Comic Cover of the Week

Comic Cover of the Week

X-Men Gold #33

MARVEL

Cover Art by Phil Noto

To see my picks of the week, click this link - New Comics

Saturday Showcase: Kraven the Hunter

Kraven the Hunter

    Kraven the Hunter has been my favorite Spider-Man villain from the very beginning.  In fact, it was a Marvel Tales issue with Kraven and the Vulture attacking Spider-Man that got me interested in Spider-Man comics, well the Punisher had something to do with that as well.  Anyway, Kraven was always my go to villain.  If an issue had Kraven in it, I was buying it.

Marvel Tales #189 (Story taken from Amazing Spider-Man #49)

    Kraven was created in 1964 by Stan Lee and the late, great Steve Dikto.  His first appearance was in the Amazing Spider-Man #15 back in August of '64.  So you could say that in August, Kraven will be 54  years old.  Wow, just think of all that history!  

    Kraven's birth name is Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff.  He is a member of the Sinister Six, Kravinoff Family, the Army of Evil,  as well as a Black Ops team that worked with Nick Fury in the '50's.  He has fought Avengers, fellow villains, Daredevil, Kazar, besides his nemesis Spider-Man.  Spider-Man is his main target, because Kraven loves the Hunt so why not try to kill a Spider-Man?  

the Hunter becomes the Hunted

    Kraven's obsession with Spidey led to a moment in history that many will never forget.  Why you ask?  Kraven committed suicide we he failed to capture the spider that haunted his dreams.  Of course, this is the world of comics and he would later be brought back to life to fight another day.  After his resurrection, he was brought to the Savage Land.  There he had some classic battles with Kazar.  Kraven went on to fight the Scarlet Spider and Venom thinking they were Spider-Man.  Even after death he was on a quest to kill a spider.

Kraven attacks Venom while at the Savage Land

    I know Kraven is a well known character and may not need me to do a Spotlight Post on him, but he is one of my faves and has not made it to film yet.  Sure he is a popular character in games and cartoons as well as toys, but he has not been on the big screen yet.  Since he has fought Avengers, Daredevil, and Spider-Man, there is no excuse for him not to be in the movies. 

Kraven as seen in the Marvel Universe cartoons on Disney XD.

    That's my 2 cents on the issue.  If you would like to know more about Kraven, feel free to comment on this post and I will see what I can do.  

Until next time, get your READ on!

Kraven's First Appearance:

the Amazing Spider-Man #15

MARVEL

August 1964

Who's Who Wednesday - Deathstroke the Terminator

Comic Cover of the Week

Cover Art by Ryan Ottley

Derf's Picks of the Week

Bone Parish #1 (Cover B Variant) BOOM! Studios

There are some really good titles coming out this week 

so I am just going to start listing my picks now.

I hope you find something you will enjoy.

BOOM!

BONE PARISH #1

JIM HENSON LABYRINTH CORONATION #5 

Dark Horse

STARCRAFT SCAVENGERS #1 

DC Comics

ACTION COMICS #1001

AQUAMAN #38

DC BEACH BLANKET BAD GUYS SPECIAL #1

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #6 

FLASH #51

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1

MERA QUEEN OF ATLANTIS #6 

TEEN TITANS #20 (Wait, Lobo has a daughter?)

WONDER WOMAN #51

IDW

JUDGE DREDD UNDER SIEGE #3 

TRANSFORMERS UNICRON #2 

MARVEL

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 (Marvel debut of Ryan Ottley)

DEADPOOL ASSASSIN #4

INFINITY WARS PRIME #1

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #8

MOON KNIGHT #197

MR AND MRS X #1

MULTIPLE MAN #2

PUNISHER #228

STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #22

STAR WARS LANDO DOUBLE OR NOTHING #3

VENOM #4

WAKANDA FOREVER X-MEN #1

Well, that is it for this week. 

 I am sure you saw something you liked, as you can see I saw a lot.  LoL

Until next time, get your READ on!

Saturday Showcase: the Trench

the Trench 

With all the excitement from Comic Con and all the new trailers, I thought I would use to showcase the Trench monsters from Aquaman.  In past showcases, I have talked about characters that have been around for years, but after watching the trailer, I wanted to talk about the Trench.

Arthur and Mera battle the Trench creatures

For those of you who don't know, the Trench are a long forgotten race of underwater predators that evolved from one of the three surviving kingdoms of Atlantis.  The other two kingdoms being the Xebelians and Atlantians of course.  (From the trailer it appears all 3 kingdoms are represented)  The Trench have loyalty to the Dead King, but they will follow whoever wields the Dead King's scepter.  Orm thought it was powerful and that is what controlled them where as Arthur thought the sight of the scepter made them follow due to tradition and loyalty to the Dead King.

Outnumbered, just the way Arthur likes it.

The Trench first appeared in 2011 during the New 52 days of the DC Universe.  They were created by Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis.  The trench was also used by King Orm in his war with the surface world and Justice League.  Honestly, the Trench story line is what made me realize how much of a bad ass Aquaman really was.  So when I saw the SDCC trailer for Aquaman and saw the Trench monsters in it, I knew I had to write this post and share my approval.  I am excited to see the film, not only to see the Trench but to see how they are used in the film.  

In the end, the Trench are some bad ass mofos and I am glad it didn't take years to get the recognition they deserve.  If you haven't seen the trailer yet, please feel free to watch it here and now.

Aquaman Trailer

Until next time, unleash your inner NERD!

Aquaman (Official Trailer)

That's right, Aquaman is a bad mofo!