History ComicBook / Hunted

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: For largely self-serving reasons admittedly, but the Vulture lionizes that [[spoiler:the Gibbon went out like a champ, and died in a noble and tragic fashion, to perform a HeroicSacrifice for the Vulture, even if Vulture actually left him to die. As Issue #20.HU shows, he also makes himself one. Turns out he didn't kill a Kraven Robot, he's been in cahoots with Arcade who gave him a device to get through the robot's devices]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:One of the hunter operators behind a Kraven drone is totally willing to kill Black Cat but he balks at Billy who is twelve years old, claiming that he thought he was there to hunt down supervillains, not children. The hunter-operator gets killed by other villains as Black Ant points out the drones are connected to the brain functions of the drone operators remotely and whatever happens to the drones happens to the people behind it]].

* ComesGreatResponsibility: In issue #21, Curt Conners calls Spidey out on this has, while he does his little speeches on Power and Responsibility all the time, he doesn't have a kid, so he doesn't know the sort of thing from a parent's point of view, [[spoiler:which is why he's willing to turn into the Lizard and lose control, just so he can rescue his son.]]

* CListFodder: Since a lot of the villains here are of this category, a few of them do bite the big one, such as [[spoiler:Iguana and Constrictor]]

* CharacterWitness: In the buildup to the arc Spider-Man basically abandoned Rhino to be collected by Taskmaster and Black Ant when his rampage seemingly buried Aunt May under some rubble. The Rhino later calls him out of this as he's trying to warn the villains not to trust the vulture.

* AlasPoorVillain: In issue #18.HU [[spoiler: the hunter couple who actually wind up killing Gibbon actually did it as a MercyKilling. Gibbon would later pass on while in Peter's arm.]]

** #19.HU follows the Lizard who is trying to find his son Billy who is trapped inside the Dome of Central Park.

* AlasPoorVillain: In Issue #18.HU [[spoiler: the hunter couple who actually wind up killing Gibbon actually did it as a MercyKilling. Gibbon would later pass on while in Peter's arm.]]

** Taskmaster also notes gloatingly, that [[spoiler:Black Ant never cottoned on to the fact that an Ant is an animal too when he betrays him. Later when Vulture whines to Arcade about Kraven trying to kill Vulture despite both being card-carrying founders of the Sinister Six, Arcade pointed out that a dude in a Vulture outfit should have seen it coming from a guy who sees himself as the greatest hunter of all]].

** Kraven wants to make the many animal themed villains live up to the totem they are claiming to represent. Amusingly, Taskmaster and Black Ant note that they considered whether Hammerhead counted on account of having the name of the Shark species but they decided he hadn't really committed to the theme the way others did.

*** Issue 21 reveals that [[spoiler:Billy also remembers his gruesome fate at the hands of his dad.]]

* ComesGreatResponsibility: In issue 21, Curt Conners calls Spidey out on this has, while he does his little speeches on Power and Responsibility all the time, he doesn't have a kid, so he doesn't know the sort of thing from a parent's point of view, [[spoiler:which is why he's willing to turn into the Lizard and lose control, just so he can rescue his son.]]
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:18.HU features Gibbon as he attempts to escape the hunters and features him remembering the events that led him to this place. The issue ends with him dying in Spider-Man’s arms.]]

* DomedHometown: Kraven commissions Arcade to build a force field that would cover a good chunk of New York under a dome, trapping his "prey" in a lifesize hunting reserve. #16 ends with Central Park covered in a Dome.

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: For largely self-serving reasons admittedly, but the Vulture lionizes that [[spoiler:the Gibbon went out like a champ, and died in a noble and tragic fashion, to perform a HeroicSacrifice for the Vulture, even if Vulture actually left him to die. As "#20.HU" shows, he also makes himself one. Turned out he didn't kill a Kraven Robot, he's been in cahoots with Arcade who gave him a device to get through the robot's devices]].

** In issue #18.HU, [[spoiler:Gibbon's last memory]] is of the time he was sent into the ComicBook/MarvelApes universe.

* ShoutOut: MJ is listening to and dancing to Maggie Rogers' "Burning" in #18 as a way to beat the stress of worrying about Peter.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Black Cat takes a shot from a laser cannon intended for Billy]].

* UnreliableNarrator: The Vulture in Issue #19,

** Of course even that part turns out to be total crap. [[spoiler:#20.HU reveals that Arcade hailed him as a "lucky contestant" and made him a dupe to trigger the second part of Kraven's scheme. Vulture was handed a device that allowed him to cheat and behead a Kraven drone, and then assigned to lead a hit squad of supervillains to kill as many of those drones as possible, while unknown to him, allowing Kraven and Arcade to plot a culling that wipes out the rest of these totemic rogues]].

* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:Kraven leaves a note for his cloned son stating that their hunt is finished, and bequeathes his name and title to him. Thus Kraven Jr. accepts his birthright and becomes the new Kraven.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Spidey, the Black Cat, Billy and the remaining villains and hunters are finally freed from Kraven's trap. However, Curt Conners runs away after scaring his son upon saving him and Black Cat. As well, Kraven finally got his desired wish, but at the hands of his last remaining son after realizing what kind of monster he's become. Also, the Vulture managed to spin the apparent destruction of the all the drones as something he did to the other villains, earning their praise.]]

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In issue #17, Spidey gets a strange vision of MJ being supposedly struck down by something or someone.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Spidey, the Black Cat, Billy and the remaining villains and hunters are finally freed from Kraven's trap. However, Curt Conners runs away after scaring his son upon saving him and Black Cat. As well, Kraven finally got his desired wish, but at the hands of his last remaining son after realizing what kind of monster he's become.]]

** At the end, Kraven once again contemplates in front of an open casket with a loaded rifle inside (in all likelihood, the same rifle [[AteHisGun as before]]) and ends on a photo of Kraven with his family on the casket, though this time it's of him and his cloned sons.

* RousseauIsRight: Spider-Man's [[spoiler:closing argument to Kraven about his social darwinist crap. His entire plot and idea is to cater and enable people's worst impulses so as to convince Spider-Man to give in and break bad, but Spider-Man instead shows that even in the worst situations people like Dr. Connors, Black Cat, and others can rise above and prove their innate goodness. Kraven ultimately agrees and out of horror and disgust at his monstrous crimes he arranges for his murder-suicide at the hands of his cloned son]].

* MythologyGag:
** Issue #17 has a ton towards ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'':

*** In issue #18 MJ refers to the rat she killed in that comic albeit this time she spares a caterpillar.
*** Issue #19.HU features [[spoiler:Vermin who is still scrounging in the sewers when the Lizard and Taskmaster capture him]]. Arcade even hangs a {{Lampshade}} and calls him an important part of the "Kraven-Spider-Man mythos".

* ARealManIsAKiller: Kraven seems to want to instill this on both the rich hunters he's recruited and the supervillains he's captured. And probably Spider-Man as well.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:One of the hunter operators behind a Kraven drone is totally willing to kill Black Cat but he balks at Billy who is twelve year olds, claiming that he thought he was there to hunt down supervillains, not children. The hunter-operator gets killed by other villains as Black Ant points out the drones are connected to the brain functions of the drone operators remotely and whatever happens to the drones happens to the people behind it]].

** Also in the case of Spider-Man, when he goes nuts and beats up a Kraven drone only to be stopped by Black Ant [[spoiler:who points out that the drones are synchronized to the real-operators, and that he came close to baccidentally killing him]].