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"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. 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 it 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.

In the mid 1980s, John Marc DeMatteis proposed a Wonder Man limited series involving Wonder Man's half brother, the Grim Reaper, in which Wonder Man is buried and ultimately crawls out of the grave. Tom DeFalco turned down the proposal. Years later, DeMatteis reworked the scene of a hero coming out of the grave into a Batman story exploring what would happen if the Joker actually killed Batman. According to DeMatteis, it would effectively turn the Joker "sane". When DeMatteis pitched the story to DC, however, it was rejected because it happened to be somewhat similar to Batman: The Killing Joke, another Batman story that was in development at the time. DeMatteis then reworked the story to use Hugo Strange in place of the Joker, but this, too, was rejected. Finally, DeMatteis pitched the idea again to Marvel, this time with Spider Man and a new villain he came up with specifically for the story. Marvel editorial accepted the revised proposal. This leads into the story Grim Hunt, where Kraven's family attempt to resurrect him by sacrificing Spider Man in an elaborate ritual, only for the ritual to be contaminated when Spider Man's clone Kaine sacrifices himself to save Peter, resulting in Kraven being reborn as an immortal 'unlife' who can only die by Spider Man's hand.

Spider Man: Life Story is an alternate continuity in which the characters naturally age after Peter Parker becomes Spider Man in 1962. In this continuity, Kraven hunts down Spider Man in the 1980s during the midst of the Cold War shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer. Peter manages to escape the grave Kraven buried him in by bonding with the Venom symbiote, leading him to almost kill Kraven before Mary Jane separates it from him. The traumatic event causes Mary Jane to leave Peter. Kraven is satisfied with Spider Man becoming the new hunter and prepares to kill himself, but the Venom symbiote bonds with him.

In (vol. 2) #17 (September 1990) of the Marvel alternative history title What If?, Kraven uses real bullets instead of tranquilizers, thus actually killing Spider Man and assuming his place. Eventually, at the request of Mary Jane, the heroes Daredevil, Captain America, and the Human Torch all confront Kraven, who eventually returns to Spider Man's grave and digs up the body. Though not directly shown, it is implied Kraven consumes portions of Peter's body to gain his strength. Afterward, Mary Jane holds a press conference to attempt to clear Peter's name of Kraven's time as Spider Man, but is unsuccessful in doing so because J. Jonah Jameson intervenes and convinces people to believe that all superheroes are unreliable. The issue ends on the note that Mary Jane has a lot of work ahead of her. An issue of Marvel's satire series What The ? ! spoofed "Kraven's Last Hunt" as "Raven's Last Hunt." The spoof featured the character's animal likeness, Raven the Hunter, as well as that of Spider Man, Spider Ham.

"Kraven's Last Hunt" has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest Spider Man stories ever written. In 2012, "Kraven's Last Hunt" was voted by readers of Comic Book Resources as the greatest Spider Man story ever told. In his commentary on the results, Brian Cronin described the story as "a breathtaking piece of work that inspired countless imitations by other writers over the years." Elsewhere, Cronin noted that by publishing the story across all three monthly Spider Man titles, Marvel "gave the story a bit more of an 'event' feel". Comic Book Revolution ranked "Kraven's Last Hunt" third on a list of the top 10 greatest Spider Man stories, praising the story for its portrayal of both Kraven and the early stages of Peter/Mary Jane marriage. "[E]ven though ‘Kraven’s Last Hunt’ is a Kraven and Spider Man story there are a lot of great moments that explore Peter and MJ’s relationship. As this story takes place early on in the marriage we get to see how MJ deals with Peter’s disappearance and how she would react if Peter ever died in action. It adds extra layers to marriage and makes the end of the story where Peter goes back to MJ to recover that much better." IGN Comics ranked "Kraven's Last Hunt" the #6 on a list of the 25 greatest Spider Man stories, noting that it "is one of the most memorable Spider Man stories of all time, without a doubt."

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNFearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last HuntWeb of Spider Man #31 32, Amazing Spider Man #293 294, Spectacular Spider Man #131 132February 1989Spider Man: Kraven's Last HuntWeb of Spider Man #31 32, Amazing Spider Man #293 294, Spectacular Spider Man #131 132August 2008Amazing Spider Man Epic Collection: Kraven's Last HuntAmazing Spider Man #289 294, Annual #20 21, Spider Man Versus Wolverine, Web Of Spider Man #29 32, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider Man #131 132June 2017Spider Man: Kraven's Last Hunt Deluxe EditionAmazing Spider Man (vol. 1) #15, #293 294, Web Of Spider Man #31 32, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider Man #131 132, Marvel Team Up #128, Amazing Spider Man: Soul Of The Hunter, What If? #17 and material from Sensational Spider Man Annual ’96, Amazing Spider Man #634 637, What The ? ! #3August 2018

Richard Wenk revealed that Kraven the Hunter's proposed stand alone film will draw inspirations from Kraven's Last Hunt, and that the film would include Spider Man.

A novelised adaption of Kraven's Last Hunt was released in October 2014 as part of Marvel Prose Novel series, adapted from the original issues and expanded upon by Neil Kleid. In this adaptation, Peter and Mary Jane are not married, due to the changes in continuity that resulted from the "One More Day" story arc.

In the Atomic Mass Games product Marvel Crisis Protocol, the tactics card “Fearful Symmetry“ appears as a Tactics card. The card allows the Kraven model to be replaced with a Spider Man Peter Parker model if Kraven removes the Spider man from play. This new Spider man is controlled by the player that controlled Kraven previously.