Sergei Kravenoff

**Affiliations:** Sinister Six, Oscorp

**Sergei Kravenoff**, better known play his alias, **Kraven the Hunter** was a minor villain who appeared in both versions of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. His backstory varies in both versions.

## History

### Version 1.0

Sergei Kravenoff was a regular animal hunter for a number of years. He later became a hunter of men, and took on the villainous persona of Kraven the Hunter. Spider-Man fought Kraven on several occasions, defeating him every time. Kravenoff was introduced into the story by the Geek Chorus, a group of Spider-Man fans who wanted to write the "ultimate Spider-Man comic" and needed a villain Spider-Man couldn't beat. Professor Cobwell believed Kraven to be suitable for the story as he was a "Hunter of Men", but Miss Arrow wasn't impressed. Eventually, Kravenoff joined the \Sinister Six, a group of villains previously defeated by Spider-Man who banded together to wreak havoc upon New York City. However, Kravenoff was vanquished by Spider-Man, and seemingly died during the conflict. After Peter Parker gave up his life as Spider-Man after letting friends and family down, and wanting a life with his lover, Mary Jane Watson, Arachne, the Greek spider legend who gave Parker the gift to become Spider-Man, became infuriated. In an attempt to convince Parker to change his mind, she created worldwide dreams of a power outage, along with all presumably deceased members of the Sinister Six, Kravenoff included, returning alongside the Green Goblin, and attacking major cities of the world. Kravenoff was seen summoning elephants to wreak havoc throughout New York City, and could be seen trashing a poster for a Spider-Man Broadway show. The Sinister Six and the Green Goblin were later believed to have kidnapped Mary Jane Watson, as revenge against Parker/Spider-Man. Parker was initially unable to stop them, as he had lost his powers while giving up his gift, but later returned as Spider-Man. Despite not having his powers, the visions of all Sinister Six members disappeared after Parker fought them.

### Version 2.0

Kravenoff was a scientist for Oscorp, serving as their chief animal expert. When Norman Osborn's government funding dried up, Kravenoff and several other scientists at the Oscorp became fed up with not being paid, and decided to quit, taking their secrets with them. Osborn was informed of this by Viper Worldwide and had reason to believe one of his scientists created Spider-Man, as the research he used matched the hero's powers through human/animal DNA. Osborn fast tracked his experiments, and was transformed into the Green Goblin, while his wife, Emily Osborn died in the process. The Green Goblin saw hallucinations of his dead wife. The Green Goblin kidnapped Kravenoff, along with the five other scientists who left the company, Lee, Curt Connors, Max Dillion, Cletus Kassidy and Fritz von Meyer, and used the same process that transformed into the Green Goblin who turn them into villains. Kravenoff became Kraven the Hunter, a villain with animal DNA and human DNA, who has enhanced strength. Kraven's condition meant he had a lion connected to his chest. and was granted a whip for combat. Kraven, along with Electro, the Lizard, Carnage, Swiss Miss and Swarm became the Sinister Six, dubbed the Green Goblin's "new family". The team then attacked New York City, causing mass destruction and chaos throughout. Spider-Man was nowhere to be found, as Peter Parker had taken the night off to spend time with his girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, much to the displeasure of Daily Bugle newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson, who threatened to fire Parker when he did not take pictures of the destruction. When Spider-Man did return, he defeated every member of the Sinister Six, trapping Kraven in his web. The Green Goblin was furious that Spider-Man had defeated them, and called the Daily Bugle to threaten Spider-Man for going after the Sinister Six.

## Powers and abilities

Kraven's DNA is fused with animal DNA, giving him the strength and speed of a lion. Additionally, his mutated condition means he has a living lion's head inside of his chest. He carries a whip for combat against his enemies.