First appeared in Black Panther #50 in 2002 and was created by Christopher Priest and Dan Fraga. Kevin Cole (nicknamed "Kasper" due to being half-black and half-white Jewish) was an NYPD officer who posed as the Black Panther before becoming the White Tiger (no relation to Angela Del Toro, Hector Ayala, or Ava Ayala) of the Panther Cult.