The Amazing Spider-Man #15

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Night of the Hunter!

Part of CV's Top 100 Spider-Man Universe Stories - reviewed!

This first appearance of Kraven the Hunter ranks up there with the first appearance of Doctor Octopus as one of the greatest of the early issues of The Amazing Spider-Man. Unlike the contrived setup of the Green Goblin fight last issue, this one makes perfect sense. The Chameleon is back in town and when he narrowly escapes capture by Spider-Man, he reaches the conclusion that he will never be safe as long as Spider-Man is about. Thus he contacts the one person he thinks can successfully hunt down and kill Spider-Man, a big game hunter named Kraven.

The writing here is very strong - there's a love triangle between Peter, Betty and Liz... and it gets even more complicated when Aunt May arranges a blind date for Peter with the Watson's daughter. Then Kraven seems to ally not only with The Chameleon, but with J. Jonah Jameson on the side. The final battle between Kraven and Spider-Man is one of the best fights in Marvel's Silver Age - the two seem so evenly matched.

More issues like this please!

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The Amazing Spider-Man #15 - Kraven The Hunter! by englentine on April 07, 2008
I actually like this book, once again some decent ideas are brought out. I don't think they were used to their full potential, but still, Stan the man did a few things right. My favorite was having Spiderman beating the snott out of Kraven with only one hand. I also liked the way Chameleon and Kraven worked together. Niether one could defeat him alone so they teamed up. Of course as alsome balls do have to be fumbled.. The one thing I really would have liked was to see the Liz Allen, Betty Bra...
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The Amazing Spider-Man #15 - Kraven The Hunter! by marmendymill on March 13, 2011
The cover: 5 stars Fantastic cover set in a park with a night cityscape in the background, Spidey trapped and a colourful new villain, Kraven the Hunter, ready to attack our helpless hero plus the return of The Chameleon ... what more could you ask for! Kraven The Hunter (22 pages) Our story starts with Spider-Man breaking up a group of villains planning a bank robbery. One of them escapes and when our hero looks for him there’s only an old man walking by. This just happens to be The Chameleon w...
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