Pandora Pann

Originally slated for July 1982 from DC Comics, Len Wein and Ross Andru’s Pandora Pann was described in THE COMIC READER #197 (December, 1981) as “the assistant of an archaeologist who unwittingly opens Pandora’s Box and spends the rest of her time trying to retrieve the evil she has unleashed by doing so.”

Scheduled for a preview in June's SAGA OF SWAMP THING #5, the series was instead put on indefinite hiatus “due,” according to TCR #202 (May, 1982), “to Len Wein's inability to find the time to write it.” A piece of promotional art also appeared in #201. Launched instead was ARION, LORD OF ATLANTIS, which had run for several months in WARLORD.

When asked about the character, 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 in Swamp 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

References

This information is from the Answer Man column written by Bob Rozakis [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/bobro/101287898026946.htm Answer Man]