Kraven the Hunter Archive

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4: A Tale of Two Narratives

January 13, 2014B Titles1 Comment

I think I’m losing patience with the Marvel Knights Spider-Man miniseries. I say, “think,” because I’m not entirely sure. When reading Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4, there were moments of such stunningly awful characterization, I was absolutely certain that there was no way I was reading a Spider-Man comic, just

Scarlet Spider #23 and the Meaning of Heroism

By Mark Ginocchio

November 11, 2013Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

From its very first issue, Scarlet Spider has featured the tagline, “All of the Power, None of the Responsibility.” And yet, 23 issues in and only two installments away from the series finale in December, the “power/no responsibility” tagline feels like a gross over-simplification of Kaine’s journey. When he

Scarlet Spider #22 and Kraven’s Thirst for Death

By Mark Ginocchio

October 3, 2013Spidey Spin OffsNo comments

A few quick/scattered thoughts about Scarlet Spider #22: In the world of comic books, very few characters who die, stay dead – unless you happen to be Uncle Ben or Gwen Stacy (you’re not counting the clone, are you?). But of all of the deaths that took place in

Scarlet Spider #21 and Coming Full Circle

By Mark Ginocchio

September 19, 2013Spidey Spin Offs1 Comment

Despite the issue being heavily promoted as the “return of Ben Reilly,” I was on the fence about dedicating blog space this month to my thoughts on Scarlet Spider #21. I had stopped regularly writing about these issues last year, and outside of a specific story or plot development

Kraven’s Last Hunt and Being Superior

By Mark Ginocchio

May 9, 2013Reading Experience, the big box of comicsNo comments

In the two-plus years I’ve been writing Chasing Amazing, I’ve managed to steer clear of talking about the Kraven’s Last Hunt arc, for reasons both intentional and unintentional. I understand that this is a travesty. I know last summer, the readers of Comics Should Be Good (where I guest