 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.