The Hunters or simply put as Kraven's Hunters are supporting antagonists in the 2023 action-adventure superhero video game Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the third installment in Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man series.
They are a large group of foreign mercenaries who aid Kraven in taking down any prey no matter how big or dangerous, including various super humans in hopes that one of them will grant Kraven a worthy death who is diagnosed with an incurable cancer.
History[]
Sergei Kravinoff, better known as Kraven the Hunter, was an immensely skilled hunter whose hunting skill only improved after drinking a potion that gave him inhuman abilities.
However, sometime before coming to New York City, Kraven was diagnosed with late stage, inoperable cancer. After gaining his own followers of immensely skilled hunters that were completely loyal to him, he began seeking out the most powerful prey so he could die on his own terms. At some pint, he hunted and killed a skilled hunter after.
In 2020, Kraven arrived in New York in hopes of hunting all of them down to prove himself. He killed Scorpion, Shocker, Vulture, and Electro as well as adding their equipment as his trophies. He was chasing down Sandman, Black Cat, and the Lizard before his death.
Still not satisfied, Kraven ordered the hunters to capture Tombstone, but Spider-man freed Tombstone. The hunters then captured Curt Connors, bringing him to Kraven, who administered a dose of the lizard serum to transform him. Peter and Harry tried to save him, but Kraven and the hunters fought back. While Spider-man was able to defeat the hunters, Kraven managed to stab him until Harry Osborn able to overpower him. Seeing Kraven struggle, more hunters tried to help, but Peter (now wearing Harry's symbiote suit) overpowered them, beating many of them severely. Impressed, Kraven ordered his hunters to focus on finding Connors, who had escaped, so he could focus on chasing Peter.
The next night, Peter (posing as a waiter) snuck into the hotel and restaurant the hunters and took control of. The group were celebrating, awaiting orders from Kraven for their actions the following day. After confronting Dima in Kraven's study room, Peter donned the black suit and fought the hunters in the drawing room, eventually destroying a section of the building in the skirmish.
The following day, the hunters searched Connor's house the following day, only to find Peter there, who attacked and defeated them. Another group of hunters located Connors (now the fully grown Lizard) in the fish market. They tried to capture him, but Miles and Peter once more stopped them, with Peter eventually restoring Connors to normal. Their efforts thwarted, the hunters instead tried to capture Peter, but the symbiote took him over and led him on a rampage against the group across the city. Realizing they couldn't defeat him, they instead manipulated Miles, one hunter tricking him into saving his life so he could inject him with a serum that subdued him. Kraven then arrived and ordered the hunters to take Miles to the mansion, wanting to use him to lure Peter to fight him.
The following day, the hunters watched as Kraven made Miles and the captured Mister Negative fight, only for Miles to help Mister Negative escape. The hunters moved to attack Miles, but he easily fought them back, requiring Kraven to subdue him instead. That night, the hunters guarded the outside area when Peter came and attacked them. He then cornered the last hunter and held a truck over his head, demanding he reveal where Miles was. The hunter did so, pointing to the mansion. Peter smashed his way in, leaving the hunter in shock. Later that night, after Peter defeated Kraven, the group were left stricken with the news that Venom killed Kraven. Now without their leader, the group fell into disarray, unable to cope as symbiotes began sprouting around the city, converting them into symbiote servants for Venom.
After the Spider-Men resolved the symbiote invasion, they then took to fighting against the left over pockets of hunters still resisting capture from New York's police.
Trivia[]
- If the Hunters have any of Kraven’s fortune left, it's going to be restitution for not only all the damage they did to the city, but to any families of the villains he killed.
- It's worth noting they studied every villain who proved a physical threat; but ignored those who couldn't fight.
- They left Mysterio alone, along with not breaking Doctor Octopus out; both men lacked physical aptitude for fighting.
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Oscorp Industries Kingpin's Criminal Empire Silver Sable International Sinister Six Roxxon Energy Corporation Hunters Mysterium Darren Shipman's Gang Others | ||