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Religion: environmentalist
Name: Karen Silkwood
Other Names: Karen Gay Silkwood
Classification: real/historical person
Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #601 (Oct. 2009): "Red-Headed Stranger: Part 1: No Place Like Home"
Creators: Mark Waid, Mario Alberti
Number of Appearances: 3
Comic Book Appearances: 2
TV, Film Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Kerr-McGee
Employer: Kerr-McGee plant
Occupation: activist, technician
Birth Place: Longview, Texas, USA
Gender: female
Karen Silkwood has been called an "environmental movement martyr" who was "murdered for her environmental activism."
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0074292/
- http://left.wikia.com/wiki/Karen_Silkwood
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/
- https://www.comics.org/issue/277765/
- https://www.comics.org/issue/127828/