The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt
| "The Gauntlet" | |
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Promotional image from Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1 (December 2009) Art by Adi Granov
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | November 2009 – July 2010 |
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| Title(s) |
The Amazing Spider-Man #611-637 Web of Spider-Man vol. 2 #2-7 Grim Hunt: The Kraven Saga Amazing Spider-Man: Origin of the Hunter |
| Main character(s) | Spider-Man |
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| Writer(s) |
Mark Waid Fred van Lente Joe Kelly Dan Slott Marc Guggenheim Roger Stern Zeb Wells |
| Letterer(s) | VC's Joe Caramagna |
| Book 1 | ISBN |
| Book 2 | ISBN |
"The Gauntlet" and "Grim Hunt" are 2009-2010 storylines published by Marvel Comics. Despite being more issues "The Gauntlet" was solicited as leading up to the "Grim Hunt" story, and the two storylines are interconnected. Written by The Amazing Spider-Man architects (Mark Waid, Marc Guggenheim, Fred Van Lente and Joe Kelly), "The Gauntlet" is not a strict event or storyline; it is the branding that indicates the direction of Spider-Man's life. In effect it is an event similar to Dark Reign only focusing on Spider-Man and his circle. "Grim Hunt" directly follows "The Gauntlet" and acts as a sequel of sorts to "Kraven's Last Hunt". The storyline received generally positive reviews.
The story features many old Spider-Man villains: Sandman, Electro, Chameleon, Mysterio, Hammerhead, Lizard, Morbius, the Living Vampire and Rhino as well as appearances by Deadpool,Scorpion II, Vulture (Jimmy Natale), and Juggernaut.
"The Gauntlet is basically the over-arching theme of the Spidey stores starting in November. It's built of individual stories bring back Spidey's classic enemies. So it's not some 18-part story, where you're going to see "The Gauntlet Part 7" and "Part 8" and so on. What it is is sort of a branding for the level of conflict building in Spider-Man's life. The classic villains returning one after the other, but they're not necessarily working together. There's not some secret mastermind behind it all, bringing them all together. The fact that it's so relentless and that these battles and fights build throughout several months is going to have a cost for Peter Parker, and perhaps someone is going to take advantage of that." --The Amazing Spider-Man editor Steve Wacker
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