The Amazing Spider-Man #21-22 (2019) - "Hunted, Part 5"

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[cyberghostface]

So I'm going to discuss today's issue...

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So the whole thing was a scheme for Kraven to get Spidey to kill him. Spidey refuses, Kraven commits suicide again only this time he does it via dressing up as Spidey and getting killed by his son (which apparently fulfills the "must be killed by Spider-Man" loophole?).

Sooo... Marvel brought back Kraven undoing a classic Spider-Man story. Dan Slott purposely kept him out of ASM because he thought he couldn't improve on 'Last Hunt'. For years he's relegated to other heroes' titles. He returns to Spidey and then... dies again. And now we have yet another "Son of Kraven" to take on his father's mantle.

What was the point of bringing him back in the first place? We're literally right back to where he was before the resurrection; Kraven's dead and his kid(s) want revenge.

What they should have done was just follow up on Squirrel Girl's Kraven storyline. At least there we had a new take on the character that made him interesting again.

[lordultimus]

I'm pretty sure the Kraven that Squirrel Girl hung out with turned out to be a clone that just thought he was Kraven.

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

In fairness, they do allude to his time with Squirrel Girl.

...in one panel.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Don't leave us in suspense! What do they say about it? =)

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Basically, he wanted to be better (cue him staring at a squirrel), but his sins were too great

[beyondthefringe]

. . .

what.

[zachbeacon]

If they're killing off characters who died iconic deaths and then got resurrected only to have nothing done with them then I can get behind that. Do Harry and May next. Then collect the DeMatteis Spectacular run as a tie-in or whatever.

[beyondthefringe]

This is honestly some disappointing bullshit if all it did was replace the Kraven with character growth with a new, younger, angrier Kraven.

[mazway_75]

Squirrel Girl's absence from this tale is a major missed opportunity.

[deh_tommy]

If Squirrel Girl got caught up in the Hunt, the whole arc would be over as soon as that began.

[shakalooloo]

Did Kraven stitch up Spider-Man's damaged costume?

[cainofdreaming]

That or he has a wardrobe full of replacement costumes. Less Kraven the Hunter, more Kraven the Stalker.

[featheredserpent]

"The Hunter must know his prey, and so the Hunter must know cosplay...and how to sew"

"Really, Kraven? Because it seems like another elaborate excuse to be a furry."

[matrix_dragon]

Peter. Stop listening to Kraven. He's a crazy idiot.