Kraven’s Last Hunt Archive

Guest Blogs: Neil Kleid Talks Kraven’s Last Hunt Prose Novel

October 2, 2014UncategorizedNo comments

Over at ComicBook.com I recently spoke to Neil Kleid, author of the Marvel Universe novel, Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt, which is a prose adaptation of the iconic comic book story. In this interview, Kleid talks about his process and the challenges of taking a classic visual story and transforming

Guest Blogs: 5 Times Spider-Man Overcame the Odds, and 5 Times He Quit

By Mark Ginocchio

March 24, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

With the Superior Spider-Man barreling towards its conclusion in a few weeks and Peter Parker still struggling to remember who he is, I thought I would like back at times Spider-Man overcame insurmountable odds … and the times he flat out quit on the job. This latest “5 and

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

Superior Spider-Talk Chats with J.M. DeMatteis

By Mark Ginocchio

August 28, 2013PodcastsNo comments

Comic book industry legend J.M. DeMatteis, who wrote such Spider-Man stories as “Kraven’s Last Hunt,” “A Child Within/Death of Harry Osborn,” and “The Gift,” sat down with Dan Gvozden and I at the Connecticut ComicCONN event in Trumbull, CT, this past weekend. The interview has just been released as

Kraven’s Last Hunt (Part II): The Will to Live and Die

By Mark Ginocchio

May 13, 2013Reading Experience, the big box of comics3 Comments

JM Dematteis and Mike Zeck’s presentation of death and rebirth, and how they often mirror each other is one of the themes that elevates “Kraven’s Last Hunt” from a great storyline to a legendary one. One of the most controversial aspects of the arc is its ending – or

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

Where Does Amazing Fantasy #15 Rank, and a Few Other Outstanding Questions

By Mark Ginocchio

January 28, 2013Top 10 Lists4 Comments

As I got to the end of my “Top 10” issues of Amazing Spider-Man countdown last week, I entertained a number of questions and hypotheticals from people on Twitter that I thought were worth addressing in a separate post today (and who am I to turn down an opportunity

Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1

By Mark Ginocchio

June 13, 2011B TitlesNo comments

Marvel’s latest mega event, “Fear Itself” primarily focuses on Captain America and Thor as they, and other heroes, combat the “God of Fear” who is using the heroes’ inner-most fears, as well as mounting fear and paranoia, against them. But when I saw that there would be a Spider-Man