An fascinating publish over at cosmicbook.com popped up in mid-January with a prediction based on some seemingly innocuous information. With filming places verified for Spider-Man 3 (Atlanta, new York, Los Angeles, as well as Iceland), they speculated that a place with as much diverse landscape to offer as Iceland provides a hint that Kraven the hunter is up next in the Spider-Man roster of MCU villains.
The Kraven origin story revolves primarily around Russia as well as Africa, so color me confused for now. I don’t understand the very first thing about Iceland, however obviously previous films such as Thor: The Dark world as well as Batman begins filmed there since of the diverse geographical options. I can see a Russian setting there, however is there a region of Iceland that can be made to look like Africa? I assumption that’s what noise stages as well as CGI are for. They might likewise forego an origin, however fans dig that stuff, so it seems unlikely.
It’s just extremely early hypothesizing – obviously – however presuming there is some reality to the Kraven rumor, exactly how should speculators be prepared? A Kraven movie is in the works by Sony after all, although there has been zero news since that 2018 announcement. perhaps there will be an introduction in the MCU’s Spider-Man 3 as well as then a deeper dive into the character with Sony.
Where should a Kraven collector focus, especially as it pertains to Spider-Man? Let’s take a look.
Amazing Spider-Man #15
This very first appearance is widely known as well as heavily preferred even before any type of movie news enters the picture. throw in the truth that’s it’s an early Silver Age Spider-Man as well as we have a blue-chip stock on our hands. If you are lucky sufficient to own any type of of the 115 or so copies that are registered at CGC 8.0 or above, you have a book that is quickly worth more than $2,000. A CGC 9.0 offered over the summertime for a awesome $6,000.
If you are looking for a book under four figures, you will likely have to get one at a CGC 5.5 or below. At that range, books have been selling between $700-$900 for the past six months.
What’s fascinating about this book beyond being the very first appearance is exactly how well it might tie into the MCU storyline that was left open in Spider-Man: far From Home. Peter Parker’s identity has been exposed so any type of number of people with the means as well as motivation (Jonah Jameson, Vulture, etc.) might look to hire one of the world’s finest hunters as well as mercenaries to catch Parker. This is essentially the story in ASM #15 as Chameleon hires Kraven to catch Spidey.
Amazing Spider-Man annual #1
I am leaving off Kraven’s second appearance in Tales of Suspense #58 for now since that book revolves around the Captain America vs. Iron guy storyline as well as is a major key for its own set of reasons. The Kraven as well as Spider-Man problems seem to be more appropriate right here as any type of introduction of the character is almost definitively going to come from that household of movies.
We have covered this specific problem a number of times, most just recently done exceptionally well by James Jou. The introduction of the Sinister six is a matter of when, not if, at this point as Spider-Man fans have been clamoring for it since it was teased at the end of Andrew Garfield’s fantastic Spider-Man 2. The nature of this book damaged buyers, since with so many characters involved, anytime one of them is introduced it drives the costs up significantly. in spite of having sky-high costs already, I can only believe they will go higher when any type of official word comes of this team on the huge screen.
Amazing Spider-Man #48 as well as fantastic Spider-Man #49
These two issues, while they are Silver Age Spider-Man, are not necessarily key problems for any type of specific reason, however are intriguing to the prospective introduction of Kraven since of the story that spans their pages.
In problem #48, vulture (Adrian Toomes) is locked up in prison (hmmm, seems familiar) as well as divulges the place of his vulture wings to a cellmate (Blackie Drago). That prisoner escapes, finds the wings, as well as becomes the new Vulture. This new opponent begins his browse for Spider-Man who just so occurs to be on the search for Kraven during this issue. problem #49 includes a battle royale with Spider-Man, Vulture, as well as Kraven, as well as Spidey escapes since the two villains can’t get coordinated on exactly how to defeat him. We understand Vulture/Toomes exists in the MCU, as well as now we have visual evidence that he exists in the Sony Spiderverse as well, so the possibilities are endless with exactly how the two studios might choose to link the two in future films. regardless of which one is very first to market with this prospective partnership, these books might begin choosing up steam.
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