#kraven vs spider man

[vertigoartgore]

1987's Web of Spider-Man Vol.31 page 10 pencils by artist Mike Zeck (with Kraven the Hunter preparing himself for his last spider-hunt).

The original coloring from the single issue (published in 1987).

The coloring of the trade paperback (published in the mid-2000s).

The coloring of the epic collection tpb (closer to the original one).

[samasmith23]

Believe it or not, when the classic Spider-Man storyline, Kraven’s Last Hunt, was first reprinted in hardcover & TPB format during the late 80s & early 90s it was actually significantly recolored to be a lot more moody and less in line with the in-house Marvel coloring style at the time (feeling reminiscent of their original graphic novels like X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills). The original single-issue color version actually wouldn���t get reprinted until the Marvel Epic Collection editions during the late 2010s.

Original versions (left) & recolored versions (right):

[yes-i-am-happyaspie]

WIP Wednesday

“There are many tales of the Amazing Spider-Man. A strong, quick, vicious beast who roams the land of New York City. I came to see you for myself, to watch you in your natural habitat,” the man said. He casually examined the tip of the spear, turning it slowly in his hand. “The stories were not an exaggeration and I deemed you a worthy foe,” he added, grinning as he returned his full attention to Peter. “I tracked you down and now I will take your head as my trophy.“

“Uh,” Peter stalled. It was rare for him to be at a complete loss for words. But there he was, racking his brain for something to say. “Think you might settle for an autograph instead?” he ultimately questioned. “I think I’ve got a pen around here somewhere. I could just sign your-”

The man appeared to have no patience for his humor. He sneered and stood tall, his shoulders back and his head held high. “-I am Kraven the Hunter. I seek nothing but pride and glory. I will have your head on my wall by the end of this night, Spider-Man,” he threatened. “And it will be my greatest achievement.”

“Yeah. I have a curfew, so I’m going to have to pass on that whole beheading thing,” Peter said as he readied himself to web the man up. His spider senses were still buzzing and he was ready to put an end to the entire, awkward situation. He rapidly flicked his wrists, sending webs flying toward the hunter’s body. He thought he had him. Just a few more shots and the man would be restrained in a cacoon of sticky webs. But he wasn’t able to complete the job. Kraven pulled a hunting knife out of nowhere, cut through the webs, and lunged forward at an unnatural speed. Peter used his own enhanced dexterity to avoid capture. He jumped to the side and crawled at full speed to the top of the building. 

Kraven called after him, in a roaring voice, “Let the hunt begin!”

[kyndaris]

Heal the World

Despite being nominated for several categories at the 2023 The Game Awards, Spider-Man 2 did not manage to win any of the prestigious trophies. A fact that has been both lambasted and poked fun of on the internet. But when you consider the sheer quantity, as well as the quality, of games that came out, the fact Spider-Man 2 was even nominated is proof of its greatness. Especially when it was going up against heavy-weights Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy XVI, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros: Wonder.

2023, it should be noted, was a game of big releases.

Following on from several strategy role-playing games I was stuck playing, it was only in the latter half of the year I was able to play catch-up on many of the triple-A titles. Even now, though, I have yet to tackle Final Fantasy XVI, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2.

To be fair, I've bought all the titles. They are, unfortunately, just sitting around waiting for me to devote the necessary time to make the adventure worthwhile.

Once I do, of course, be sure to see posts pop up throughout the year. Even as I try to balance work, my writing hobbies, the books I read, shows I watch (at time of writing, I've gotten into Blue Eye Samurai), and whatever travel I also have planned. In fact, I should hopefully be publishing the sequel to Wild Child soon. After pounding out the chapters during a period where everything has gone back to normal, taking the time out to write a full-length novel is very time-consuming. Not to mention the editing I'm doing (which would probably be better if I had an actual editor and at least one beta reader) to polish up a few things.

In any case, the story of my journey with Spider-Man 2 began not when I popped the disc into my PlayStation 5. Nay, the story begins with the day I purchased the game at a store in the heart of Sydney CBD. I was catching up with a high school friend and had just seen a Facebook post about an exhibit in Barangaroo. After dinner, off we trotted - after much convincing on my part that a walk down to Barangaroo would be for the best - to take in the flipped truck suspended by spider webs and New York policemen milling about telling everyone within earshot that, "There was nothing to see here." The trip, capped off with a photo of the truck, was made memorable when I muttered under my breath how the hired actors were pretending to be NPCs. Only, of course, to be remonstrated by my friend for saying such a thing.

And honestly, it it is true that I shouldn't be calling the people I see only in passing as NPCs. After all, in their own mind, they're the main character and I'm the NPC lurking in the background of their story. Which only serves to drive home the disconnection we have with the people around us or who might share the daily commute with us.

Still, what a thing to say to dismiss another person.

I'm reminded of a scene in the book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, which my workplace bookclub read, where Sam called his best friend, Max, an NPC right to his face. I know Max didn't take it to heart but what a cruel and heartless thing to say to someone who has supported you throughout your game developing journey and is then ruthlessly gunned down on the pretense he was you by angry gamers.

Anyways, back to Spider-Man 2. The game follows on from Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Ten months on from the last game, we see Peter Parker and Miles Morales working together to keep New York safe. And though the Avengers seem to exist in the world - what with Avenger Tower jutting up above the New York skyline - we never see these other superheroes once during the struggles Peter and Miles face. Nor do we see cameos from the likes of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist or Luke Cage.

Which is such a shame.

But it also highlights the problem of having so many comic-book superheroes call New York home.

Spider-Man 2 starts with Peter taking on a job as a physics teacher at Brooklyn Visions, the school Miles attends. As he's teaching them about surface tension, Sandman attacks. Torn between his responsibilities as civilian Peter and that of Spider-Man, Peter joins up with Miles to take down Flint Marko in an epic showdown that saves the city. Unfortunately, due to dereliction of duty as a teacher, Peter is fired. A side-effect of being a superhero who keeps his identity hidden (although given how often his friends have since said his name during the game, I'm surprised it's still a secret).

From there, the game introduces us to Kraven, a man who seeks his death in glorious combat with a mighty opponent. As such, he captures Mister Negative and Scorpion while the two were being transported from the Raft. He even administers a high dose of Lizard serum into Dr Curt Connors to face up against a worthwhile opponent.

It is only when Peter acquires the symbiote that excitement enters Kraven's eyes. In the latter chapters, he fights against Peter and demands that our erstwhile hero stop holding back even showing off a battered Miles. Before Peter can kill him, Miles intervenes and Peter is then freed from the symbiote's control.

Of course, Spider-Man 2 is not content to have Kraven as the big bad for this game. Oh no.

As many know, once you've introduced the symbiote, you've also introduced Venom. But instead of Eddie Brock taking on the mantle of our favourite anti-hero, it is instead Harry Osborn.

Though Harry was only mentioned briefly in the first game, in Spider-Man 2, Harry returns from a long sabbatical in Europe and supposedly cured from his terminal illness. Harry is introduced early, hiring Peter to work at his environmental technology startup called the Emily-May foundation where the pair can pursue their childhood dream of "healing the world." Unfortunately, during the events of Spider-Man 2, with Peter taking on the symbiote, Harry's health - both physical and mental - deteriorates. Desperate to return to a semblance of normality, Harry reclaims the symbiote and is then transformed into the Venom we all know and love.

He is later stopped by the combined efforts of Miles, Peter and MJ. The final battle leaves Harry comatose and our heroes shattered once again by the sacrifices they had to make in order to save the city they call home.

What I liked most about Spider-Man 2, however, as a criminology major in university, was its focus on rehabilitation. Many of the supervillains that Spider-Man fans have come to know and love have been reformed in some way or another. Be that Tombstone to Mysterio. Many of these villains have chosen to turn over a new leaf and assimilate back into society. The most tragic and most human is the story of Sandman. Threatened by Kraven's hunters, fearing for his daughter and not being heard by those in power, he resorts to the only thing he knows in order to garner attention: attacking the city.

It is a tale as old as time.

And helps support the tenets of strain theory in crime sociology.

Of course, there are a myriad reasons why people turn to crime.

But these glimpses are so important to understand the complexities of why someone might resort to doing something illegal. And it's a far better exploration of redemption than what Spider-Man: No Way Home attempted. As I've stated before, change takes time. While No Way Home plucked our villains during their final showdown with the various Spider-Man across the multiverse, Spider-Man 2 shows the results of Mysterio and Sandman having served their time and seeking to mend their ways.

This all culminates in the interactions with Mister Negative and Miles Morales. And while Miles cannot bring himself to forgive what Mister Negative did, he is able to move past the anger.

The other message in Spider-Man 2, of course, is that some burdens cannot be taken on alone. The tagline for the game is: 'Be Greater. Together.' Something I wish more people would take to heart. When a community comes together, there is so much more that can be done. Unfortunately, the Western world prefers to champion individualistic effort over those of a collective.

Capitalism seems to forget that if you don't have your workers or people who can afford to purchase your goods, then what's the whole point? And if you're curious where this odd segue came from, I'm currently playing through Octopath Traveler 2 and Partitio's story is very much of a big-hearted merchant who looks out for his town. His dream, funnily enough, is to destroy the devil known as poverty. Something our modern world still has not been able to solve (but could. If there was any profit to it. But who are we kidding? There isn't.)

From a combat perspective, Spider-Man 2 changes things up a little by introducing a parry mechanism as well as a few other new abilities for the Spider-Men to enjoy. While this kept the game lively, it annoyed me that I needed a full Focus bar in order to heal. This was especially difficult in the latter boss battles against Scream and Venom. I'm not sure if the reason why I struggled through them was because I hadn't topped up my Focus bars prior to the mission or if it was simply me not gelling with Peter's abilities.

What I do know was that I hated how the attack you couldn't dodge, but had to parry, was highlighted in red and that the unblockable attack was blue. Especially when the game had trained you early on with managing a perfect dodge when the spider sense was red. It also didn't help that in the battles with Scream and Venom, these indicators didn't last for very long and I couldn't cancel an animation if I was already mid-dodge to parry an attack.

At least the checkpointing was generous!

As for other gameplay moments, I had to say the swinging was smooth as butter and the web wings added some great diversity to travel. Especially with the wind tunnels all around the city to help one get from Point A to Point B.

And because of these quality-of-life improvements, I didn't feel like the new map, which now included Queens and Brooklyn, was that much larger than the original Spider-Man game or as time-consuming to get through like a map in the open-world Assassin's Creed titles.

So, while Spider-Man 2 didn't win at The Game Awards, it certainly won my heart as the second last game I played in the year 2023. And I'm certainly excited to see what Insomniac cooks up next, despite the hack. The studio is great at nailing story, gameplay and world while serving up side-dishes of heart. Best of all, it didn't have me chasing after pigeons!

In a year teeming with big titles, Spider-Man 2 was everything I wanted in an open-world game without overstaying its welcome.

Thank you Insomniac and here's hoping Spider-Man 3 brings on the Green Goblin in all his glory! Oh, and Silk. I'm curious to how they'll insert that comic storyline into the game.

[artblooger19moon]

Ultimate Spider-Man

4 Seasons : April 1 2012 - January 7 2017

[vamprnce]

the fact they haven't shown much of Peter and Kraven fighting in trailers I'm curious on how the actual boss fight is gonna be like

[satsuki-yumizuka]

ive been tryin to read spider-man and is it just me or is there like. a massive spike in quality starting from issue #50

[latestnews-now]

Is Kraven the Hunter Sony’s final swing at superhero success? In this deep dive, we explore the movie’s promising premise, disappointing delivery, and what it means for Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, and Ariana DeBose, this film had all the potential to be great—but does it fall flat? Watch to find out!

[screamingeyepress]

J.M. DeMatteis Interview: Writing Marvel & DC’s Biggest Heroes

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, J. M. DeMatteis was a professional musician and rock music journalist before entering the comic book field. DeMatteis has written almost all of the major DC and Marvel icons—including memorable runs on Spider-Man (his classic “Kraven’s Last Hunt” was voted number one in a 2012 Comic Book Resources poll of Spider-Man stories and number twelve in a 2017 CBR poll of the greatest comic book stories of all time.

Read the interview here: https://www.screamingeyepress.com/interviews/j-m-dematteis/

[juggernauteditz]

Kraven the Hunter (Marvel's Spider-Man 2) vs Reptile (Mortal Kombat 1)

[browsethestacks]

Spider-Man vs Kraven

Art by Francis Portela

[vertigoartgore]

The covers of the Kraven's Last Hunt storyline by artist Mike Zeck & inker Bob McLeod (Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 #293-294, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol.1 #131-132, Web of Spider-Man Vol.1 #31-32).

[pixelsandpins]

Venom Team-ups and Throwdowns

I feel compelled to make Venom educational posts to aid the fandom with art and fanfiction fodder.

A non-exhaustive list of dual appearances and fights. Excluding Spider-Man and Carnage because...duh...

I don't know why I've made this.

Team-ups

Morbius-Venom: The Enemy Within

Vengeance-Venom: Nights of Vengeance

Wolverine-Venom: Tooth and Claw

Daredevil/Matt Murdock-Venom: On Trial

1st Thunderbolts team (Ellis, '07-'08): Moonstone, Songbird, Radioactive Man, Swordsman, Speedball/Penance, led by Norman Osbourn/Green Goblin

Dark Avengers team (Bendis, '08-'09): Sentry, Ares, Noh-Varr, Moonstone (disguised as Ms. Marvel), Bullseye (disguised as Hawkeye), Daken as Wolverine

(Dark Avengers is FUCKING WEIRD. This is Mac!Venom...pretending to be Spider-Man. Just...let that one...sink it. But it also has one of the sexiest set of panels in existence.)

Secret Avengers (Remender, '12-'13): Giant-Man, Captain Britain, Human Torch, Black Widow, Beast, Valkyrie, Ant-Man, led by Hawkeye

2nd Thunderbolts team (Thunderbolts Red, Daniel Way, '13-'14): Electra, Punisher, Deadpool, led by Red Hulk

Guardians of the Galaxy, 2 different times

Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur-Vol. 3 (Costa '16-'18) #151-153

ADDED

X-Men Blue (Bunn, 2018) #121-122 and Vol. 3 162-163: Iceman, Beast, Cyclops, Angel, Jean

1st Savage Avengers team: Eddie!Venom, Conan, Wolverine, Punisher, Elektra

2nd Savage Avengers team: Agent Anti-Venom, Conan, Black Knight, Cloak and Dagger, Elektra!Daredevil, Weapon H

Notable Conflicts

Punisher-Venom: Funeral Pyre

Juggernaut-Venom: The Madness

The Hulk-Incredible Hulk vs. Venom

The Xenophage-Venom: The Hunted

Nova -Nova 6-7 ('99)

Wolverine-Vol. 1 by Daniel Way

New Jack O'Lantern- Venom Vol. 2 by Rick Remender

Stegron-Vol. 3 (Costa '16-'18) #151-153

The Poisons-Venomverse/Venomized

Knull-Vol. 4 (Cates)

His fucking self from another damn timeline-Vol. 5 (Ewing)

Killgrave/The Purple Man-Venom: Separation Anxiety '24

Deathlok: 2nd Savage Avengers

Other

Beyond! ('06-07)-also features Henry Pym, Wasp, Gravity, Medusa, Firebird, Kraven, The Hood, Deathlok; dropped on Battleworld and told to FIGHT

New Avengers Annual '11 & Avengers Annual '12-Eddie!Anti-Venom joins The Revengers and fights The Avengers

Venom Vol 2 #7-Flash!Venom and Eddie FIGHT the first of a few times going forward.

[hihhasotherfixations]

Masterlist

^Art of oc’s made by my friend. Pfp made by @hoetaro-kujhoe

Hi! I’m Hih (Helpimhyperfixating)! I thought I’d make this just to make it easier for everyone ^^

Requests: Open (but slow because college)

Commissions: 1/3 Slots Open (you can DM me ^^)

I’ll do pretty much anything sfw and nsfw! I especially love AU’s ;3.

Things I won’t do: age gap (sorry Price lovers 😔), hard degradation, extreme yandere (i.e. hurting darling), cheating (them on you, you on them), incest, non-con

Current fandoms:

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (specifically Price)

- Avatar (specifically recom!Quaritch)

- Spider-Man (I’m developing a love for Kraven)

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🧸 - fluff , 🌒 - angst , 🔞 - nsfw (mdni)

CoD oneshots:

Price:

🧸🔞 - Sfw & Nsfw headcanons | Part 2 sfw & nsfw

🧸 - Tattoo Blossom [Soulmate au] | Part 2 🌒

🧸🌒 - Nightmares - Part 1 | Part 2 -

🧸 - Price coming home from deployment drabble

🧸 - Theme Park

🧸 - Teen troubles

NSFW:

🔞 - Truth or Dare - Part 1 | Part 2 (nsfw)

🧸🔞 - Sfw & Nsfw headcanons | Part 2 sfw & nsfw

🔞 - Neighbour

🔞🧸 - Cheating

🔞Kinktober 2023 Masterlist [ended on day 24] 🔞 this Masterlist contains roughly 12 fics for Price! Just figured it’d be better to make a Masterlist within a Masterlist than list every single one ☺️

CoD Fics:

Price:

Wedded - Dragon! Price x Reader - Part 1 | Part 2

🧸🌒 Lost and Loved - Price x daughter!reader - coming

An AU I’m very excited for but too shy to share - coming

Dumb shit/drabble thoughts:

🧸 Price vs corner of the mouth kisses | 2 | 3 |

Meme post

Meme 2

Dragon Price drabble | 2

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Avatar Fics:

Changes in the Forest - R!Quaritch x Na’vi!Reader:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Coming- (on hiatus)

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Spider-Man:

A Hunter’s Weakness - Kraven x Reader:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Coming-

[maxwell-grant]

Crossover Question: If Dr.Octopus was in a Marvel vs Capcom game and had to make his own Sinister 6 with capcom villains, who do you think he would choose/who would you choose?

Traditionally the Sinister Six tend to comprise villains covering a wide range of types of threats Spider-Man goes up against, and they also can't be too big as individual villains otherwise because they're all supposed to be operating under at least one leader, usually Doc Ock, which is why you hardly ever seen Green Goblin or Kingpin in the Six unless they're the ones leading it instead. Trying to be as widespread as possible, here goes my picks counter clock-wise:

Vile: We need a Mega Man baddie, he's one of the most visually iconic of the bunch, he's traditionally Sigma's underling but we're not exactly trying to make iron-clad justifications for these. I think we could also argue that Doc Ock did some tampering with his circuits to win his loyalty or is promising him something in return so that he at least goes along with the plan before backstabbing them. Think he works nicely to fill that role filled in by Scorpion or Kraven, someone who is vile or dangerous or scummy even by the standards of the group, someone who helps keep the Sinister Six a oh-shit escalation of threat whenever it shows.

Abigail/Mech-Zangief: We need a Street Fighter character, we need dumb muscle, and we need at least one comic relief guy. The Sinister Six doesn't feel right without Rhino, so I'm elevating either one of these. Abigail is technically reformed but he's not exactly a "good guy", he's a disgruntled taxpayer trying to make ends meet who turns into a destructive rampaging beast at a moment's notice, which is Spider-Man villain territory already. I think we could include him or Mech-Zangief, as a way for Zangief to be in the team in spirit, a tribute to his kayfabe fame as a videogame bad guy that got him the spot in Wreck-It-Ralph's meeting.

Gran Bruce: We need at least one animal costume guy, a Spider-Man villain gathering is not complete without one, and it's good to have at least one guy who's kinda dumb and funny and not really much a threat until he might inexplicably be, sort of the Shocker of the group. I'm not too big on Viewtiful Joe and I could give or take this pick but he's a shark guy, that wins points with me.

Hanbei Takenaka: I think we need one villain who doesn't really fit the line-up, more of a handsome guy than a monster, someone who is bringing extra brains or tactics or weapons to the equation besides what Doc Ock brings. I almost included Vega for this reason but he's too specialized and we already have a major clawed villain, so instead this guy seems to be an interesting fit for contrast, like Martin Li or Hickman's Ultimate Black Cat.

Lady Dimitrescu: We need one Resident Evil villain and at least one more iconic villain besides Vile, and yes I know she is already fanatically loyal to another villain and already has a group, I know, but again, refer to Vile's section, these games don't exactly work on iron-clad character pairings, and if there's a character we need in a Marvel vs Capcom game stat it's her. She just feels right at home in a rogues gallery line-up (the Four Lords are such wonderful villains, they feel like characters you could throw into any series and have it work), and like Vile we need some actually dangerous villains and some villains who don't play nice and threaten to break the group of tiny pathetic stupid man-things beneath her, and she breaks away from the technological aspect by being a biological monster which is, again, definitely ground that needs to be covered. Out of everyone here, she's the one who I could most easily see actually fighting Spider-Man, joining the club of baddies who want to psychosexually tear him limb from limb. Only marginally less horny than Venom's whole deal.

Definitely taking suggestions on what other line-ups could be used for a Capcom Sinister Six, and which Capcom baddies could join.

[curtvilescomic]

Spider-Man vs Kraven the Hunter by Josh Cassara