10 Incredibly Bloody Comic Book Deaths
8. Kraven's Suicide
Longtime B-rate Spider-Man villain Sergei Kravinoff, aka Kraven the Hunter, was one of the few characters in comic book history to ever score a decisive victory over the Web Slinger when he shot Spidey with a tranquilizer and buried him alive in the epic Kraven's Last Hunt storyline. Through sheer force of will, Spider-Man pulls himself from the grave and confronts Kraven, but before he can get his revenge, the hero leaves Kravinoff in order to subdue another villain, Vermin.
During this time, Kraven reflects on his life and the fact that after years of trying, he finally succeeded in beating Spider-Man. While looking at a picture of his family, Kraven inserts a shotgun in his mouth and pulls the trigger, splattering blood and brain matter all over his photo and a casket that his dead body falls into.
There might be more gruesome deaths in comics, but something as blood-soaked as Kraven's death scene was absolutely unheard of for a Spider-Man comic until Kraven's Last Hunt was published. Additionally, the character's demise was an extraordinarily controversial moment for Marvel, as many critics thought the storyline glorified suicide.
Despite this, Kraven's Last Hunt is considered by many to be one of the greatest Spider-Man stories ever published. And a scene quite this bloody has not been attempted in a Spidey comic since.