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Attributes

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 120 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Features: Beaded dreadlocks.

Summary

Created By: Denny O'Neil, Alan Weiss

Real Name: Calypso Ezili

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: The Witch

Dual Identity: None

Current Occupation: Presumed Deceased

Former Occupation: Witch Doctor/Voodoo Priestess

Citizenship: Haitian

Legal Status: Deceased

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Mambo Ezili, (sister, sacrificed)

Known Confidants: Kraven the Hunter (deceased), Al Kravinoff

Known Allies: Kraven, Lizard, The Marvel Zombie, Al Kravinoff

Major Enemies: Spider-Man, Al Kravinoff

Usual Bases: New York

Former Bases: an unnamed small Caribbean island

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: None

Education: Presumed limited, but has vast knowledge on the religion and rituals of Voodoo

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Normal

Powers: Has exhibited telekinesis and mental telepathy with animals. Can dull Spider- Man's spidersense.

Abilities: Hypnosis, zombie creation, spell casting

Equipment: Bira Bells, Yoruba Spirit Drum, potions, powders, charms

Weapons: Spears, blowguns, crossbows

Limitations: Terrible taste in men

Background

Following Kraven's death, she was restored to glory by McFarlane in the Torment story in Spider-Man #1-#5. He elevated her from a Witch Woman, to become The Witch. In McFarlane's story, Calypso sacrificed her own younger sister to gain her powers - transforming her own passion for cruelty into a pure lust for evil. She used her voodoo to control the Lizard and torment Spider-Man as revenge for Kraven's death. Never mind that he took his own life. In her eyes, Spider-Man killed her lover. Lizard battered Spider- Man around at Calypso's command, but naturally, Spidey managed to defeat the Lizard despite the throbbing pain in his head caused by Calypso's magic. The church where the fight took place collapsed and appeared to take Calypso's life, but as Spider-Man and the readers knew, she would find a way back.

She was returned to the Land of the Living by Standard Technique Number Seven from the comic writer's book, i.e. exhume the body and perform a Voodoo/Dark Magic ritual. Heh, never fails.

Recently, she mixed it up with the latest Kravinoff, much to her own regret. Believeing Alyosha Kravinoff to be her lover, Sergei Kravinoff, Calypso slept with him. Alyosha laughed at her folly afterward, spurring her to take revenge on him. She attacked him at his father's home assisted by a tribe of Caribbean Indians.

Using their drums and a voodoo dust to control Kraven and Spider-Man (who Alyosha had kidnapped to learn about his deceased father) Calypso forced the two to do battle to the death. Spider-Man was about to deal a death blow to the young Kraven, when Spidey gained control at the last moment and threw a spear at Calypso. It caught her in the arm, breaking her concentration, and the spell.

Kraven and Spider-Man defeated the tribe and Kraven's pet lion nearly killed Calypso before its master held it back. Kraven forced Calypso to let Spider-Man go, much to her resistence. Alyosha and Calypso then went back to his father's home, where he killed her with no ceremony.

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The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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