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Kaine

FIRST APPEARANCE

W9b Of Spider-Man $118, November 1994

Kane possasses the slrcngUi, spood and og*ty ot SpidemMan NmsoH. as wol as tho ab*ty to txjrn the ‘mark orf Kamo" onto the skin of his vtciims. Kaine ateo receKos |yop»«ftic visions ol tho futurę from hte mportoct spidors«nso.

rhc first. flawcd clone of* Peter Parker ereated bv thcjACKAl, Kaine dewloped cellular degeneratu>n and was able to survive only by wcaring a spe^ tal life-support suit. I lis condition Ieft him badly soarred, and caused lus spider-powers to hecome twisted and inagnified. Abandoned by his creator, and

knowing himself to be nothing morę than a mockery oftrue lite. Kaine wandered the world tnking on work as an assassin to $urvivc. Kaine would duplicate liis own facial scarring on his victini $ faces. leaving it as a calling card—the "mark of Kaine "

Kaine beliesed chat the Hen Reilly clone of Peter Parker was the true Si»ii>er-Man. and madę it his mission in lite to torturę and tornient Reilly for having the lite that he never would. evcn framing him for a series of niurders.

Eventually. Kaine was drawn back into Spider-Man s orbit as part of a far-

reaching plot of the Jac kai s. and he was a participant in the Maxiinum Clonage afiair which resulted in him tlnally learning the truth about Reilly and Parker. In the end. Kaine gave himself up to the authoritics to pay for his crimes: however. lie later escaped from prison. and his current whereabouts are unknown. TB

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Kaluu

Kala

Kale, Jennifer

FIRST APPEARANCE T.iles Ot Suspensa #43 (Juty 1963)

REAL NAME Kala

OCCUPATION Ooeen BASE the Netheworid and Subterranea HEIGHT 5 ft 8 in WEIGHT 135 Ibs EYES Blue HAIR Black SPECIAL POWERS/ABIUTIES Kala possess no superhuman powers. altnough she can seo ctoarty in very Iow Itght due to her years ot living underground

FIRST APPEARANCE Adventures Into Fear *11 (December 1972)

REAL NAME Jennifer Kale

OCCUPATION Sorceress BASE Citrusville. Flohda

HEIGHT S ft 6 in WEIGHT 122 Ibs EYES Blue HAIR Blonde

SPECIAL POWERS/ABIUTIES Jemifer Kale ts a h ghly

knowledgeabte sorcereross wrth deyetopmg sKill m manipUating

var»ous magical forces.

FIRST APPEARANCE Strange Tates Vol. I *147 (August 1966) REAL NAME Kaluu

OCCUPATION Sorcerer BASE Not known HEIGHT 6 ft 5 in WEIGHT 190 Ibs EYES Yollow HAIR Black SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITI ES Arguably most powerful l.vmg black magician; has knowledge of vast number of spells mcluding all those contained in Book of tho Vehanti.

Kala is the queen of an underground realni known as the Netherworld. She had

threatened to attack the surface world. but Iron Man cap tu red her and

brought her up to the surface. The sudden changc in atmospherie conditions caused the young and beautitul Kala to age rapidly. She renounced her plans of conquest and was returned to the Netherworld. where she rcverted to her youthful sclf. Kala allied witlt Mole Man of Subtcrranea. but the two later went to war. MT

Jennifer is the granddaughter ofjoshua Kale, a leader of the Cult of Zhcred-Na. named after a sorceress who lived in Atlantis before it sank. Jennifer and Man-Tiiinc were magically transported to another dimension. where they met the wizanl Dakinih, last survivittg pupil of Zhcred-Na. As Dakinihs apprentice. Jennifer became a sorceress. An ally of Man-Thing and Howard ihl Duck, she is a founder of the Legion of Night and teanted with Topa/ and Satana as the Three Witches. PS

Boru five hundred years ago in Tibet, Kaluu trained alongside the bcing that cainc to be known as the Ancient ONE.Whereas the Ancient One became a force for good,

Kaluu was corrupted by the vantpire

Varnai-. Over the centurics he threatened Lartlt numerous tintes but redeented himself in moro reccnt years, hclping Dr. Strange to destroy a hoard of dcinons the Doctor had inadvertently rclcascd. Unable to complete the journey to eradicatc the greatest of these demons. Shuma-Gorath, Kaluu was left beli ind by Strange. His whereabouts are currently unknown. AD