Kraven the Hunter: Marvel’s Miles Warren & The Jackal Explained – Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News

Kraven the Hunter just released, and it name-dropped a key character from Marvel Comics history, Miles Warren, best known to hardcore comic and Spider-Man fans as the villain, The Jackal. However, people who are unaware of the character’s significance wonder what his role in the film and comic is.

Curious about who Miles Warren in Kraven the Hunter is and the Jackal’s role in Marvel Comics? Here’s everything you need to know.

Miles Warren in Kraven and his Jackal in Marvel comics explained

In Kraven the Hunter, Miles Warren is a mysterious doctor based in New York. He never actually appears in the film, but is mentioned by Aleksei Systevich and Dmitri Smerdyakov. Both Aleksei and Dmitri cite Warren as the cause of their respective powers and identities as the Rhino and the Chameleon.

However, Miles Warren aka The Jackal has a significant role in Marvel Comics, typically in Spider-Man stories. He has nothing to do with the origin of the rhinoceros and chameleon.

In the comics, Warren is a biochemistry professor at Empire State University, attended by Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. He also learned about genetics from the High Evolutionary. During his time associated with the High Evolutionary, Warren helped create a creature called the Man-Jackal. Unfortunately, the creature managed to escape and apparently killed Warren’s family, whose trauma drove Warren insane.

Warren was eventually asked to leave the High Evolutionary due to his strong influence on the New Men and his cloning experiments.

Miles Warren and Spider-Man’s conflict began when he developed feelings for Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker’s girlfriend. After Stacy’s iconic and tragic death at the hands of the Green Goblin, Warren blamed Spider-Man for her death.

Following this, Warren created various clones of both Stacy and Peter Parker, including Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider, in his campaign of revenge against the wallcrawler. This eventually drove him insane and he developed a secret identity of the Jackal. He also attempted to hire or manipulate other villains/anti-heroes such as Scorpion, Tarantula and The Punisher to kill Spider-Man, ultimately failing.

Originally published by Abdul Azam Naushad on Coming soon.