Helmut Streicher was a Nazi scientist tasked with preventing the initial members of Earth-Two's Justice Society from invading an essential German stronghold under his command. Using his robot, the Murder Machine, he was able to subdue Green Lantern, Flash and Batman. Although the trio were soon after freed by fellow mystery men from America, Streicher realized the benefit of incorporating his machine's armor into a uniform, which he himself would later ware.
Cassidy became a reluctant superhero and self-proclaimed "weirdness magnet", protecting his home town of Los Angeles from a variety of costumed threats. During the course of his adventures, Blue Devil also made the acquaintence of various members of the Justice League of America, even aiding them during the Crisis on Infinite Earth.
Streicher's further advancements led to his new suit of armor, and as the Red Panzer he repeatedly matched wits with Wonder Woman. Red Panzer's personal agenda was to acquire future technologies, and knowledge using his temporal grappling hook, to gain ultimate power. This inadvertently pulled the Wonder Woman of Earth-One back in the 1940's of Earth-Two, where she met her counterpart and the two Amazing Amazons battled Red Panzer.
In a later clash, Panzer worked alongside a fellow German scientist in Paula VonGunther, where they attempted to finally achieve their plans of world conquest for their leader. When defeated by Wonder Woman and a new American hero named the Bombardier, Streicher ended his Red Panzer career, and was presumably convicted for war crimes following the conclusion of World War II.
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