Appearing in "Hunted: Prelude"
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) (Main story and flashback)
- Last Son of Kraven (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Arcade Industries
- Arcade / "R. Cade"
- Hunterbots (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Savage Six (First appearance)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Forcibly conscripted)
- Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Forcibly conscripted)
- Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez) (Forcibly conscripted)
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan) (Forcibly conscripted)
- Stegron the Dinosaur Man (Vincent Stegron) (Forcibly conscripted)
- King Cobra (Piet Voorhees) (Forcibly conscripted)
- Taskmaster (Tony Masters) (Main story and flashback)
- Black Ant (Eric O'Grady) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Bob (Name revealed) (Main story and flashback)
- Bob's guide (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Aleksandra Kravinoff (Earth-616)
- Vladimir Kravinoff (Earth-616)
- Alexei Kravinoff (Earth-616)
- Kraven the Hunter (Ana Kravinoff) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed New Men
- High Evolutionary (Herbert Wyndham) (Only in flashback)
- Sons of Kraven (First appearance) (Origin revealed) (Only in flashback)
- Pasha (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed others (Only appearance; death) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous hunters who paid to participate in the Great Hunt (First appearance)
- Kraven's prisoners (Main story and flashback)
- Puma (Thomas Fireheart) (Main story and flashback)
- Beetle (Janice Lincoln) (Main story and flashback)
- The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (Main story and flashback)
- Serpent Solutions (Main story and flashback)
- Bushmaster (Quincy McIver) (Main story and flashback)
- Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley) (Main story and flashback)
- Fer-de-Lance (Teresa Vasquez) (Only in flashback)
- Black Racer (Ariana Saddiqi) (Main story and flashback)
- Rock Python (M'Gula) (Only in flashback)
- Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy)
- Cottonmouth (Burchell Clemens)
- Unidentified other (Only in flashback)
- The Squid (Donald Callahan) (Cameo)
- White Rabbit (Lorina Dodson) (Cameo)
- Kangaroo (Brian Hibbs) (Cameo)
- Numerous unidentified others
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Toy)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Poster)
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Toy)
- Edward Leeds (Earth-616)
- Avengers (Name only)
- Becca Henderson (First full appearance) (Name revealed)
- Aunt Anna Watson (Mentioned)
- WebMD (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Roxxon Corporation (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- SeaWorld (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) (Mentioned)
- Gorilla-Man (Kenneth Hale) (Mentioned)
- NYPD
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (Voice only)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Lions (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Main story and flashback)
- Pterosaurs (Only in recap)
- Dinosaurs (Main story and recap)
- New Men
- Smilodon (Only in flashback)
- Pigs (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Antelope (Only in flashback)
- Elephants (Only in flashback)
- Giraffes (Only in flashback)
- Vultures (Only in flashback)
- African Buffalo (Only in flashback)
- Rhinoceroses (Only in flashback)
- Tigers (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Gorillas
- Human-Scorpion Hybrids
- Human-Dinosaur Hybrids
- Bears (Mentioned)
- LMDs (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Cyborgs
- Human-Reptile Hybrids
- Androids
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Africa (Main story and flashback)
- Southern Africa (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Kravinoff Estate (Only in recap)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Civic Center (Only in flashback)
- Foley Square (Only in flashback)
- New York State Supreme Court Building (Only in flashback)
- Foley Square (Only in flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Columbus Circle (Only in flashback)
- Masa (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- O'Neil's (First appearance)
- Chrysler Building (Cameo)
- Times Square
- M&M's World (Mentioned)
- Fifth Avenue
- Columbus Circle (Only in flashback)
- Financial District (Only in flashback)
- Wall Street (Only in flashback)
- Serpent Tower (Only in flashback)
- Wall Street (Only in flashback)
- New York City Sewer System
- Upper West Side
- Mary Jane Watson's apartment
- Civic Center (Only in flashback)
- Port of New York
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Antarctica (Only in flashback)
- Palmer Peninsula (Only in flashback)
- Savage Land (Only in flashback)
- Palmer Peninsula (Only in flashback)
- Africa (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Kraven's Lion's Head Vest (Main story and flashback)
- Rhino Armor
- Vulture's Wings
- Scorpion's Suit
- Black Ant's Suit and Helmet (Main story and flashback)
- Pym Particles (Behind the scenes) (Main story and flashback)
- Beetle Armor MK IV (Main story and flashback)
- Adamantium-encased Inhibitor Chip (Behind the scenes)
- Iron Man Armor (Toy)
- Deadpool's Suit (Toy)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters (Main story and recap)
- Spider-Tracer
- Spider-Tracer-Tracker (Behind the scenes)
Events:
- Grim Hunt (Only in recap)
- Family Matters (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "Hunted: Prelude"
After Kraven kills the guide of a poach hunter named Bob, to the latter's surprise, he declares that he does not want to kill him, but rather make him a hunter. A flashback reveals Kraven's plan: after moving to the Wildlands, he began killing humanoid animals created by the High Evolutionary. The latter eventually gave up and said he was willing to do whatever Kraven wanted to stop him from killing his creatures. So, Kraven ordered the geneticist to clone himself 87 times, and to make the clones mature into adulthood at a slightly faster pace, thus Windham complied. However, Kraven's daughter Ana learned of her father's plans and left him in disgust.
When his "sons" matured into young men, Kraven sent them around the world to hunt, and ordered they return home after some time. Once the designated time passed, only one son returned after killing all of his "brothers" along the way, much to Kraven's surprised satisfaction. The hunter then explained to his last son how the region of his land was dying due to climate change and how unworthy poachers were due to their methods. Given that killing or frightening them all would be impossible, Kraven instead decided to push them to hunt all the super criminals with animal inspired identities-- in fact, according to the hunter, they committed the sacrilege of having given themselves the name of the beasts without honoring the souls of their respective totems. And now, Kraven will teach them what it means to be hunted.
Billy sneaks out to go to a party and his father Curt calls Peter Parker requesting he send Spider-Man to find him. However, Peter feels unwell due to a cold, but still goes out in search of Billy. The appearance of the latter at a public setting, triggers panic at the party and the boy runs away to the street, where he is kidnapped by Black Ant and Taskmaster who were actually searching for his father. Later, while looking for Billy Connors, Spider-Man is found by the Spider-Tracer-Tracker he had given to the Black Cat, on which the latter recorded a message: Felicia relays a message that she ended up in a trap and that the Lizard's son is with her.
Solicit Synopsis
THE ROAD TO “HUNTED” STARTS HERE!
• The biggest AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story of the year starts next month, so don’t miss this prologue!
• The Kraven thread gets woven into Spider-Man’s life in a terrifying way that puts Spidey on the road to ruin!Notes
- This issue implies that the "Unhuntable Sergei" from the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comic was actually a clone of Kraven, just as any appearance of Kraven since Amazing Spider-Man #637 was a clone, and they were killed for disgracing Kraven's legacy.