Sergei Kravinoff grew up in Volgograd, Russia. He and his paternal half-brother Dmitri Smerdyakov, the man who would become the Chameleon through the Russian government's Proyekt Khameleon, spent much of their youth hunting together, though Sergei showed a strong dislike for him.

Being diagnosed with cancer, Kraven decided he would rather die in battle, going on a quest to find a worthy opponent. This eventually led him to New York City, killing Scorpion, Vulture, Electro, and Shocker in his pursuit for a fitting end. He finally fulfilled his wish when he was slain by Harry Osborn, who had recently re-bonded with the Venom symbiote.^[1]

Kraven is a arrogant Hunter, but cunning, knowing never to underestimate his prey. After he had cancer, he sought to die not as a sick man, but a man who would die at the hands of an equal. Kraven also showed himself to be a spiritual man, as he prayed every time before hunting, as his mother had taught him to do. Kraven also respected enemies who were capable of defeating him, showing that he was ruthless but honorable.

Seemingly those of the Kraven of Earth 616

• Kraven's Lion's Head Vest
• Cloaking Device

• Hunting spear
• Remote Electric Mines
• Crossbow
• Knife
• Sniper Rifle
• Sonic Grenades
• Cloaking Device
• Homing Missile-launching crossbow/buckler (interchangeable)
• Proximity Mines
• Bolas
• Throwing Axes
• Flashbangs
• Electromagnetic Double Bladed Axe
• Electromagnetic Halberd

• Jim Pirri voices Sergei Kravinoff in Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
• This version of Kraven was loosely based on the Kraven's Last Hunt storyline, with the major difference is he willingly died on a worthy opponent that was stronger than him, rather than committing suicide in the comic.

• Kraven once managed to cross the borders of Wakanda undetected and hunt in the isolationist African nation.^[1]