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141-508: Following Kraven the Hunter kidnapping animal styled supervillains and superheroes, Vulture forms the new Savage Six using King Cobra , Rhino , Scorpion , Stegron and Tarantula , while the Last Son of Kraven becomes the new Kraven the Hunter after the original one's death. While Doctor Octopus is discovering clues to some of his missing memories, he exhumes an unexpectedly empty casket in

282-580: A beating from the Sinister Six, Mary Jane is transported to Mysterio's old studios where Beck reveals what happened to him after his suicide, transported to hell, and tortured there until Harry Osborn made him a deal. Taking it, Beck was revived around the time Peter's identity was public knowledge , his adventures in the Spider-Men crossover are referenced, and over time Harry stopped communicating with him until recently. Mysterio also reveals to Mary Jane that he

423-557: A brutalized Norman Osborn in them. As Kindred states that this is now a party, Spider-Man sees villains like Black Ant , Boomerang , Chance , Foreigner , Hydro-Man , Jack O'Lantern , Overdrive , Shocker , the Sinister Syndicate ( Beetle , Electro II , Lady Octopus , Scorpia , Trapster , and White Rabbit ), Slyde , Speed Demon , and Taskmaster racing towards him through the shattered mirrors. Back at Hotel Inferno, Strange demands Mephisto undo his deal with Spider-Man, but

564-529: A cemetery. The demon Kindred sends one of his centipedes to enter Doctor Octopus' ear, rendering him unconscious. Kindred tells Doctor Octopus that he can help him with his memories, but he will need to gather five more people. At an unknown beach, Doctor Octopus helps Sandman with his loss of direction and promises to solve Sandman's immortality problem. Upon building a special machine, Doctor Octopus resurrects Electro with his powers intact as Kindred comments on Electro's abilities while stating that Doctor Octopus

705-472: A change of heart and helps Peter escape as all of the assembled six-member teams brawl for the right to claim Spider-Man's life. Kindred revives the Sin-Eater , who is still angered at Kindred for forsaking him, once more. From Sin-Eater's reanimated corpse springs forth demonic centipedes that seek out and take possession of Grey Gargoyle , Living Laser , Whirlwind , Juggernaut , and Morlun . Led by Sin-Eater,

846-499: A closed room. The Superior Spider-Man breaks her earpiece so the Goblin King would not be able to listen to them. She states that she needs Octavius or Peter's brains to fix this situation and fix her as well before she loses control. Telling Octavius to hurry, she says that Octavius has no idea what the Goblin King has planned. Carlie also mentioned that she is unsure of the Goblin King's claim of being Osborn. Sajani continues to work on

987-637: A decoy while the real Kraven ambushes the hero. However, despite Kraven having weakened Spider-Man with a poisonous dart, Spider-Man prevails in the end. Spider-Man proves a frustrating quarry because Kraven continually underestimates the superhero's resourcefulness. Kraven becomes a founding member of the Sinister Six when he accepts Doctor Octopus 's offer to form a team to fight Spider-Man. They capture Aunt May and Betty Brant . He attacks Spider-Man in Central Park with three tigers . Spider-Man fights off

1128-552: A director. Despite celebrity connections, Al's efforts were stonewalled by arrogance, greed, and corruption within the Hollywood elite. Forced out of Hollywood by the powerful Rothstein brothers, Al is beaten while Timber was brutally raped. Both Al and Timber exacted vengeance which involved defeating another half-brother Ned Tannengarden (who was later killed by Chameleon) and left Hollywood to pursue heroics in New York City. Alyosha

1269-536: A driving service while planning to find Carlie Cooper. They are then snatched up by Kindred's giant centipedes. Back in the present, Overdrive is intercepted by the Syndicate as Spider-Man avoids their attacks. However, he is mortally wounded by Ana Kravinoff , the Syndicate's latest member. Earlier, Scorpia and Beetle argue about Ana joining their group with Beetle stating that they are the Sinister Syndicate and not

1410-477: A final confession of his crimes against Spider-Man and then commits suicide. Because of his suicide, his soul is unable to find rest until Spider-Man confronts his risen corpse on Kraven's behalf. Across " The Gauntlet " and " Grim Hunt ", Kraven is resurrected from the dead by his ex-wife Sasha Kravinoff and their children with a dark magic ritual using the blood of Spider-Man, following his son Vladimir (who ironically enough had been murdered by Kaine Parker ,

1551-403: A final goodbye before being returned to his death. By regularly ingesting the potion made from various unnamed jungle herbs, Kraven grants himself superhuman physical abilities, making him a physical threat to Spider-Man, although these powers are not as developed as those possessed by Spider-Man. Kraven's body is also more durable, and more resistant to certain forms of injury than the body of

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1692-669: A final hunt for Spider-Man. After capturing Spider-Man, he shoots him with a coma-inducing drug and buries him alive on his estate. To complete his victory, he attempts to become Spider-Man's clear superior by impersonating him in a brutal vigilante campaign and capturing Vermin , the one foe Spider-Man had never been able to defeat on his own (Spider-Man's last battle with Vermin required Captain America 's assistance). After Spider-Man emerges from his grave two weeks later, Kraven explains his actions to him and sets Vermin free. Spider-Man goes after Vermin to prevent his killing again. Kraven leaves

1833-528: A friendship with him. She helps Kraven realize that Spider-Man is not even close to being the most dangerous prey in the Marvel Universe. In a prelude to " Hunted ", Kraven the Hunter reminisces about how Sasha, Vladimir, and Alyosha were killed by him and Ana for not living up to his legacy. After cutting a deal with the High Evolutionary , Kraven the Hunter has 87 clones of him created, trained as

1974-461: A helpless girl. Xraven was momentarily fazed by his comment, but attacked again, claiming that he is the "favored one". Cyclops realizes Xraven's weakness and tells him that Mister Sinister sees him as nothing but a pawn. He tells Xraven to read his mind, in order for him to see the kind of a man Sinister really is. After Xraven sees Cyclops's memories, he flees, but the X-Men become aware of the fact that he

2115-435: A humanoid lion was the result of Mattie not being a "pure spider". Vladimir later assists Ana Kravinoff and Alyosha Kravinoff with capturing Anya Corazon as well as a second attempt to capture Arachne . Following Kraven the Hunter's resurrection, Vladimir was shown attempting to attack Arachne and Araña while they are bound. Sergei fends off Vladimir rather brutally. Sasha mentioned to Sergei that Vladimir's sub-human state

2256-458: A less dangerous place where she could work as a police forensic officer without having to deal with any supervillains. Carlie returned to New York during Marvel's "Fresh Start" relaunch. She catches up with Mary Jane in a coffee shop and reveals she did lab work down in New Orleans before deciding to returning to New York. Noticing that Mary Jane is dating Peter once more, she decides to introduce

2397-463: A living weapon, Carlie and Norah Winters investigate who is responsible and through the course of their investigation, stumble upon Doctor Octopus's lair. Unknown to them, Doctor Octopus has already kidnapped J. Jonah Jameson Sr., after learning that JJJ Sr. is going to marry May Parker . Spider-Man frees all three of Doctor Octopus's captives with the aid of the Human Torch . Afterward, Carlie attends

2538-400: A loss for the devil. Doctor Strange asks what will become of Spider-Man and Mephisto answers that while Peter has walked away from a war where the odds were stacked against him, he should enjoy the small victories as a much bigger loss is imminent. Peter is transported to Paris where he is beaten soundly by Kindred. Elsewhere at Mysterio's studio, another Kindred is revealed to have the face of

2679-429: A normal human. He can withstand great impact forces, such as falling from several stories or being repeatedly struck by a superhumanly strong opponent, that would severely injure or kill a normal human, with little to no injury to himself. The effects of the potion have dramatically altered Kraven's aging process to the point that he has aged little, if at all, over several decades. Despite being over 70 years of age, he has

2820-520: A real date at the Coffee Bean. Harry and Mary Jane Watson happen to be there and the two girls get talking, when all of a sudden Lily bursts through the wall, followed by an attacking team of supervillains. MJ asks Carlie to help Lily, who has gone into labor, but they are held captive by Doctor Octopus. Spider-Man manages to save them and rescue Lily's newborn infant from the supervillains. Later, Harry Osborn and Mary Jane take Lily to safety, but Carlie

2961-429: A renowned big-game hunter whose goal in life is to beat Spider-Man to prove himself as the world's greatest hunter. Though he is often overconfident in his own abilities, about which he likes to boast, he possesses a great sense of honor, and treats his adversaries as equals until proven otherwise. Because of this, Kraven has sometimes been depicted as an antihero and has teamed up with other heroes, including Spider-Man,

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3102-649: A retelling of The Amazing Spider-Man #15 which incorporated several DeMatteis retcons , such as that Kraven was abusive towards the Chameleon . Sergei Kravinoff (Сергей Кравинов) is a Russian immigrant, the son of an aristocrat who fled to the United States with his family in 1917 after the Russian nobility was decimated by the February Revolution and subsequent collapse of the reign of Tsar Nicholas II . Kraven

3243-572: A sample of his DNA . Mister Sinister later cut a deal with Carnage to obtain a sample of the Carnage symbiote . After removing the sentience from the Carnage symbiote sample, Mister Sinister combined it with the DNA of the original X-Men and Kraven the Hunter, where he would use this creation at a later date. Years later after the death of Kraven, an ex-Morlock who had kept his powers post M-Day named Joe Buggs

3384-417: A signal flare into the sky. This attracted the attention of Spider-Woman , who defeated Kraven the Hunter. Jennie Sheldon even took pictures of the fight. At the time when Venom encountered some Dinosaur People in the sewers, Kraven the Hunter followed Venom and killed an Ankylosaurus -type Dinosaur Person before engaging Venom in battle. He was fended off by Venom, who vowed to fight Kraven again. Upon

3525-522: A sort of truce as she requires Spider-Man's help in order to investigate the death of a gothic teen who died from falling from a great height and was ruled as a suicide. Carlie works the case without police approval, putting her at odds with Chief Pratchett. Shortly after the case is resolved, Carlie, still conflicted over her feelings for Peter, confides in Peter's best friend and ex Mary Jane despite her initial anger over MJ also knowing Peter's identity. Around

3666-462: A support group featuring friends and loved ones of superheroes called "The Lookups". Carlie Cooper is an expert at forensics. For a while, she also had spider abilities which eventually mutated into a Man-Spider. As Monster, she has likely obtained similar powers to various Goblins due to the Goblin Formula circulating within her system which grants her superhuman strength, stamina, and speed. In

3807-471: A target by scent, much as some animals do, even if the scent has been somewhat eroded by natural factors. Even without his superhuman powers, Kraven is an Olympic-level athlete, and a gifted tactician, hunter, and hand-to-hand combatant. He also has great knowledge of pressure points , both in the anatomy of humans and in many animals. He can strike at these nerve clusters with pinpoint accuracy, allowing him to incapacitate more powerful opponents or animals. He

3948-413: A very flexible skeletal structure enough for him to press them to the back of his torso and legs with only the slightest bulge visible under his clothing (Carnage's DNA allowed the wings to be flexible). He was able to defeat Cyclops and Shadowcat , holding her hostage, giving the ultimatum that he would kill her if they did not surrender. Spider-Man insulted Xraven, claiming that Kraven would never threaten

4089-522: A vicious assault on Iron Mavis from the other side. Noticing her bad mood, two of her teammates offer to take her out for a night on the town. After getting drunk , Carlie decides to get a tattoo of the Green Goblin's insignia out of spite, knowing Peter's opinion of Norman Osborn . However, she changes her mind and gets a tattoo of Spider-Man. She is worried that the tattoo will make things awkward between herself and Peter, but Peter assures her that it

4230-603: A woman to Mary Jane. Mary Jane believes it at first to be Gwen Stacy but is in actuality Sarah Stacy, who for many years was believed to be one of Gwen and Norman's children. It is revealed to Norman by the A.I. unit of Harry Osborn that Sarah and her brother Gabriel were clones of Gwen and Harry himself created in a lab as part of a conspiracy he orchestrated with the help of Mendell Stromm, Mysterio, and Chameleon to psychologically toy with Peter and Norman. Many clones of Sarah and Gabriel were created, each succumbing to cellular degeneration. Eventually, durable models were sent out into

4371-486: Is Peter and Mary Jane's daughter who ultimately thwarts his reign. On Comic Book Roundup, the series so far has received an average score of 7.2 out of 10 based on 37 reviews. On Comicbook Roundup, Amazing Spider-Man: What Cost Victory received an average score of 6.8 out of 10 based on 32 reviews. Kraven the Hunter Kraven the Hunter ( Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff ; Russian : Сергей Николаевич Кравинов)

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4512-649: Is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko , the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (August 1964) as an adversary for the superhero Peter Parker / Spider-Man . He since endured as one of the web-slinger's most formidable foes, and is part of the collective of adversaries that make up Spider-Man's rogues' gallery . Kraven has also come into conflict with other heroes, such as Black Panther and Tigra . He

4653-514: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is named after Joe Quesada 's daughter. She is friends with Peter Parker , Harry Osborn , Vin Gonzales , and Lily Hollister . She is one of Spider-Man's first potential romantic interests in the " One More Day " story arc and eventually is a girlfriend for a time. Carlie Cooper first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (December 2007) and

4794-433: Is a maniacal big-game hunter who seeks to defeat Spider-Man to prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world. Unlike other hunters, he typically disdains the use of guns or bow and arrows , preferring to take down large dangerous animals with his bare hands. He also lives by a code of honour of sorts, choosing to hunt his game fairly. He consumes a mystical serum to give himself enhanced strength and dramatically slow

4935-508: Is at this time that Peter discovers Carlie is a roller derby participant, using the sport to help her unleash any pent up anger. Her roller derby name is Crusher Carlie . When Peter is called out on a mission with the Future Foundation , Carlie is told it's a business trip for Horizon Labs. Carlie is very angry when she finds out that there was no trip. She takes her rage out in the rink which results in her being sent off mid-game for

5076-451: Is clear that Mister Sinister survived his confrontation with Xraven, it is currently unknown whether Xraven survived. Upon researching Xraven, Captain America does not consider him evil. He states that Xraven must be brought in, partly because of the murder he committed and partly to prevent the Kravinoff family from obtaining him. The daughter of Kraven the Hunter, Ana Kravinoff becomes

5217-466: Is discovered that Carlie's father did not die. Ray speaks to Carlie while she is watching a fight between the Maggia and Mr. Negative 's Inner Demons. When Carlie learns that Ray was not the good cop the man was made out to be, she has her father arrested. She then cuts her hair and decides to be more assertive in her life. After several near misses and almost-dates, Carlie and Peter Parker finally set up

5358-537: Is eventually killed. After Mary Jane saves Peter's life, their show of love defeats the Kindred Twins, who are released from Mephisto's control by Doctor Strange before they permanently degenerate as they are told that Gwen would have loved them. With Kindred vanquished and the "Sinister War" over, Peter and Mary Jane return home to heal and face the dawn of a new day together as a loving and unbreakable couple. When Doctor Strange questions why he attempted to claim Peter in

5499-461: Is familiar with many exotic poisons and tranquilizers , which he often uses during his hunts. Due to a flaw in the ceremony that resurrected him, Kraven was given "the unlife ... the eternal curse", as he discovered when his daughter stabbed him through the heart. According to Kraven, he can now only die by Spider-Man's hand. However, this curse was apparently broken when Kaine temporarily killed Kraven by stopping his heart and then restarting it with

5640-490: Is far too distracted by the warring factions. Doctor Octopus offers Mysterio the opportunity to join the Sinister Six as long as he helps them capture Mary Jane. Mysterio complies and teleports away taking Mary Jane with him while promising her that the "devil will get his due". Peter is knocked out by Octavius and awakens in Kindred's lair, where the demon again tortures and taunts him using mirrors containing Mary Jane, Mysterio, and

5781-591: Is getting closer to his true self. Doctor Octopus and Electro find Kraven the Hunter in the Savage Land hunting a dinosaur. Electro shocks the dinosaur, and Doctor Octopus recruits Kraven the Hunter into the Sinister Six by promising him to hunt down the Lizard . Doctor Octopus coerces Curt Connors into using the Isotope Genome Accelerator on himself which separates him from his Lizard side. Kindred then completes

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5922-515: Is heavily implied that Carlie knows who the Superior Spider-Man really is, but she is keeping it to herself until she can find proof. Soon while lurking in the shadows while Captain Watanabe interviews police witnesses to the Superior Spider-Man killing Massacre at point blank, Carlie appears to have also confided in one mysterious person about her speculation, this person was later revealed to be

6063-546: Is in the Savage Land, Agent Venom lands in the area on an unrelated mission from the federal government. Mistaking him to be Spider-Man, Kraven attacks him and gains the upper hand before Venom escapes. At one point, Kraven is contacted by a doctor who once treated him when a past hunt went wrong, the doctor requesting that Kraven track down a recent patient of hers—who had been used as a test subject to duplicate another man's electrical abilities—as well as asking that he capture

6204-485: Is no longer your burden. Besides, there won't be much of it left soon...not by the time I've finished." Sometime later, Kraven is pulled through time from moments before his death by Galactus to help their shared friend Squirrel Girl defeat Melissa Morbeck and her own coterie of time-displaced supervillains and former villains. Telling her not to blame herself for his ultimate fate. After reuniting with Doreen and thanking her for all she had done for him Kraven, bids Doreen

6345-460: Is not the case. During the "Return of Anti-Venom" storyline, Carlie correctly deduces that the new Wraith is her police captain Yuri Watanabe using a mask Mysterio created that could impersonate the face of the late Jean DeWolff since only they and Spider-Man knew about it. This becomes more obvious when she visits evidence storage and learns of a mysterious incident that supposedly destroyed

6486-622: Is one of few mutants that retained their superhuman powers after the M-Day . He is one of the superpowered beings recruited within the Beyond! miniseries by Stranger posing as the Beyonder . Alyosha Kraven later eventually becomes fully deranged from experimenting with his father's potions, and in his madness began collecting a zoo of animal-themed superhumans, including Bushmaster II , Gargoyle II , Tiger Shark , Kangaroo II , Aragorn (the version that

6627-441: Is real and that none of it will ever last. After more coaxing from Carlie, Harry suddenly notices that the door to their cell is open and suggests there is a way to escape. Norman awakens and arranges a meeting with a lawyer who shows him Mendel Stromm 's video will. Stromm has left Norman a deposit box containing a key and instructs him to travel to Europe to face his "legacy" (or rather his "sin" according to Kindred). As Peter takes

6768-501: Is reminded by Julia Carpenter (who has inherited the powers of Madame Web after her death) that committing murder is not in his moral code, and furthermore, by going through with it, damns himself to a future where from that point he takes on a more brutal approach to crime-fighting, including killing suspects, which will lead him to die in a standoff against the police (a scenario previously glimpsed in an earlier issue). Following their defeat by Spider-Man, Kraven and his family escape to

6909-456: Is revealed that Harry Osborn's entire life of misery, addiction, despair, and even death were defined by a deal his father struck with Mephisto to make his life much more prosperous at the cost of his own son's soul, inevitably also tying Norman's descent into insanity and criminal career to the demonic overlord. Over in Europe, Norman discovers a hidden lab housing two cloning pods and an A.I. taking

7050-414: Is the half-brother of the supervillain Chameleon , and is one of the founding members of the Sinister Six . In Kraven's first appearance, he calls Spider-Man "the most dangerous game", a direct reference to the 1924 short story of the same name , in which General Zaroff, a Russian big-game hunter (and a primary inspiration for the character), hunts people for sport. Kraven is typically portrayed as

7191-455: Is time she learned the truth, no matter the cost, and unmasks to reveal a face that shocks Mary Jane. Spider-Man manages to jam Sin Eater's gun with the resulting implosion cripples him. Doctor Octopus picks one of the centipedes from Sin-Eater's brain and scrambles to piece together a sonic transducer. Spider-Man is cornered by Morlun, who prepares to feast on him before Boomerang saves Spider-Man in

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7332-491: Is to serve only as husks to Kindred, who tells Mary Jane the time has come to face her own sins. Elsewhere in Las Vegas, Doctor Strange asks Mephisto to stop playing games, with Mephisto offering him one final wager... the virtue of a hero against the corruption of a soul. The wager is for the soul of the original Harry Osborn, who is influencing the Kindred Twins, with Sarah being the Kindred confronting Mary Jane and Gabriel being

7473-686: The Avengers of 1959 , and Squirrel Girl , in The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015–2019). The character is widely regarded as one of Spider-Man's most formidable enemies, and has gained considerable attention from storylines such as 1987's " Kraven's Last Hunt ," 2010's " Grim Hunt ", 2015–2019's " The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl's Friend Kraven ", and 2019's " Hunted ". The mantle of Kraven the Hunter has also been assumed by Kraven's sons Alyosha and Sergei Kravinoff II , and his daughter Ana Kravinoff . Since his original introduction in comics,

7614-498: The Black Panther —currently acting as a 'local' vigilante to regain his sense of self after the destruction of Wakanda 's vibranium —in return for her help finding a way for him to die. With the aid of Storm , T'Challa is able to stay ahead of Kraven long enough to convince him that the doctor had lied about being able to kill him, Kraven agreeing to leave T'Challa alone and take the doctor's mutated animal subjects back with him into

7755-559: The MC-2 Universe, where Peter Parker works with the police department after retiring as Spider-Man, Carlie is the person who gave Peter the idea to work with the police. During the Secret Wars storyline, a variation of Carlie Cooper resides on the Battleworld domain of Spider-Island. Carlie was mutated into a spider monster alongside Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, and Sharon Carter by

7896-493: The Scarlet Spider instead. Kaine (a clone of Spider-Man) arrived and after a confrontation, Vladimir was killed by the insane duplicate. On death's door, he staggered to Gregor falling in his arms and died shortly after that. During " The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt " storyline, Sasha Kravinoff sacrifices Mattie Franklin as part of a revival ritual that resurrects Vladimir as a humanoid lion creature. Vladimir being revived as

8037-970: The Serpent Society , the Squid , and the White Rabbit . In the case of the King Cobra , the Rhino , the Scorpion , Stegron the Dinosaur Man , the Tarantula , and the Vulture, they were grouped together as the Savage Six . While making the final preparations for the "Great Hunt," Kraven the Hunter recaps on his own immortality when it was revealed that the Kraven the Hunter that was stabbed by

8178-465: The Sinister Six by having Mysterio join him as Kindred notes that his endgame with Spider-Man is approaching. In Las Vegas , Doctor Strange talks with the demon Mephisto at Hotel Inferno over his part in corrupting Peter Parker's soul. Mephisto tells Strange he can only make deals with those willing to offer something in return. Meanwhile, Peter and Mary Jane Watson are attending the premiere of MJ's new movie which she worked on with Mysterio under

8319-455: The aging process. Kraven was trained as a hunter largely by a mysterious man named Gregor, a mercenary who once battled Ka-Zar . Kraven was, at one point, the lover of the voodoo priestess Calypso . He is contacted by his half-brother the Chameleon to defeat Spider-Man. He leads Spider-Man to Central Park with the help of the Chameleon, who disguises himself as Kraven to use himself as

8460-472: The " Spider-Island " storyline, Carlie confronts Peter's connection to Spider-Man, and accepts Peter's explanation of designing all of Spider-Man's technology (which was essentially the truth). She later gains spider-powers due to the Jackal 's genetically-altered bedbugs. However, her mutation turns her into a monstrous Man-Spider like the millions of others in New York City under Adriana Soria 's control. She and

8601-512: The "Grim Hunt", where they start going after Kaine. Ana assists her half-brother Alyosha Kravinoff into attempting to abduct Arachne , only to run afoul of Spider-Man, who repels them. Ana alongside Alyosha, Electro , and Diablo are present when Sasha sacrifices Mattie Franklin as part of a ritual that resurrects Vladimir Kravinoff as a humanoid lion creature. Ana alongside Vladimir and Alyosha attacks Anya Corazon , only to end up fighting Spider-Man, Arachne, Kaine , and Ezekiel Sims (who

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8742-441: The "Sinful Six" corner Peter in an alleyway and are ready to finish him off. As the various Sinister factions compete with each other to target Spider-Man, Kindred states that they are the players as he plans to invite Spider-Man to witness the end. Earlier in the day while Peter fends off the attack from the Sinister Six, Kindred continues to taunt Mary Jane in his lair. Through a series of flashbacks dating back to his childhood, it

8883-516: The Black Cat from the Last Son of Kraven, but Spider-Man rejects the idea that this can only be accomplished through violence. Upon realizing that he was the beast that he was wanting to kill all along, Kraven the Hunter releases all the surviving animal-themed characters and sends Spider-Man to protect Mary Jane. Kraven the Hunter then dons a copy of Spider-Man's black costume to act like him once more. When

9024-819: The Goblin King who learns about the Superior Spider-Man's secret. With all the evidence of Octavius's mind being in Spider-Man's body, the Goblin King still tries to interrogate Carlie about why she left Spider-Man's true identity out of her journal. The Goblin King tries to take it out of her, but she refuses to reply, prompting Menace to take over the interrogation. The Goblin King sprays the Goblin Formula on Carlie after she still refuses to divulge Spider-Man's true identity, causing her to writhe in agony. The Goblin Formula used on Carlie begins to take effect, transforming her and nicknamed Monster . When prompted to reveal Spider-Man's identity by

9165-595: The Goblin King, Carlie questioned if the Goblin King is really Osborn. Carlie did not believe this and asked to remove the Goblin King's mask to prove the fact. The Goblin King however wanted Carlie to prove that she was a real member of the Goblin Nation first before doing so. Carlie joins Menace into attacking the Hobgoblin 's henchmen Ringer , Steeplejack , and Tumbler . Steeplejack ends up shooting Monster only to be viciously attacked by her in response earning her place in

9306-612: The Goblin Nation after the Goblin Knight kills Steeplejack. At the time when the Goblin Nation was causing havoc in Manhattan, Carlie attacks Parker Industries where Octavius gets her away from the other people inside. The Superior Spider-Man was shocked to discover that Monster is Carlie. The Superior Spider-Man deploys Living Brain to fight Monster while Octavius and Sajani Jaffrey flee inside. After tells Sajani to split up wanting to direct Monster's attention, Octavius fights Carlie in

9447-632: The Grim Hunt by hunting Kaine . They then witness Spider-Man's fight with the Lizard . He was present at the ritual where Sasha sacrificed Mattie Franklin as part of a revival ritual that resurrects his half-brother Vladimir as a humanoid lion-like creature. After the Kravinoff Family was defeated, Alyosha alongside the other Kravinoff Family members escaped to the Savage Land. Alyosha soon abandoned his family after Kraven killed Sasha and Vladimir. In an attempt to impress Kraven, Ana pursued Alyosha with

9588-476: The Hunter and Shriek are arrested by the NYPD, as the captain stated that he never liked Kraven the Hunter anyway. Kraven the Hunter was hired by the evil organization Rampart to lure Captain America to them. After a brief struggle with Kraven the Hunter, Captain America was frozen in ice by Rampart's freeze cannon. Squirrel Girl has helped Kraven reform, teaming up with him to fight other villains, even establishing

9729-409: The Hunter being one of Spider-Man's most long-standing arch-enemies, DeMatteis claims that none of Marvel's editorial staff objected to the proposal to have him killed in the story. Kraven later returns as a ghost in the graphic novel The Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter , also by DeMatteis, Zeck, and McLeod. DeMatteis also wrote "Kraven's First Hunt" for The Sensational Spider-Man Annual '96,

9870-531: The Hunter is recruited by Baron Helmut Zemo to join the Army of Evil. At the time when Manhattan was surrounded by a Darkforce Dome, Kraven the Hunter raided the Daily Bugle to find information to the identity of Spider-Man. Knowing that J. Jonah Jameson would be in danger, Phil Sheldon's daughter Jennie headed to J. Jonah Jameson's house to warn him. After Kraven the Hunter attacked J. Jonah Jameson, Jennie Sheldon fired

10011-463: The Hunter-Bots and the animal-themed characters, Kraven the Hunter's secret motive is to force Spider-Man into killing him again so that he can be free from his dreadful curse. He does this by trapping Curt Connors when he tries to rescue his son, Billy. Spider-Man was forced to "kill" Curt by tearing out the implant chip that prevented Curt hurting humans as the Lizard , despite the risk that taking out

10152-472: The Kindred tormenting Peter. Their souls were tortured by Mephisto each time they died, corrupted, and twisted into his demonic lackeys alongside the Harry Osborn A.I. that Mephisto had controlled from the beginning. Harry Lyman reveals to Carlie that he is also a clone of Harry Osborn. Equipping himself with a goblin glider and pumpkin bombs, Harry helps Peter, Norman, and Mary Jane battle the Kindred Twins, but

10293-619: The Kravinoff family. It was later revealed that back in the 1950s, Kraven the Hunter was a member of Nick Fury 's version of the Avengers alongside Dominic Fortune I, Dum Dum Dugan , Namora , Silver Sable , Sabretooth , and Ulysses Bloodstone , tracking a stolen version of the Super-Soldier Serum combined with the Infinity Formula that had been stolen by a group of Nazis attempting to create their own Captain America. While he

10434-406: The Kravinoff family. Otherwise, he will forget about family. Ana later attacks Anya Corazon (who is now operating as Spider-Girl) in an attempt to finish the hunt she started during The Grim Hunt. Although obviously the stronger fighter, Ana is eventually defeated thanks to Spider-Girl's experience at fighting in New York City. She is thereafter incarcerated. Carlie Cooper Carlie Cooper

10575-486: The Last Son of Kraven is conned into strangling Kraven the Hunter to death, he soon realizes that he was fooled when he sees Spider-Man swinging away. His funeral is attended by the Last Son of Kraven. The Chameleon is revealed to be one of the attendees as he is pleased that Kraven the Hunter spared him from the Great Hunt. As he walks away, the Chameleon tells his dead half-brother to sleep well: "You needn't worry. The world

10716-424: The Savage Land. After kidnapping the visiting Gwen Stacy from a camp in the Savage Land, Kraven and Gog battle the heroes Ka-Zar and Spider-Man. While Ka-Zar deals with Kraven, Spider-Man defeats Gog by luring him into a patch of quicksand, which he sinks to the bottom of. Determined to end his life as he becomes older, frustrated with his failing health and continuing failure to defeat Spider-Man, Kraven sets out

10857-418: The Savage Land. While there, Kraven brutally kills Sasha (who complained that Kraven would have to hunt them to prove their place in the Kravinoff family) and euthanizes Vladimir. Alyosha flees in disgust of what his dad did to his stepmom and half-brother afterwards. Kraven and Ana discuss rebuilding the Kravinoff family, which leads to Ana running off to hunt Alyosha to prove herself worthy to Kraven and rebuild

10998-463: The Savage Six. Doctor Octopus then attacks the theater with Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Lizard, and Sandman as Doctor Octopus states to Vulture that they need Mysterio. Mary Jane confesses to a concerned Peter that she knew who Mysterio was all along and vouches for him. Mysterio tries to tell Peter that he and Mary Jane's deal with Mephisto is to blame for everything that is presently happening, but Peter

11139-560: The Scarlet Spider to torment him. With the help of Ana, Kraven kidnapped Kaine's friends to motivate the Scarlet Spider to fight him. In the end, Kaine delivered Kraven a fatal blow in the chest, which paralyzed his heart. But using the same attack, Kaine brought him back to life supposedly still breaking the curse. Following the fight, both Kravens disappeared. Kraven, still claiming to be cursed, next battles Squirrel Girl at Empire State University, having earned her ire by lashing out at

11280-518: The Scarlet Spider was actually a clone. Kraven the Hunter sends the Last Son of Kraven to capture Spider-Man for the Great Hunt. After a Hunter-Bot created by Arcade Industries is demonstrated on the Iguana , Kraven the Hunter and Arcade begin the Great Hunt, where Central Park is surrounded by a dome that is from the same technology as the Planetary Defense System. It is revealed that the moment

11421-420: The Sinister Six until Doctor Octopus snares him with his tentacles. Peter attempts to appeal to Doctor Octopus' better nature, telling him he is not like this anymore. Doctor Octopus briefly hesitates, but mounting pressure from the rest of the Sinister Six compels him to act though this buys Peter enough time to break free. The Savage Six then attack the Sinister Six, giving Peter time to escape. Boomerang also has

11562-659: The Sinister Six. Their dispute is interrupted by Kindred's giant centipedes. Foreigner's group, the Superior Foes, and the Syndicate find themselves before Kindred. When Taskmaster tries to attack, Kindred causes Taskmaster pain and reveals that he placed centipedes in all their heads while they were sleeping. Kindred states that he will consider killing the centipedes before they finish eating their brains, but they will be condemned to Hell either way. He challenges them to kill Spider-Man in order to punish him for his sins as if their "afterlife" depends on it. Stating that whoever pulls off

11703-744: The Sons of Kraven, and sent out to prove themselves by being hunted by each other. This motif caused Ana to leave him. The one that hunted and killed the other Sons of Kraven was labeled as the Last Son of Kraven . With help from the Taskmaster , the Black Ant , and Arcade , Kraven the Hunter starts hunting various animal-themed characters, like the Beetle , the Kangaroo , the Owl , the Puma ,

11844-412: The Superior Spider-Man is Octavius in Peter's body. Later, Carlie mourns Peter being buried under Octavius's headstone. She respects and apologizes for not believing Peter and says Octavius pay for what he had done. The grave collapses to discover that the grave is empty . Before continuing, Carlie is kidnapped by Menace and brought to the Goblin King's lair. Menace grabs Carlie's journal and gives it to

11985-575: The Superior Spider-Man shaking hands with Mayor J. Jonah Jameson thanking Spider-Man for stopping the Sinister Six. The two both agree that things are weird. Carlie mentions that things have been weird since her run in with Doctor Octopus, but does not explain why. Mary Jane confides in her that MJ and Peter seem to be getting back together, shocking Carlie. When Mary Jane tells Carlie that the Superior Spider-Man broke it off with her just when they were getting back together, Carlie decides to "go back to work", wanting to know what really happened to Peter. It

12126-461: The Wraith. Carlie and the Wraith later follow a lead how the new Spider-Squad is being funded, as it is not being financed by Mayor Jameson's initiatives. After investigating the foreign bank accounts of supervillains, it is revealed that Carlie has stumbled upon proof that an account belonging to Otto Octavius is funding the new Spider Squad. Therefore, she has made the connection of her suspicions that

12267-569: The alias of Cage McKnight. Peter is planning to propose to Mary Jane when the movie is over in front of the press and public, but the Savage Six take the opportunity to attack. With Carlie Cooper and Harry Lyman as his prisoners, Kindred prepares for his final meeting with Spider-Man. Peter switches to Spider-Man to try and protect Mary Jane, who stands her ground against the Tarantula and Spider-Man notes that he barely fought King Cobra. Mysterio comes to Mary Jane's rescue, exposing his identity to Peter and

12408-548: The alien Z'nox ). Venom , slighted at his rejection by the Six, hunted each of the team members. Refusing to be "the hunted", Alyosha trapped Venom with fire, but Venom seriously injured him and escaped. Alyosha then adopted a more relaxed, suave, and charismatic personality. As "Al," he began dating Timber Hughes, an aspiring actress who worked as a waitress at an all-villain bar. Al sought to help Timber's career in Hollywood by becoming

12549-414: The answers he needed yet while leading the Sinister Six which Kindred comments about, Spider-Man is struggling in the graveyard avoiding the attacks of Foreigner, Taskmaster, Black Ant, Chance, Jack O'Lantern, and Slyde who are out to make sure that Spider-Man doesn't leave the graveyard alive. Earlier, Foreigner's group was robbing an armored truck when they get attacked by Kindred's giant centipedes. Back in

12690-402: The attackers and secures the next clue to where Aunt May and Betty Brant are being held. After Aunt May and Betty Brant are rescued, Kraven the Hunter and the rest of the Sinister Six are arrested by the police. While in the Savage Land , Kraven the Hunter finds Gog in a spaceship that he stumbles upon. Realizing how useful Gog can be, Kraven the Hunter decides to use him in a plot to conquer

12831-545: The captives, he is shown to lack a sense of control, attacking Ana until he is stabbed in the heart by Ana in self-defense. Sergei recovers, stating that Sasha restored him with corrupted blood or the "unlife" as he puts it. When the Kravinoff Family is defeated, Ana alongside the other Kravinoffs escapes to the Savage Land . After Sasha and Vladimir are killed by Kraven and Alyosha flees, she runs off to hunt Alyosha to prove herself to Kraven. She tells Kraven that if she can take down Alyosha, Kraven should train her and help rebuild

12972-513: The ceiling over him. Shriek then tells Kraven the Hunter that she can have Eddie Brock's head after the mission is done. As the Dinosaur People feed on the rats that enter their lair, Kraven the Hunter sneaks up on some Dinosaur People and kills them. Venom catches up to Kraven the Hunter and fights him and Shriek. With help from Tana, Venom stated that the Dinosaur People were not killing anybody and that they are only surviving underground. Kraven

13113-555: The character has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including video games , animated television series , and merchandise. Aaron Taylor-Johnson will portray Kraven the Hunter in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) live-action film Kraven the Hunter (2024). The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man issue #15 (August 1964), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko . Though he would occasionally appear in other characters' titles, he

13254-469: The chip would kill Curt. After Spider-Man finds the bodies of the guards that were killed when the Lizard escaped, he is confronted by Kraven the Hunter. Spider-Man figures out that Kraven was the one who killed the guards to frame the Lizard, as the wounds are too precise for the Lizard's feral claws. To guilt Spider-Man into becoming a hunter, Kraven attempts to force Spider-Man to watch the Lizard save Billy and

13395-400: The courage to ask her out, leaving Carlie fuming. She gives an ultimatum and after seeing her at Harry's going-away party, Peter asks her to be his girlfriend. The two kiss and begin dating. Peter and Carlie have now been dating for a short while. When Michele Gonzales moves back to Chicago, Peter considers moving in with Carlie, but she decides that it is too early in their relationship. It

13536-519: The cure for the Goblin Serum when Carlie gets loses control while waiting for it, the Wraith breaks free from the Living Brain's grip and makes way to where Sajani and Carlie are. In the brief fight, the Wraith is unable to see Carlie as technology has been hacked by the Goblin King to render any goblin undetectable, Sajani completes the cure as the Wraith restrains Carlie long enough for Sajani to inject

13677-530: The cure into her to change back into human form, with Carlie falling unconscious afterwards. The Wraith leaves Carlie in Sajani's care. In the aftermath, as she was still recovering from the effects of the Goblin serum, Carlie has one last talk with Mary Jane where she has decided to leave New York since she realized that she will always remain a target as long as she remains close to Peter or Spider-Man and wants to move to

13818-408: The death of Vladimir. Unlike Vladimir, Alyosha was separated from his family and raised in an African jungle. After Kraven the Hunter's suicide, Alyosha came to New York City to investigate the father he barely knew. Dressed as Kraven, Alyosha confronted his uncle Dmitri Smerdyakov (AKA Chameleon). Believing his abusive half-brother had returned from the dead, Chameleon revealed to Alyosha much about

13959-437: The demon claims his hands are tied. He then offers Strange a chance to "claim" more information as a prize in a game of chance. Prisoners of Kindred, Carlie Cooper tries to give Harry Lyman a motivational speech, reminding him of his family. Harry tells her this is not the first time he's failed them and that no matter how happy he is, how hard he tries to put things right, something is always there to remind him that none of it

14100-413: The dysfunctional Kravinoff family. Kraven's former lover Calypso Ezili did actually return from the dead and she mistook Alyosha for Kraven the Hunter. She seduced Alyosha, but afterwards he spurned her affections. Later, riding a bull elephant atop Manhattan 's rooftops, Alyosha attacked Spider-Man . He poisoned him with a hallucinogenic dart, but then set him free. While at the Kravinoff estate, Alyosha

14241-594: The end of the Dying Wish storyline, Carlie tries to stop Doctor Octopus breaking into the NYPD to reclaim a golden Octobot, not knowing that it's really Peter's mind in Doctor Octopus's body. Peter tries to calm her down, but she shoots Peter, causing the bullet to ricochet and shooting through Carlie's shoulder. She is taken to the hospital, where she recovers. Later, Mary Jane and Carlie are surprised by some footage showing

14382-479: The end, it is revealed that she is Kraven's daughter by a woman called Sasha Aleksandra Nikolaevich (also the mother of the deceased Vladimir Kravinoff ). She and her mother have recently set about forming an alliance of Spider-Man villains to get revenge on the wall-crawler and kidnap Madame Web . They also hired Deadpool to keep him distracted while they kidnapped Mattie Franklin . Ana and Sasha later meet up with Alyosha Kravinoff, who assists them in preparing for

14523-450: The fact that he had given samples of the X-Men's DNA to Sinister for cloning, the lights went out on the wing where they were located. The hunter attacked and quickly dispatched Colossus , but was held at bay by Spider-Man's webbing. He broke free, claiming his name is Xraven . The X-Men quickly realize that Xraven has all of the powers of the original X-Men, while also sporting retractable claws, big hands and feet, fangs, and wings that have

14664-449: The first female to take on the name of Kraven the Hunter. She first appears tracking Spider-Man to his apartment, but mistakenly believes Peter Parker's roommate Vin Gonzales was him. She then methodically ruins Vin's life, and captures him. Despite Vin's claims that he was not Spider-Man, Kraven prepared to hunt him, but was stopped by the real Spider-Man, who was wearing Daredevil's costume (which had eyelids for him to be able to see). At

14805-486: The first place, Mephisto reveals he foresaw a future where Peter will defeat him and end his reign over the Earth with the fallen bodies of Hulk , Human Torch, Storm , and Wolverine scattered across the battlefield. As Doctor Strange departs, he reminds Mephisto that the love that Peter shares with those closest to him will always enhance his life and make every one of them better. The vision of Mephisto's future changes to show it

14946-408: The form of his son. The A.I. explains that being a survivor, he uploaded his brain waves into this machine just so he could taunt his father from the grave. Meanwhile, Harry Lyman and Carlie discover that Carlie's morgue is housed within Kindred's lair and Harry discovers his own body. Kindred admits to Mary Jane he has not been entirely honest with her and is not "exactly" who she believes him to be. It

15087-420: The great Dostoyevsky characters had, unlocked this door in my head and suddenly I had a new understanding of this character. I thought about Kraven and the forces that had driven him to be who and what he was. This was a character I had never had any interest in whatsoever. I always thought he was one of the stupidest Spider-Man villains ever, but suddenly I had this whole new take on the character. Despite Kraven

15228-410: The hunters". During the " Avengers: Standoff! " storyline, Kraven the Hunter was an inmate of Pleasant Hill, a gated community established by S.H.I.E.L.D. who used Kobik 's abilities to turn Kraven the Hunter into a zookeeper . He rallied some of his fellow inmates to help him find Kobik and bring her to Baron Helmut Zemo . During the "Opening Salvo" part of the " Secret Empire " storyline, Kraven

15369-464: The individual connects to the Hunter-Bot and if it is destroyed, then the individual is killed, which is what happens when the Vulture destroys Bob's Hunter-Bot. Kraven the Hunter plans this from the beginning to punish the hunters for killing animals for sport. Kraven the Hunter has Arcade tell the Vulture that there is a chance to break the force field by killing more Hunter-Bots. During a fight between

15510-500: The intent of killing him in exchange that he trains her to rebuild the Kravinoff Family. Alyosha was later confirmed to have been killed in the Savage Land by his sister Ana when she and their father returned from the Savage Land to hunt down Kaine in Houston , Texas . There was a third son named Nedrocci " Ned " Tannengarden who tried to kill Alyosha, but he was murdered by the Chameleon (who, during that time, believed himself to be

15651-528: The job will become his right hand, he advises them to get it done or else he will find someone who will do the job as both the Sinister Six and the Savage Six are shown. Badly wounded, Peter is relieved to find the Black Cat , Wolverine , and Human Torch have arrived to help, unaware they are Mysterio, Lizard, and Electro in illusion disguises created by the former. Lizard springs their trap too early by attacking Peter, much to Mysterio's annoyance. Peter fends off

15792-470: The local squirrels, including Tippy-Toe . Kraven departs when Squirrel Girl informs him of the existence of sea monsters like Giganto and challenges him to hunt them, instead of limiting himself to going after the same prey he did prior to his resurrection. He later returns to abduct Howard the Duck , but gets trapped with Howard and Squirrel Girl in a manhunt as the hunted. After surviving, he vows to only "hunt

15933-552: The mask of the corpse of Spider-Man hung in their mantel and discover that Kaine had impersonated Peter in Spider-Man's costume. Kaine's nature as a clone indicates his unnatural existence has muddied the properties of the ritual. Spider-Man, in his black costume, confronts Kraven and the rest of the Kravinoff Family. Spider-Man is tempted to kill Kraven, who eagerly and desperately attempts to goad him into it. Beating him brutally, Spider-Man takes Kraven's spear in hand and prepares to grant his enemy his wish but he refuses to do so when he

16074-412: The mask with Watanabe being the last visitor beforehand. Having secretly placed her cell phone into Watanabe's pocket earlier and following her target, Carlie's suspicions are confirmed. Rather than turn Watanabe in like she previously did to Vin and her father, Carlie agrees to keep it secret and suggests that Watanabe needs to improve on covering tracks for her own safety. During the events that lead to

16215-408: The news of Dinosaur People being found beneath the streets of New York City, Mayor Wilson Fisk and NYPD Commissioner Chris Rafferty appointed Kraven the Hunter to lead a SWAT Team into the sewers and eliminate them. When Venom deactivated each trap and confronted Kraven, Venom was caught off-guard when Kraven the Hunter revealed his secret ally Shriek , who used her attacks on Venom and then collapsed

16356-529: The nick of time. Morlun turns on Boomerang and drains him of his life essence. Doctor Octopus activates his transducer that he slipped in Black Ant's helmet and successfully disables the centipedes, knocking out everyone except himself and Spider-Man. He then urges Peter to make himself scarce before the factions can recover as many would still want to kill him, or before he changes his mind to not kill Spider-Man. Meanwhile in Las Vegas, Mephisto's game of chance ends in

16497-620: The original Kraven the Hunter). It was revealed during 2009's X-Men /Spider-Man crossover miniseries that years earlier, Kraven made a deal with Mister Sinister . He and the Blob tracked down the X-Men, and they fought the united forces of Spider-Man and the original X-Men. Kraven fled after a short battle, but not before wounding each member of the X-Men. Kraven returned to Sinister, with genetic samples from Cyclops , Marvel Girl , Iceman , Angel , and Beast . Furthermore, Sinister requested from Kraven

16638-461: The physical appearance of a 30-year-old man. The potion enhances Kraven's sight, hearing, and smell to superhuman levels, adding to his already impressive tracking skills. He can see farther, and with much greater clarity, than a normal human. His hearing is similarly enhanced, enabling him to detect sounds which an ordinary human cannot, or sounds that a normal human could detect, but at much greater distances. Kraven can use his sense of smell to track

16779-405: The present, Overdrive grabs Spider-Man who plans to get some distance as Boomerang, Hydro-Man, Shocker, and Speed Demon buy Overdrive some time. Shocker advises Overdrive not to kill Spider-Man without him as he and Hydro-Man attack Foreigner's group together. Earlier, Hydro-Man was with Shocker and Speed Demon where it was mentioned that Hydro-Man wasn't part of their Superior Foes. Overdrive started

16920-525: The public against. Carlie informs the precinct's sergeant, who is secretly a part of the conspiracy and issues a warrant for her arrest, claiming that she is aiding and abetting the killer. She goes to the Hollisters and tells the truth of the tracer killings. She escapes the police with the help of Menace. Later, Vin Gonzales finds her and apologizes to her for all that was done to her. When Doctor Octopus tries using Octobot technology to turn New York into

17061-482: The rest of the civilian population were eventually cured when Spider-Man uses Doctor Octopus's octo-bots to disperse the antidote. Carlie is then seen hiding behind a tree in Central Park, cured but naked due to her cloths having been ripped off. When she returns to normal, Carlie breaks up with Peter after deducing that the latter is Spider-Man, furious that she has been lied to once again. However, she and Peter are on

17202-419: The same as his father's. He was briefly involved with the Hobgoblin , even giving his identity of Jason Macendale his father's super-strength formula which reacted to the anomalies in his bloodstream which gave him greater power. This is perhaps the reason why Vladimir became more powerful than his father when he took the treatment. When he got out of jail, he decided to track Spider-Man down again only to fight

17343-669: The same move. Kraven the Hunter had different family members and clones. He even fathered several children who have followed in his footsteps: Vladimir Kravinoff was a son of Sergei Kravinoff, the infamous adversary of Spider-Man known as Kraven the Hunter. Unlike his illegitimate half-brother Alyosha Kravinoff who was raised in shame in Africa , Vladimir grew up in Russia benefiting from his father's wealth and luxuries. However, their father often neglected both sons while he pursued his various international quarries. Unaware of his siblings, Vladimir

17484-470: The same sacrifice victim who brought Kraven himself back to life). Thoroughly unhappy and enraged with having been bestowed an unwanted revival, Sergei is shown to now be explosively psychopathic and cold towards his family, beating his son Vladimir and daughter Ana and expressing little attention towards his wife. After being stabbed by his daughter Ana, Sergei recovers, stating that Sasha restored him with corrupted blood which he calls "unlife". They pull off

17625-546: The tribesmen with her. He was later hired by the city of New York to help capture the Fantastic Four 's enigmatic enormous canid Puppy. Next, he was hired by White Wolf , head of the deposed Wakandan secret police, to capture Black Panther. Black Panther turned the battle around, nearly killing Alyosha. Sandman later invited Alyosha to join Sandman's Sinister Six to hunt Doctor Octopus and Senator Ward (the host body for

17766-480: The wedding with Johnny Storm as her date. Later, Carlie is accused of tampering with evidence when several pieces of evidence collected from three murder scenes mysteriously disappear from the police evidence locker. Spider-Man later discovers that the 'evidence' was actually pieces of the Sandman , which left the evidence locker on their own. Carlie was cleared, but is still looked down on by some fellow officers. It

17907-608: The wild. When their identities became fractured after a temporary separation, the Hulk discovers that Bruce Banner had hired Kraven to find the lost city of the Sasquatches . Although the Hulk was uninterested with helping the Sasquatches deal with Kraven, he changes his mind and beats up Kraven. Kaine, in the alias of the Scarlet Spider , later encountered Kraven the Hunter, who was dressed as

18048-479: The world to carry out Harry's deception with Mysterio rewiring MJ and Norman's memories so both would have the false knowledge of the Stacy/Osborn relationship as well as the belief that Harry Osborn had truly returned from the dead. Harry Lyman confesses to Carlie, upon seeing his own corpse in the morgue, that he knew of this all along and journeys deep into the catacombs by himself. Now Gabriel and Sarah's usefulness

18189-428: Was a well-respected cop who reportedly died years earlier. While preparing a body found in the river for the medical examiner, she finds a spider-tracer in the corpse's mouth, which initiates the police warrant for the "Spider-Tracer Killer". She later discovers that the "Spider-Tracer Killer" is a conspiracy by a group of New York cops who have planted the tracers on dead bodies to frame Spider-Man in an attempt to turn

18330-514: Was able to get DNA samples from Shadowcat, Colossus, Nightcrawler , and Wolverine . Returning to Mister Sinister with the samples, Mister Sinister tells him that he planned to clone a new generation of mutants, and that he would unite all mutantkind. After seeing what Sinister's real intentions were in Cyclops's memories, Xraven destroys the samples, claiming that Mister Sinister would breed slaves as opposed to warriors, and Xraven attacks him. Although it

18471-485: Was created by Dan Slott and Joe Quesada . Carlie Cooper is the roommate and best friend of Lily Hollister ; the two grew up together but Carlie was the brighter of the two. As a child, she was also friends with Gwen Stacy . She is an officer of the New York Police Department's Crime Scene Unit. She campaigned vigorously for Bill Hollister, whom she considers a father figure. Her birth father Ray Cooper

18612-469: Was learning about his father from Spider-Man when Calypso returned with Kraven's tribesmen. She set the home ablaze and killed all but Gulyadkin the Lion. Calypso poisoned Alyosha and Spider-Man and used her hypnotic powers to force the two to fight to the death. Spider-Man resisted and injured Calypso, while Alyosha subdued her with his lion. Despite asking for her forgiveness, Alyosha savagely killed Calypso and all

18753-400: Was most frequently used as a Spider-Man foe. He is killed off in the acclaimed 1987 storyline by J. M. DeMatteis , Mike Zeck , and Bob McLeod , " Kraven's Last Hunt ". Although generally considered to be the definitive Kraven the Hunter story, the story originally had a completely different character in Kraven's role. Writer DeMatteis recounted: As I was getting ready to work on the story, I

18894-406: Was murdered by a mysterious mutant hunter. His friend Ed (who had lost his powers) went to the X-Men for help. He claimed that the man who killed Buggs was Kraven the Hunter. Although they were skeptical about Kraven's apparent resurrection, the X-Men called on the help of Spider-Man, who had battled Kraven many times over the years. After discussing the battle that they had with Kraven years ago and

19035-526: Was owned by the Vatican Black Knight), Vulture , Mongoose , Man-Bull , Dragon Man , Swarm , Mandrill , Grizzly III , Frog-Man , and Rhino . In the end, the Punisher (whom Kraven referred to as "Tiny Monkey") managed to sabotage this zoo. Kraven himself escapes to the Savage Land . During " The Gauntlet " storyline, Alyosha returned to New York to help his half-sister Ana and stepmother Sasha in

19176-568: Was raised by Sergei's servant Gregor who acted as a surrogate father teaching him Sergei's hunting techniques. When Vlad was still a boy, Sergei put his son through a rite of passage, hunting Vladimir while disguised as the fabled "Grim Hunter." Impressed by his son's abilities learned under Gregor, Sergei began to train Vlad personally. Vladimir Kravinoff took up the name " Grim Hunter " and decided to hunt down Spider-Man and several of his foes. He only had one battle with Spider-Man, and his methods were nearly

19317-562: Was really Ana's half-uncle Chameleon in disguise). The Kravinoffs manage to overpower them and make off with Anya and Arachne. After Chameleon sheds his disguise and Spider-Man partially succumbs to the drugs the Kravinoffs have given him, Ana is present when Kaine (dressed as Spider-Man) is killed as a sacrifice as part of a ritual that revives her father Sergei Kravinoff. Following the resurrection, Sergei gets acquainted with his family. When Kraven returns after preventing Vladimir from attacking

19458-481: Was sitting in my office and looking through a Marvel Universe Handbook and came across the entry for Kraven the Hunter. To this day, I don't know if this was something that was established in continuity , or if whoever was writing the Handbook entry made it up, but they mentioned that Kraven was Russian . For me, a total Dostoyevsky fanatic, the idea that Kraven was Russian and had the same tortured, Russian soul that

19599-416: Was the result of a test resurrection to see if she can revive Sergei. After Spider-Man defeated the Kravinoff family, they escaped to the Savage Land where Sergei killed Sasha (because she complained about being hunted to become a true Kravinoff) and euthanizes Vladimir (which Kraven does due "to respect for the dead"). Alyosha Kravinoff is a mutant who is the second Kraven the Hunter some time after

19740-418: Was the therapist who helped her come to terms with Harry's death, but Mary Jane barely remembers this. Mary Jane pleas with Beck, reminding him he's changed, but Mysterio remains loyal to the deal he struck and tells Mary Jane that he knows what fate awaits him. Mysterio rejoins the teams of villains while leaving Mary Jane to the mercy of Kindred. As Doctor Octopus gets frustrated that Kindred has not given him

19881-420: Was too angry with Lily and instead focuses her energy on trying to find Peter. She is confronted by Tombstone . The police arrive and Tombstone escapes but later doubles back to follow her after discovering that Carlie knows Menace's secret identity. Carlie, Mary Jane, and Lily are able to defeat Tombstone when the latter attacks them. Afterward, Peter and Carlie continue to hang out for a time, but Peter lacks

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