Adrian Toomes (Earth-26496)

Vulture
Name	Adrian Toomes
Current Alias	Vulture
Aliases	Mr. Toomes, Buzzard, Old Bazzard, Flaps
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly Master Planner; Sinister Six; Oscorp
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Black
Hair	Bald
Unusual Features	Long nose
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Adrian Toomes invented a winged suit, which gave him the powers of flight and superhuman strength.
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-26496
Place of Birth	Staten Island, New York
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Professional criminal, former engineer, inventor, businessman
Base of Operations	New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Greg Weisman
First	Spectacular Spider-Man S1E01 (March 8, 2008)
First	Spectacular Spider-Man S1E01 (March 8, 2008)

I'm what you called me now. I'm The Vulture!

—Vulture[source]

History

Adrian Toomes was an aerodynamics engineer who developed a magnetic air transport and presented it to OsCorp. Norman Osborn rejected the designs and four months later, announced that OsCorp was developing Flight Tech. Toomes was furious but Osborn refused to apologize for it, stating that Toomes did not have the credibility to prove he invented the system and that no one would believe that he, an old timer, could have done it. Toomes donned his flight suit, calling himself the Vulture and swooped in on Osborn, taking him hostage. Toomes demanded Osborn announce to the world that the flight tech was his invention, give him the money he deserved and issue and immediate apology. However, Osborn adamantly refused to do so and Spider-Man got in the way twice.

Toomes soon joined Doctor Octopus, Rhino, Sandman, and Shocker in breaking out of prison and getting revenge on Spider-Man. The Sinister Six beat him the first time. The second time, however, Black Suit Spidey won.

When the new Sinister Six formed and tried to take Spider-Man down, Vulture was paired with Electro, but his paranoia from what happened in the last fight became his downfall.

He was with Doc Ock at the meeting between the three crime lords. When Silver Sable was poisoned, he jumped to protect Octavius, only to get shot down by Hammerhead. He escaped from the cops.

Currently, Toomes is one of the remaining allies of the Master Planner's empire.

Attributes

Abilities

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Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Vulture's Wings: Flight pack can be punctured until reinforced, also flight helmet can be torn off. Also, if one of his wings is destroyed, he can't steer himself in the air.

Transportation

He prefers flying.

Notes

• Osborn called Toomes a buzzard but he misheard it as vulture.

Trivia

• Similar to the continuity of Earth-616, the Vulture was the first traditionally costumed super-villain Spider-Man ever faced.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Adrian Toomes (Earth-26496)
• 1 mention(s) of Adrian Toomes (Earth-26496)
• 9 image(s) of Adrian Toomes (Earth-26496)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Adrian Toomes (Earth-26496)