The Ravencroft Institute is a fictional maximum security prison for the criminally insane appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Description
Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane was a maximum-security asylum for the mentally ill.[1] Many insane murderers and supervillains, such as Carnage,[volume & issue needed] and Venom,[volume & issue needed] have been kept at Ravencroft.
Publication history
The institute was first mentioned in Web of Spider-Man #112, written by Terry Kavanagh. The institute officially opens in Web of Spider-Man Annual #10 (1994), written by Terry Kavanagh, with art by Jerry Bingham.
History
Dr. Ashley Kafka was the founder and first director of Ravencroft.[volume & issue needed] John Jameson was head of security.[volume & issue needed] Both get fired in Spectacular Spider-Man #246, and Dr. Leonard Samson becomes Ravencroft's new director.[volume & issue needed] The institute hasn't appeared since and in Leonard Samson's recent appearances, he owns a private practice.
In other media
- Ravencroft appears in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with Dr. Ashley Kafka as a leading scientist and Electro as a patient until Harry Osborn breaks him out.[2]
- Ravencroft appears in Venom: Let There Be Carnage.[3]