Kraven's Last Hunt
"Kraven's Last Hunt" is a comic book storyline by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck published in 1987, featuring the final battle between Marvel Comics characters Kraven the Hunter and Spider-Man.
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Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man 294 (Nov 1987), art by Mike Zeck | |||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | October – November 1987 | ||
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| Main character(s) | Spider-Man Kraven the Hunter Vermin | ||
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| Writer(s) | J. M. DeMatteis | ||
| Penciller(s) | Mike Zeck | ||
| Inker(s) | Bob McLeod | ||
| Letterer(s) | Rick Parker | ||
| Colorist(s) | Bob Sharen Janet Jackson Mike Zeck | ||
| Premiere Hardcover | ISBN 0-7851-2330-X | ||
Considered one of the greatest Spider-Man stories, the story was originally published in Web of Spider-Man #31–32, The Amazing Spider-Man #293–294, and Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131–132, but less than two years later it was collected in a trade paperback, and has been reprinted in that form numerous times since. No title for the overall storyline appears in the original comics, which simply refer to it as "a 6-part saga" on their covers. The initial editions of the trade paperback were titled "Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt", always with the "Kraven's Last Hunt" part in a much larger font, and later editions dropped the "Fearful Symmetry" part of the title entirely. The character Kraven the Hunter was retired from the story's original publication until 2009.