Who is Kraven the Hunter? Powers & weaknesses in Marvel Comics explained Marvel Comics\/Insomniac GamesLong before Kraven the Hunter became a marquee villain in Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2, he was a terrifying hunter who chased Spider-Man relentlessly. Kraven the Hunter is so close to becoming a household name. The iconic Spider-Man villain just had a massive comics storyline, but he\u2019s also featured in Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2 and an upcoming solo film. It\u2019s a big step for the character. For much of the past 30 years, Kraven the Hunter has actually been dead. He\u2019s been revived a handful of times, but more often than not, Kraven is someone who went after Spider-Man and came up short. Despite being portrayed as a joke in several stories, Kraven was once a terrifying Spider-Man foe. Before he gives Spider-Man a run for his money in the upcoming Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2, here\u2019s everything you need to know about Kraven the Hunter. Who is Kraven the Hunter? Kraven the Hunter\u2019s first appearance Kraven the Hunter\u2019s first appearance is in The Amazing Spider-Man #15. Sergei Kravenoff is a big-game hunter who believes he has hunted every possible animal. He sets his target on his next impossible hunt: Spider-Man. It doesn\u2019t go as planned. Kraven attempts to drug Spider-Man, but he shrugs it off in time to escape. The two do battle over the years, with Spider-Man often coming out on top. Eventually, it begins to take a toll on Kraven. Kraven\u2019s Last Hunt Kraven\u2019s most iconic storyline is Kraven\u2019s Last Hunt. Nearing death and at odds with his legacy, Kraven makes one last play to stop Spider-Man. He uses a poison to put Spider-Man in a coma, then buries him alive. With Spider-Man out of the picture, Kraven attempts to understand his ultimate prey by becoming him. He eats fistfuls of spiders, dons a replica costume, and spends two weeks patrolling New York as Spider-Man \u2013 all while the real Spider-Man desperately tries to claw his way out of a grave. Spider-Man finally breaks free and sets out to get his revenge on Kraven, who attempts to escape with the promise that he\u2019ll never hunt again. He keeps his promise by taking his own life before Spider-Man can reach him. Kraven would remain dead for nearly 20 years, finally being resurrected by his wife and daughter in the 2010 event Grim Hunt. Kraven the Hunter\u2019s powers & weaknesses Enhanced strength Thanks to a serum, Kraven the Hunter has enhanced strength and durability. He takes it to even the playing field against the animals he hunts. Kraven notably does not use any kind of weapon in most instances. In his earliest appearances, he preferred to fight his prey bare-handed in an effort to prove himself the superior hunter. Later Kraven iterations did favor some weaponry, though it was rarely firearms or anything of that sort. He tends to stick to spears and knives, things that enforce his mentality as a hunter and capitalize on his enhanced abilities. Slowed aging A side effect of the serum is that Kraven\u2019s aging is slowed down considerably. He is functionally immortal in some stories. Despite appearing like a man of good health in his late 40s or early 50s throughout his entire run, Kraven is in his 70s during Kraven\u2019s Last Hunt and over 100 years old by the time of his death in 2019\u2019s Hunted. Unspecified illness At the start of Kraven\u2019s Last Hunt, the side effects of using the serum are catching up. Kraven is starting to grow ill, despite the slowed aging and enhanced durability. It\u2019s never really clarified if Kraven is suffering from some specific illness or is just generally unwell. He is definitively suffering the effects of just being alive for an incredible length of time, something which no treatment is alleviating for him. Self-Doubt Kraven\u2019s biggest weakness: he has no faith in himself. The once proud and boisterous hunter is shaken by his many losses to Spider-Man, and it ultimately leads him to take his own life. How much of this is due to his losses to Spider-Man, though? A significant factor in Kraven\u2019s backstory is his family\u2019s mental health. In particular, Kraven\u2019s mother is implied to have had some form of mental illness, having grown delusional following the death of Kraven\u2019s father. Much is implied that Kraven himself is actually suffering from similar delusions. As a result, Kraven is often haunted by his own doubts, which causes him to fall just shy of his goals. 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