Manowar the White Streak was an android created centuries ago by an advanced, extinct South American civilization called Utopia to help mankind during times of war. He was deactivated when the civilization succumbed to internal strife, but he was awakened from his slumber in an American museum during an attack by German bombers. He destroyed the planes and decided to fight for America against the Axis. After a few solo adventures, he went to work for the FBI, where his face was altered via plastic surgery to look more human. He received the civilian identity of "Dan Sanders" during an undercover mission, but contary to what most online sources say, he never adopted it full-time.