Religion: not determined yet
Name: Stephanie Simmons
Classification:
supporting character
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Marvel Knights 4 #25 (Feb. 2006): "The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch: Part One: Omens and Portents"
Creators: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Valentine DeLandro, Matt Banning (as Batt)
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Vertigo, Salem's Seven
Ally: Kourtney Keaton
Gender: female
Note: "friend of a friend" of Kourtney Keaton (Human Torch's gal)
Stephanie Simmons didn't know super-model Kourtney Keaton very well. Keaton called Simmons a "friend of a friend." While Keaton was away from her New York City apartment, working as an actress in a film shot in Los Angeles, Stephanie Simmons briefly stayed in her apartment.
But Kourtney Keaton (who was at that time the girlfriend of Johnny Storm/the Human Torch) knew Stephanie Simmons a little bit. Keaton knew Simmons enough to know that was not suicidal. So it came as a shock when Stephanie Simmons was found dead in front of Kourtney Keaton's building. Police thought it looked like a suicide. But Kourtney was certain it wasn't.
Kourtney Keaton was right. Stephanie Simmons had not lept off of a building to her death. Rather, she had fallen due to being subjected to extreme vertigo by a villain named "Vertigo" (a member of the occult group Salem's Seven).
Stephanie Simmons was referred to extensively on a few pages, but she was never actually depicted on-panel. By the time Johnny Storm and Kourtney Keaton arrived at Keaton's apartment building, Stephanie had already fallen to her death.
Marvel Knights 4 #25 (Feb. 2006): "The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch: Part One: Omens and Portents" (mentioned)
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/simsir.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/273451/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=30743
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Marvel_Knights_4_Vol_1_25
- http://www.comicvine.com/marvel-knights-4-the-resurrection-of-nicholas-scratch-part-1-omens-and-portents/37-131979/