| Pandora Pann | |
|---|---|
 Pandora Pann, promo art fromThe Comic Reader #201, artistRoss Andru. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Comic Reader #197 (December 1981) |
| Created by | Len Wein (writer) Ross Andru (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Abilities | Trainedarchaeologist |
Pandora Pann is a fictionalcomic book character owned byDC Comics. Pandora debuted inThe Comic Reader #197 (December 1981) and was created byLen Wein andRoss Andru. Pandora Pann is based on theGreek myth ofPandora the first woman, as related by the poetHesiod in his epic poem, theTheogony (700 BCE).
The character was originally slated for a September 1982 publication date by DC Comics.Len Wein andRoss Andru's Pandora Pann was described inThe Comic Reader #197 (December 1981) as "the assistant of an archaeologist who unwittingly opensPandora's box and spends the rest of her time trying to retrieve the evil she has unleashed by doing so".
Pandora Pann was originally scheduled to debut as abackup preview inThe Saga of the Swamp Thing #5 (September 1982). Promotional art from the preview debuted inThe Comic Reader #201 (April 1982). According to an interview inThe Comic Reader #202 (May 1982), the series was instead put on indefinite hiatus "due to Len Wein's inability to find the time to write it". Launched instead wasArion, Lord of Atlantis, which had run for several months as a backup feature inThe Warlord.[1]
WhenBob Rozakis asked him about the character,[2]Len Wein responded with:
Even I had forgotten about Pandora Pann. The answer is that Ross Andru penciled most of a terrific-looking 15 page insert to be included inSwamp Thing, before going off into her own book. But for reasons sadly lost to history (meaning, for the life of me, I can no longer remember why), we never went ahead with the series. A shame too, since it would have preceded things like Tomb Raider and Relic Hunter by decades. And there you have another Secret Behind the Comics.--Len Wein