History:(Strange Academy I#11 (fb) - BTS) - One night, Strange Academy student Heidi played the video game Battle Call, where she was repeatedly beaten online by fellow student Howie, who used the online handle of Hairystyles_56.
HEIDI
Real Name: Heidi (last name unrevealed)
Identity/Class: Human magic
user
Occupation: Former student
Group Membership: Formerly Strange Academy student body (German Aguilar, Emily Bright, Alvi Brorson, Iric Brorson, Dessy/Despair, Doyle Dormammu, Guslaug, Howie/Howard Scott, Zoe Laveau, Shaylee Moonpeddle, Calvin Morse, Eva Quintero, Toth, others)
Affiliations: Emily Bright, Dessy (Despair),
Dormammu, Howard
the
Duck, Mindless Ones;
formerly Strange Academy faculty (Daimon
Hellstrom, Zelma Stanton, others), Strange Academy student body
Enemies: Strange Academy faculty
(Ancient One/Yao, Doctor Voodoo/Jericho Drumm, Daimon
Hellstrom, Magik/Illyana Rasputin, Man-Thing/Ted Sallis, Nico
Minoru, Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff, Shaman/Michael Twoyoungmen, Zelma
Stanton, Wong, others), Strange Academy student body, xenoplasmic
parasites
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: The Dark Dimension;
formerly the Sanctum Sanctorum, New York City, New
York,USA; Strange Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
First Appearance: (unidentified) Strange
Academy I#11 (August, 2021);
(identified) Strange Academy Presents: The Death of
Doctor Strange#1 (January, 2022)
Powers/Abilities: Heidi has the ability to
manipulate magic forces, albeit at a lower level skill that most
accomplished sorcerers and sorceresses due to her age and lack of full
formal training. She has been seen utilizing the Third Eye that all
mystics inherently possess to see xenoplasmic parasites that most are
incapable of seeing and is capable of casting other minor spells such
as those used for offense and defense.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 110 lbs.)
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Black (dyed streak of different colors, most often green)
History:
(Strange Academy I#11 (fb) - BTS) - One night, Strange Academy student
Heidi played the video game Battle Call, where she was
repeatedly beaten online by fellow student Howie, who used the online
handle of Hairystyles_56.
(Strange Academy I#11) - The next day, following the
shattering of crystalline of fellow student Toth, Heidi was interviewed
by private detective Howard the Duck regarding her whereabouts the
night prior. An annoyed Heidi explained how she had been playing Battle Call all night and getting
her butt handed to her by Hairystyles_56.
(Strange Academy
Presents: The Death of Doctor Strange#1 / 7) -
During a period in which Strange Academy was temporarily shut down
following the seeming death of Doctor Strange, Heidi spent a lot of her
time playing Battle Call with
Howie. During one such online gaming day, Howie relentlessly attacked
Heidi in the game, demanding she drop her weapons. Heidi claimed she
would instead go out with Howie if he dropped his weapons. Unsure if
Heidi was really telling the truth, Howie admitted that he had not
asked Heidi out but she replied that she could tell he wanted to and
insisted that she would go out with him if he had his character drop
the weapons. Howie decided to trust Heidi and as soon as his character
dropped his weapons, Heidi killed Howie's character. When a shocked
Howie reminded her of fairness, a grinning Heidi asked what time Howie
would be picking her up.
(Strange Academy I#15 - BTS) - While a part of Strange Academy's
Magic Battle Class, Heidi's name was written alongside her classmates
on a battle bracket called the Sorcerer Supreme Sixteen by her fellow
student Iric Brorson. In the bracket, Iric had Heidi paired against
Guslaug.
(Strange Academy I#16) -
Heidi helped several other Strange Academy
students decorate for the upcoming Winter Formal dance. When Howie
reminded German Aguilar that they weren't to use magic except in class,
remarking that it was likely due to something "not good," the sarcastic
Heidi commented back that it was like she understood everything about
the mystic arts entirely from Howie's remarks. Slightly annoyed, Howie
warned that if Heidi kept up the sarcasm, she would find herself
without a date for the dance later that night, to which Heidi responded
that Howie would be wagging his tail at her door at 7pm sharp no matter
how much she made fun of him. Howie then accused Heidi of being the
worst and Heidi merely replied back that Howie loved it, to which Howie
reluctantly agreed. Heidi then continued helping Howie move items
around to decorate. Later that night, Heidi joined Howie at the Winter
Formal, where she danced with him.
(Strange Academy I#17) -
Following student Calvin Morse being
expelled for selling the criminal Gaslamp's magical wishes to students,
a fight broke out between the Strange Academy students over the proper
response to Calvin's expulsion and Heidi subsequently joined most of
the other students in quitting Strange Academy.
(Strange Academy I#18 (fb) - BTS) - Heidi and the other former
Strange Academy students took refuge in the parlor of the Sanctum
Sanctorum.
(Strange Academy I#18) - Heidi was chatting with Iric Brorson as
German Aguilar brought the students pizzas that had just been
delivered.
(Strange Academy:
Finals#2) - After returning to the Strange Academy
with most of the students that had left, Heidi was tasked alongside the
other students with doing a mass cleaning of the school. During the
cleaning, Heidi was on toilet duty and nearly got sick when xenoplasmic
parasites infested the bathrooms. Following the cleanup of the
parasites, Heidi joined the students and staff at a large cookout to
celebrate the successful cleaning.
(Strange Academy:
Finals#5 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Heidi again left Strange Academy
and joined the corrupted Emily Bright's vendetta against the Academy
and its faculty.
(Strange Academy: Finals#5) - Heidi accompanied Emily Bright and
several other former Strange Academy students on an attack on Strange
Academy during their commencement ceremony. After the Strange Academy
faculty teleported Bright's ally Dormammu and his Dark Dimension army
into the dimension of the
Vishanti, Heidi joined Bright and the remaining former Academy
students in attacking the current Strange Academy students. During the
battle, Heidi and Howie fought a magic duel against one another, with
Howie noting that while Heidi was cute, she was a terrible gamer.
Comments: Created by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos.
It's unclear what became of Heidi. She was last seen fighting against the Strange Academy students as part of the corrupted Emily Bright's attack on the school in Strange Academy: Finals#5 but then Heidi isn't seen at all in #6, where that story is wrapped up. She was presumably still there behind-the-scenes but she also could have witnessed Bright becoming more out of control and fled after Bright killed student Iric Brorson. Given Heidi's cynical and sarcastic nature, I kind of doubt she would just flee in terror but whether or not she rejoined Strange Academy following Bright's defeat remains to be seen. We already saw her try to rejoin in Strange Academy: Finals#2, only to apparently go back to Emily Bright's side. Therefore, I also kind of doubt she would return to the school yet again but hey, Calvin Morse fell into a bad place twice before finally coming around to the side of good so perhaps Heidi could as well. Needless to say, I don't think Howie would take her back...
This profile was completed on
4/14/2026 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the
Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Heidi should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Strange Academy I#11 (August, 2021) - Skottie Young (writer), Humberto
Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy Presents: The Death of Doctor Strange#1 (January, 2022)
- "Howie & Heidi" story - Skottie Young (writer), C.F. Villa (art),
Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy I#15 (March, 2022) - Skottie Young (writer), Humberto
Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy I#16 (April, 2022) - Skottie Young (writer), Humberto
Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy I#17 (May, 2022) - Skottie Young (writer), Humberto
Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy I#18 (June, 2022) - Skottie Young (writer), Humberto
Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy: Finals#2 (January, 2023) - Skottie Young (writer),
Humberto Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Strange Academy: Finals#5 (May, 2023) - Skottie Young (writer),
Humberto Ramos (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
First posted: 09/08/2026
Last updated: 04/14/2026
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