If you've been reading
That's So Kraven! (and I sincerely hope you have) then you may have noticed we've added Raven's brother Cory from the show. When trying to decide how to present Cory, Trina and I had a sit-down with our globe-hopping friend Kim. The three of us decided that an excellent foil visually for Kraven would be a bony old man. So, we selected
The Vulture as our muse for Cory Baxter, and the rest is recent history.
Here's a drawing I did of Cory before we added him to the strip. The old-man look is obviously an homage to Adrian Toomes, the original Vulture. The 'going to school' costume is a reference to Blackie Drago, the second Vulture, who actually teamed up with Kraven the Hunter for a couple of issues.
A friend of mine pointed out that he bears a strong resemblance to
Mr. Magoo, but I was honestly much more influenced by both
Barney Rubble and the Bruce Timm version of
Mr. Mxyzptlk!
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