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The Pembrooke Academy

 
The Pembrooke Academy
 

Name: The Pembrooke Academy

Other Names: Pembroke Academy

Classification: supporting characters supporting characters   group group  

Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: Marvel Knights 4 #2 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 2"

First Appearance (Additional Details): (mentioned) Marvel Knights 4 #1 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 1"; (seen) Marvel Knights 4 #2 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 2"

Creators: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Steve McNiven, Mark Morales

Number of Appearances: 2

Ally: Invisible Woman
Ally: Alicia Masters

Type of Organization/Group: high school

Location: New York City, New York, USA

Note: private school where Invisible Woman taught English

The Pembrooke Academy is a private school in New York City and appears to be fairly exclusive and expensive. The school is located on the Upper West Side.

During a time that the Fantastic Four were broke and had to seek regular jobs, Susan Storm Richards (a.k.a. the Invisible Woman) found a job as an English teacher at the Pembrooke Academy.

Susan Storm Richards' close friend Alicia Masters is the person who told her about the open position at the Pembrooke Academy. Alicia Masters teaches art classes there.

Susan Storm Richards faced struggles there similar to what teachers might face in any school: the high school student often seemed disinterested in class and she had to work hard to maintain discipline.

The Invisible Woman's time as an English teacher at Pembrooke was not particularly long. She heard about the position at the schhool in Marvel Knights 4 #1, and she was shown teaching there in the next issue and in Marvel Knights 4 #8. In the later issue she was shown discussing Shakespeare's King Richard III when Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner interrupted class to visit her.

Students in Mrs. Richards' class included Christie, Gavin and Heather.

Susan Storm Richards' class was not typical of all Pembrooke students. Her specific position involved teaching students with "disciplinary problems" (as Alicia put it).

Number of group members listed below: 4

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Christie supporting character
  [smart student in Invisible Woman's English class] Marvel 1
Gavin supporting character
  [student in Invisible Woman's English class] Marvel 1
Heather Heather supporting character
  [student in Invisible Woman's English class] Marvel 1
The Pembrooke Academy The Pembrooke Academy supporting character group
  [private school where Invisible Woman taught English] Marvel 2

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This character is in the following 3 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Marvel Knights 4


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/pbpep.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/165623/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=10526
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Marvel_Knights_4_Vol_1_2
  - http://www.comicvine.com/marvel-knights-4-wolf-at-the-door-part-2-of-4/37-131156/