I liked seeing Lady Octopus again, even for just a panel.
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Yeah, and I'm honestly at the point where I don't know where's its gonna go, I think there's just a high enough chance that Peter could actually kill him, and I'm so excited to see what happens.
Even if it was forcibly put on him, we know what happens anytime he's got that black suit on, and its gonna be glourious!
Not saying that you are wrong, but that wouldn't make sense. In Scarlet Spider 23, Anya is seen with Kraven. Kaine punches Kraven in the chest and then restarts his heart. Anya and Kraven then leave. But in Amazing Spider-Man 16, Anya is seen to be disgusted of the clones and immediately leaves. There is no way that she left in disgust and then went out on a hunt in Texas with one of the clones.
The cool thing about the homages to KLH is that it's got real deep cuts.
Kraven's opening monologue for instance alludes to Peter's monologue in DeMatteis' story:
From KLH:
"There is no Spider-Man. He's a mask. A myth. A lie. Oh, sure, It'd be great if putting on a costume could miraculously change the man underneath. But it can't. I'm not Spider-Man. I'm just...Peter Parker...But they'll never understand that. How could they? How could anybody? Sometimes I wish I could get into their heads...see myself the way they see me. On second thought — maybe not...Wouldn't want to get too close to "the wall-crawling freak," would you? Wouldn't want to find out that he's as human as you are? As fragile? As scared of dying? That's what it's all about isn't it? Yesterday, Ned Leeds. Today, Joe Face. Tomorrow...Aunt May? Mary Jane? Me? Funny. I'm out there facing death every day as Spider-Man — But I never really think about it. Guess I don't let myself. Yet so many people I love have died before their time: Uncle Ben, Captain Stacy, Gwen...Do I think I'm somehow immune? I'm going to die. But not yet."
— Spider-Man, Kraven's Last Hunt, captions, written by J. M. DeMatteis.
"I am Kraven—I am a man of many names. The beast. The hunter. Kravinov. I am none of these now. Now I am just—the ghost...Now—everything is compromised. I have been returned to a world I do not belong in, cursed to road endlessly through its decaying paths...I yearn for death. A death that this time cannot be undone. Only the spider can kill me, the curse said. So I will find a way. There will be peace. But not yet."
— Issue #16, Opening captions.
So it seems that Kraven is in Peter's position there.
I think that could be reasoned with Ana discovering the truth about the clones after the events in Scarlet Spider. Her last appearance before this was in All-New Inhumans, in which she still had the Kravinoff that she divorced herself from in #16, so it could mean she found out sometime fairly recently.
But even then yeah, the clone thing is a VERY flimsy excuse, that they just barely get away with because its ultimately not really that important to the core story itself.
An incomplete list of nods...
- The "I am Kraven" monologue that starts the story, and ends with "But not yet" as he stands by a coffin in a chapel.
- The first page is exactly the same, even the composition of the trophies. Later sequences also repeat, although it does fit a subtext of past glories.
- Spider-Man swinging miserable in the rain, as he did in KLH Part 1.
- Spider-Man reflecting on recent losses, including Ned Leeds.
- Spider-Man trying to keep himself from worrying that MJ may be next.
- Spider-Man thinking he's safe from Kraven, because Kraven is predictable, and a sudden end isn't his style.
- Spider-Man saying "MJ, I'm sorry."
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oh my god what if centipede is joe face
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Very enjoyable start. Looking forward to all of the villains. How many are going to be toast when it is all said and done?
Armadillo, Beetle, Black Cat, Black Mamba, Black Racer, Black Tarantula, Bushmaster, Constrictor, Cottonmouth, Fer-de-Lance, Gazelle, Gibbon, Hippo, Iguana, Kangaroo, Killer Shrike, King Cobra, Lady Octopus, Man-Bull, Owl, Panda-Mania, Puff Adder, Puma, Rhino, Rock Python, Scorpion, Slug, Squid, Stegron, Tarantula, Toad, Vulture, Walrus, White Rabbit
Plenty of villains to choose from i am sure only a few will be killed off though.
Something I do really think deserves credit about this story, it could've seemed really cheap and gimmicky if done by any other writer, which we already kind of saw how something like that would be received through Grim Hunt. And yet, this doesn't feel cheap or unearned at all, the references and connections feel satisfying and all come together so well, and that shows just how good Spencer is in terms of executing and structuring his stories.