Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)

Dr. Ashley Kafka
Name	Ashley Kafka
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	New U Technologies Formerly Ravencroft Institute
Relatives	Parents: Unnamed mother (deceased) Siblings: Norma Kafka (sister, deceased) Other Relatives: Ashley Kafka (clone)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′6″ (1.68 m)
Weight	140 lbs (63.5 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	New York City, New York
Place of Death	Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California
Cause of Death	Killed by Marcus Lyman (Cloned by the Jackal) Cellular degeneration caused by the Jackal
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Therapist, psychologist
Education	Doctorate in Psychology
Base of Operations	Ravenscroft Asylum, New York Formerly Empire State University, New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	J.M. DeMatteis, Sal Buscema
First	Spectacular Spider-Man #178 (May, 1991)
First	Spectacular Spider-Man #178 (May, 1991)
Death	Ravencroft #2 (February, 2020) (Mentioned)
Death	Ravencroft #2 (February, 2020) (Mentioned)

History

Dr. Ashley Kafka was born and raised in New York City along with her sister, Norma Kafka, by their mother. Her sister was sadly born with birth defects to her face and was mentally challenged. Her mother died when Kafka was only nineteen years old and Norma was institutionalised not long after, dying at the facility. Ashley went off the college at Empire State University where she studied psychology.

She demonstrated great skill in treating super-criminals with her psychiatric skills. She was eventually brought in to run the Ravencroft Institute by US government. One of her first patients she treated there was Vermin, a former orderly turned into a rat-like monster. While there she treated many criminally insane super-villains, including Electro, Vulture, Carnage, Chameleon, and Doctor Octopus.

Dr. Kafka was murdered by one of the patients of Ravencroft, the serial killer Massacre, when he made his escape from the institute. Along with numerous allies of Spider-Man, Dr. Kafka was brought back to life by the new Jackal using a sophisticated cloning process in his attempt to sway the hero into cooperating with his enterprise. Dr. Kafka eventually died from clone degeneration, but a second clone of her was discovered by Norman Osborn and tricked into believing that she was the original.

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Abilities

Psychology: Dr. Kafka has an MD with a Psychology. She is considered to be the best psychological doctors in the country. Her expertise is in the treatment of super-criminals.

See Also

• 60 appearance(s) of Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)
• 22 mention(s) of Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Ashley Kafka (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Ashley Kafka on Wikipedia.org