision, razor-sharp fangs, and retractable claws in her fingers and toes.
As a side effect of her animal form, her intellect is more bestial than a normal human, and she has trouble controlling her feral instincts.