Claudia Russell (Earth-616)

Claudia Russell
Name	Claudia Russell
Aliases	Knickerbocker Knifer
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Ravencroft Institute
Relatives	Ancestors: Grigory Russoff (ancestor, deceased) Descendants: Gregor Russoff (descendant); Gregory Russoff (descendant, deceased); Philip Russell (descendant); Jack Russell (descendant); Lissa Russell Price (descendant); Nina Price (descendant)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Irises: Blue Yellow as a werewolf
Hair	Brown
Unusual Features	As a werewolf, Claudia possesses physical characteristics similar to that of a fully grown wolf, including brown fur, pointed ears, tail, fangs, and clawed hands and feet.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Werewolf
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Somewhere in Romania
Place of Death	Ravencroft Institute, Westchester County, New York
Cause of Death	Killed by Nathaniel Essex
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Romanian
Occupation	Medical doctor
Base of Operations	Ravencroft Institute, Westchester County, New York; formerly Romania
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Frank Tieri, Guillermo Sanna Bauza
First	Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1 (January, 2020)
First	Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1 (January, 2020)
Death	Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1 (January, 2020)
Death	Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1 (January, 2020)

History

Claudia as a werewolf

Claudia Russell was a Romanian doctor who worked in the Ravencroft Institute in New York in the United States in the early 1900s. She suffered from lycanthropy, causing her to transform into a werewolf during a full moon. During her transformation, she became entirely animalistic. She killed three people, earning her the moniker the Knickerbocker Knifer.

She was the opposite as a human, showing concern for her patients at Ravencroft. However, she also looked the other way when fellow doctor Nathaniel Essex performed questionable practices on his patients. She eventually had enough of Essex's brutality and attempted to free a lobotomized patient named Logan who was placed there out of the belief that he was the Knickerbocker Knifer. Essex's helper Victor Creed tried to stop her, but he was attacked and badly injured when Logan recovered from his lobotomization.

To give Logan time to escape, Claudia transformed into a werewolf and attacked Creed. She almost killed him, but Essex appeared and injected her with something that knocked her out instantly while also causing her to maintain her werewolf form. Essex covered up Claudia's disappearance by leaving a note in her handwriting behind for Ravencroft's head Jonas Ravencroft, stating that she moved back to Romania. Essex then dissected her with Creed's help.

Attributes

Powers

Seemingly those of a typical werewolf.

Weaknesses

Seemingly those of typical werewolves. She also loses control during a full moon and becomes animalistic after transforming.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Claudia Russell (Earth-616)
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