Sergei Kravenoff (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 many 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 subtable 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 wreck 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, also believed dead to form the Sinister Seven, and attack major cities of the world. Kravenoff was seen summoning animals to wreck havoc throughout New York City. The Sinister Seven was 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.