* Kraven appears in the ''Iron Man'' portion of ''[[The Marvel Super Heroes]]'' entitled "Cliffs of Doom". He and Chameleon collaborate to steal Tony Stark's magneton laser.
* Kraven appears in the ''Iron Man'' portion of ''[[The Marvel Super Heroes]]'' entitled "Cliffs of Doom". He and Chameleon collaborate to steal Tony Stark's magneton laser.
* Kraven appears in the ''[[Spider-Man (1981 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' episode "The Hunter and the Hunted." J. Jonah Jameson hires him to capture thelastsmilodoninthe Savage Land to be the mascot of the Daily Bugle. Thisended up being[[Ka-Zar]]'s companion[[Zabu]]whichangered Ka-Zar.
* Kraven appears in the ''[[Spider-Man (1981 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' episode "The Hunter and the Hunted." J. Jonah Jameson hires him to capture [[Zabu]] so that he can be the mascot of the Daily Bugle. He uses his special formula, tranquilizer gaz, and an electric cage to trap Zabu. When Ka-Zar makes it to Manhatten, Kraven calls up J. Jonah Jameson to lure Kraven to his hideout in a plot to hunt Ka-Zar for publicity. Kraven manages to trap Jameson's nephew Mortimer and gets Ka-Zar tangled up in his vines. Spider-Man arrives and fights with Kraven's pet snake while Kraven cuts of Jameson and Mortimer's escape. Upon evading Kraven's other traps, Spider-Man manages to destroy the controls enabling Ka-Zar and Zabu to subdue Kraven and trick him into one of his cages. With Kraven handed over to the authorities, Ka-Zar and Zabu returned to the Savage Land.
* Kraven appears in the ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' episode "The Crime Of All Centuries" voiced by [[Robert Ridgely]]. He manages to bring the dinosaurs he caught from the Savage Land to Manhatten to prove the existance of the Savage Land. Kraven later captures Firestar so that he can use her powers to power up a machine that will hatch his dinosaur army.
* Kraven appears in the ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' episode "The Crime Of All Centuries" voiced by [[Robert Ridgely]]. He manages to bring the dinosaurs he caught from the Savage Land to Manhatten to prove the existance of the Savage Land. Kraven later captures Firestar so that he can use her powers to power up a machine that will hatch his dinosaur army.
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"Kraven" redirects here. For the character's son, see
Kraven the Hunter (Alyosha Kravinoff)
.
Comics character
Kraven the Hunter
Amazing Spider-Man #34 (vol. 1, March, 1966. Art by Steve Ditko.
big game hunter known as Kraven the 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 uses a mystical serum to give him similar strength to Spider-Man, but even without the serum he is a threat to the wall-crawler. Spider-Man proves a frustrating quarry because Kraven continually underestimates the superhero's resourcefulness.
Kraven finally completes his ultimate objective in the acclaimed 1987 storyline by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck, "Kraven's Last Hunt" and, having no further goals, commits suicide. Although the story was released in 1987, the story takes place in the Marvel Universe in 2003 according to Amazing Spider-Man issue 567.
Lizard against the wall-crawler in the first issues of Todd McFarlane's best-selling Spider-Man series. It was later revealed in a story arc concerning Ka-Zar that Kraven was trained as a hunter largely by a mysterious man named Gregor, a mercenary who battled Ka-Zar
.
Kraven's legacy
Kraven has also had two sons take up his role; Vladimir Kravinoff took up the name "
Alyosha Kravinoff
, becomes the newest Kraven. There was a third son as well, Ned Tannengarden, who tries to kill Alyosha, but was murdered by the Chameleon.
Ana Tatiana Kravinoff
A third, female Kraven has recently appeared. She tracks 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. [2] Despite Vin's claims that he was not Spider-Man, Kraven prepared to hunt him. At the end it is revealed that her name is Ana Tatiana Kravinoff, that she is only about 12 years old and that she is Kraven's daughter by a woman called Sasha Aleksandra Nikolaevich, also mother of the deceased Vladimir.
Xraven
It was revealed during 2009's X-Men/Spider-Man crossover that years ago, Kraven made a deal with
Beast. Furthermore, Sinister requested a sample of his DNA.[3]
Years later, after the death of Kraven, an
Nightcrawler, and Wolverine. Returning to Sinister with the samples, 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' memories, Xraven destroyed the samples, claiming that Sinister would breed slaves as opposed to warriors, and attacks him.[4]
The Xraven clone possesses the combined powers of the original X-Men, as well as Kraven the Hunter's fighting techniques, strength, and agility. His telepathic powers are able to block Spider-Man's spider sense, as well as Wolverine's heightened senses. His increased stamina makes it possible for him to be teleported by Nightcrawler repeatedly without suffering from fatigue. He has pale, white-grey skin, red eyes and no hair. Xraven also had a black diamond-shaped mark on his forehead, similar to the one on Mr Sinister.
Powers and abilities
By regularly ingesting the potion made from the various unnamed jungle herbs, Kraven grants himself a number of abilities including sufficient superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes to make him a physical threat to Spider-Man, though these powers aren't 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 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 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 further and with much greater clarity than a normal human. His hearing is similarly enhanced, enabling him to detect sounds an ordinary human can't and sounds that a normal human could detect, but at much greater distances. Kraven can use his sense of smell to track 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, 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 is familiar with many exotic poisons and tranquilizers, which he often uses during his hunts.
Other versions
What The--?!
In What The--?! #3 Kraven appears as a raven called Raven the Hunter.
Ultimate Marvel
In the
Thor
when he tries to attack Peter.
Marvel Noir
In Spider-man Noir, Kraven is depicted as a former animal trainer in a circus that was taken by Norman Osborn, a mob boss known as "The Goblin", as one of his hitmen and collectors.
He was killed with Osborn when a mass of man-eating spiders covered his body and started eating him.
Reception
In 2009, Kraven was ranked as IGN's 53rd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
[5]
In other media
Television
Kraven appears in the Iron Man portion of The Marvel Super Heroes entitled "Cliffs of Doom". He and Chameleon collaborate to steal Tony Stark's magneton laser.
Kraven appears in the Spider-Man episode "The Hunter and the Hunted." J. Jonah Jameson hires him to capture Zabu so that he can be the mascot of the Daily Bugle. He uses his special formula, tranquilizer gaz, and an electric cage to trap Zabu. When Ka-Zar makes it to Manhatten, Kraven calls up J. Jonah Jameson to lure Kraven to his hideout in a plot to hunt Ka-Zar for publicity. Kraven manages to trap Jameson's nephew Mortimer and gets Ka-Zar tangled up in his vines. Spider-Man arrives and fights with Kraven's pet snake while Kraven cuts of Jameson and Mortimer's escape. Upon evading Kraven's other traps, Spider-Man manages to destroy the controls enabling Ka-Zar and Zabu to subdue Kraven and trick him into one of his cages. With Kraven handed over to the authorities, Ka-Zar and Zabu returned to the Savage Land.
Kraven appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "The Crime Of All Centuries" voiced by Robert Ridgely. He manages to bring the dinosaurs he caught from the Savage Land to Manhatten to prove the existance of the Savage Land. Kraven later captures Firestar so that he can use her powers to power up a machine that will hatch his dinosaur army.
attacked Spider-Man where their fight led to a mall. He was knocked out by an exploding Mysterio robot. Though Mysterio was arrested, Kraven alongside the other four villains were extracted at the last minute by the Master Planner. In "Gangland," Doctor Octopus tries to call Kraven for backup only for Doctor Octopus' phone to be jammed by the Green Goblin.
Video games
In the 2000 video game Spider-Man there is a secret lair in training mode that contains animal furs, weapons, and crates which say "Property of Sergei Kravenoff".
In Ultimate Spider-Man, there are billboards that have Kraven the Hunter on it.
Kraven appears as a boss in Spider-Man 3 voiced by Neil Kaplan. In this version, he wears a ponytail and is partnered with Calypso. They were hunting The Lizard when Black-Suit Spider-Man appears and fought Kraven. In his battle with Spider-Man, he uses potions that give him the abilities of a bear, a crow, and a black panther. Kraven and Calypso eventually got away.
^ J. M. Dematteis (w), Mike Zeck (p), Bob McLeod (i). "Soul Of The Hunter!" Amazing Spider-Man: Soul Of The Hunter, vol. 1, no. 1 (1992). Marvel Comics.
