I wouldn't be too harsh on KLS (Kraven's Last Son) since he hasn't gotten much time to play here. He'll certainly have his own arc, he has a cool design that's better than the past two lame Kraven sons, an interesting and high-concept origin, is established as very powerful, and has a more compelling motivation to go after Peter than most of the rogues.
Since Sergei was not being used in ASM, North was able to make him a supporting cast member for Dorreen where they got into comedy book shenanigans while also getting into a more traditional villain redemption arc for him. Doesn't work with what Nick planned, but by acknowledging the SG stuff and explaining why Kraven regressed, his time with Doreen becomes another reason behind Spencer's own Kraven redemption at the end of this story.
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I know we technically have one more issue to go but that's an Epilogue so, unless it alters things greatly, I am prepared to call this a great story arc. For me, it checks all the boxes: entertaining, dramatic tension throughout, characters acted IN CHARACTER, the story was big but not too big and all the players were left in a very different place at the end (opening the door for future stories for each). Unlike Slott, who had a tendency to start a big story off well and then flounder at the end, I think Spencer stuck the landing here.
Let's wait till after the Epilogue before we properly rate/rank this story but I personally enjoyed this more than and Spidey tale in recent history----possibly since Superior..
i'm hoping for Taskmaster and Black Ant to make up. i know that Gibbon and some nameless hunter died. but the real tragedy is that Taskmaster has to sing karoake solo.
That hunter's name was Bob, the same guy from the first arc of the run.
The real tragedy is that Taskmaster couldn't find Tiger Shark.
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This run continues to be on fire for me, always making surprising choices yet doing things that totally make sense and are satisfying. Let Kraven stay dead! It was about as poetic of a way to go out a second time and his clone kid is set up for success as the new Kraven. The use of Peter's morals to defeat Kraven and how Kraven realized it to get what he wanted was great.
I've seen his origin, his interactions with the original Kraven, Spider-Man and various supporting characters, etc. What's left? He's gotten enough time to play for me to see nothing special about him. The design he has is generic especially in comparison to his predecessor. Granted, Kraven with the leopard pants with the ballerina shoes needed to be modified but still. Also, I see nothing interesting or high concept about his origin. I could see if for an example, he was the son of Kraven and Calypso. I could definitely see the intrigue in that but instead we have a guy who's one of 87 carbon copies of Kraven. That's it. Outside of that, he's got nothing. I'll admit I may be bias considering I didn't like any of that clone crap with Spider-Man so to see it unfold with another character I like doesn't appeal to me. That and I think it's just lazy as hell, creatively speaking.
As far as him having a more compelling motivation to go after Peter than most of his rogues are concerned, I strongly disagree with that. He was the fool who ended up killing his own father because he was too incompetent to tell the difference, that's all on him. The only motivation he has for going to after Spider-Man is because that's what his old man used to do and that's no different than it was with the other lame sons.