Name: The Kleinmann Institute
Classification: supporting characters group
Publisher(s): New Universe
First Appearance: Nightmask #1 (Nov. 1986): "The Awakening"
Creators: Archie Goodwin, Tony Salmons, Bret Blevins
Number of Appearances: 1
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Note: conducts advanced dream research
The Kleinmann Institute in Switzerland conducted advanced dream research. The center was headed by and named for Dr. Horst Kleinmann, who became a recurring foe of the heroic dream-walker known as Nightmask (Keith Remsen).
Keith Remsen's parents had both worked at the Kleinmann Institute, which is where they first met.
Keith was traveling to Switzerland to work as a summer intern at the Kleinmann Institute when an assassin put a bomb in his luggage. His parents and sister were at the airport to see him off. The bomb killed his parents, paralyzed his sister Teddy, and put Keith into a coma. Keith later learned that Dr. Horst Kleinmann himself hired the assassin to kill him. Dr. Kleinmann tried to kill Keith because he believed the youth had been sent by his parents to spy on him and his Institute and steal secrets from his research.
Number of group members listed below: 9
Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
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[1st app: Nightmask #2 (Dec. 1986)] | New Universe | 2 | |||||
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[dream researcher] | New Universe | 5 | |||||
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[conducts advanced dream research] | New Universe | 1 | |||||
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[1st app: Nightmask #2 (Dec. 1986)] | New Universe | 2 | |||||
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[Nightmask's father; studied dreams] | New Universe | 1 | |||||
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[Nightmask's mother; studied dreams] | New Universe | 1 | |||||
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[1st app: Nightmask #2 (Dec. 1986)] | New Universe | 2 | |||||
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[tended to equipment Dr. Kleinmann used to enter dreams] | New Universe | 1 | |||||
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[tended to equipment Dr. Kleinmann used to enter dreams] | New Universe | 1 |
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/nightmaskremsen.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/40665/
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Nightmask_Vol_1_1
- http://www.technohol.com/new-u/nightmas/nightm01.asp
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Nightmask_Vol_1_2