Clinic for Paranormal Research

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The Clinic for Paranormal Research is a fictional medical clinic in Marvel Comics's New Universe, located in Wisconsin. It was one of the main settings of the comic book D.P.7.

[edit] History

The Clinic began as a private hospital under the name Sawyer Sanatorium. After the White Event, Philip Nolan Voigt and Dexter Charne, an employee of the hospital, used their newfound paranormal abilities to take control and ownership. They renamed it and reopened it on July 7, 1986 with a new purpose... to study paranormals.

The Clinic placed advertisements in many newspapers, offering help to those who discovered they had new powers or disabilities. Members of the Clinic's staff typically brainwashed those coming to seek treatment, and some entered Voigt's secret employ outside.

Paranormals were typically divided into small therapy groups. One of these groups, Therapy Group C, discovered that they were being watched, and fled the Clinic. The Clinic sent out bounty hunters both paranormal and human, to retrieve the group.

[edit] Staff

After the departure of Voigt, many of the regular staff left and patients were forced to take up staff-like roles in order to keep the Clinic Running. This section will only list those were hired on as staff without being patients, or patients who became staff prior to the first issue.

• Philip Nolan Voigt - Founder and head administrator (until Issue #12). Voigt secretly possesses the ability to mimic the abilities of any paranormal he is near and use the powers better than the first owner. He was apparently destroyed, but later turned up and launched a successful bid for President of the United States.
• Craig LaGraves - Became interim head of the Clinic after Voigt disappeared, but was put into a coma.
• Tanis Newhouse - Head administrator of the Clinic following Craig LaGraves.
• Dexter Charne - Clinical psychologist. Charne possesses the paranormal power to transmit ideas into the minds of others. By doing this quickly, he can cause brain damage or induce coma.
• Tracy Speck - Special therapist. Speck has the ability to perceive the senses of others, even at a distance. Speck died in DP7 #13.
• Dr. Jane Semple - Psychotherapist. Dr. Semple is not a paranormal. She was the therapist for Therapy Group C, among others.
• Harlan Hackbarth - Head of Clinic Security. Hackbarth has the paranormal ability to control all body functions of other people. He was put into a coma by Charne in DP7 #11.
• Orvile Upham - Head of Clinic Security (following Hackbarth), until his resignation in DP7 #16. Upham is not a paranormal.
• Juris Ziegler - Physical therapist. Ziegler is not a paranormal, but he had a brief relationship with Lenore Fenzl.

[edit] Patients

• Charlotte Beck (Friction) - can mentally greatly increase or decrease the effect of friction on a surface. Beck left the Clinic with most of the rest of her therapy group. She has also worked as a receptionist for the Clinic.
• Arthur Benway (Freefall) - can mentally negate gravity in his immediate area.
• Lionel Berry (Blindspot) - creates areas of invisibility.
• Deborah Brownlea (Dementia) - causes temporary insanity in others.
• Michael Crawley (Dynamite, Formerly of Psi-Force) - generates explosive force with his mind. Crawley left the clinic with Scuzz and his group.
• Dennis "Scuzz" Cuzinski - has a body that produces a highly corrosive chemical constantly. Scuzz formed a youth group called the DDTeens, and left the Clinic with them just before it closed.
• Lenore Fenzl (Twilight) - produces bioluminescence that causes fatigue and unconsciousness in those exposed, while revitalizing her. Lenore left the clinic with most of her therapy group.
• Dwight Frye (Bazooka) - projects concussive force from his hands.
• Sally Gallagher (Shock) - produces high voltage electrical energy.
• Heather Hanneman (Raindrop) - can mentally produce clouds and rain. Heather left the clinic with the DDTeens.
• Stephanie Harrington (Glitter) - produces sparks of energy which both heal and energize living beings. She also has superhuman strength. Harrington left the Clinic following her recovery from a coma.
• Evan Huebner (Ghost-Driver) - has developed an affinity for one of Randy O'Brien's antibodies. He may not be a paranormal. Huebner left the clinic with the DDTeens.
• David Landers (Mastodon) - has intense muscle growth, giving him superhuman strength. As part of his paranormality, he suffers from male pattern baldness but grows facial hair extremely quickly. He has worked as a janitor and filled in for Clinic's security, until he left the Clinic with most of his therapy group.
• Joel Larson (Mothball) - produces bubbles that neutralize energy. Larson left the Clinic with the DDTeens.
• Pamela Leighton (Interface) - produces powerful pheremones, allowing her to influence others.
• Dionne McQuaid (Indigo) - can create a fist of psychokinetic force.
• George Mullaney (Mutator) - is in a constant state of metamorphosis. Every 48 hours he has a completely different appearance. Mullaney left the Clinic with Therapy Group C.
• Martin Murken (Wormhole) - can create small portals.
• Randy O'Brien (Antibody) - can produce shadowy beings he calls antibodies. O'Brien has worked for the Clinic as a doctor, hoping to finish out his residency there, before leaving with most of his therapy group to find Jeff Walters.
• John Rost (Scrap Iron) - has the ability to make his body as hard as steel, at the expense of some mobility.
• Geraldine Rumlow (Vice Versa) - is able to reverse the direction of motion. Rumlow left the Clinic to join Voigt's Agency.
• Leland Sharp (Shrapnel) - has terrible acne that he can cause to explode in a corrosive burst. Sharp left the clinic to join Voigt's Agency.
• Curtis Smith (Stalagmite) - able to increase his strength when standing in one location.
• Merriam Sorensen (Sponge) - is able to absorb liquids and gasses, expanding as necessary in order to do so. She can also breathe underwater. Sorensen left the Clinic along with Dave Landers and his therapy group.
• Annie Stevenson (Quiver) - is able to generate vibrations of force. Stevenson left the Clinic with the DDTeens.
• Jim Walkins (Squirm) - has a body that is flexible and can elongate. Walkins left the Clinic with the DDTeens.
• Jeffrey Walters (Blur) - possesses superhuman speed. Walters has worked for the Clinic in the cafeteria. Walters left the Clinic when he heard about the destruction of Pittsburgh, known as The Pitt, because his family was there and he wanted to find them.
• Rodney Weigand (Tangler) - creates psychoplasmic tanglewire with his mind.
• Ross Wexler (Chill) - emits freezing vapors from his body. Wexler was murdered.
• Terry Wilke (Thrust) - can project concussive force from his body.
• Edward Zentner (Bloodhound) - has superhuman olfactory sense, allowing him to track people by their scent. He can also smell if someone is a paranormal. Zentner left the Clinic to join Voigt's Agency