Adrian Toomes

**Adrian Toomes**, also known by his alias **Vulture**, is an antagonist in *Marvel's Spider-Man*, with minor appearances in *Miles Morales* and *Marvel's Spider-Man 2*. A former engineer, Vulture uses high-tech artificial wings to fly at very high speeds and has a beak-like oxygen mask, which gave him a robotic voice.

Following the prison break in the Raft orchestrated by Doctor Octopus, Vulture becomes a member of the Sinister Six and actively supports Otto's infamous plans to take down Osborn and his company. Adrian is personally tasked with luring Spider-Man into a confrontation with the supervillains, but is eventually defeated by the hero and ends up imprisoned. Two years after the hunt, Vulture was a target of Kraven the Hunter.

## History

### Early history

Adrian Toomes was born in Staten Island, New York around the year 1942. He is a former engineer whose research partner, Greg Bestman, taught at Empire State University.

Vulture crafted his high-tech flight suit himself, and at one point tried to take Bestman down. Spider-Man battled him more than any of his other foes. Though Spider-Man initially did not take himself seriously due to his bird costume and name, he failed on many attempts before stopping Vulture, after which Vulture was locked away at the Raft.

### *Marvel's Spider-Man*

Early on in the game, Adrian Toomes fell ill with spinal cancer caused by the power source in his suit, and was moved to the Raft's infirmary for treatment. J. Jonah Jameson on his podcast reported this, complaining about the public funds cost and questioning why the Raft has an infirmary as opposed to simply letting prisoners die there.

Doctor Octopus, formulating his plan to take down Norman Osborn, approached Vulture, promising he had developed a cure for the illness that his suit has inflicted on him. Vulture then joined the Sinister Six and, in "Out of the Frying Pan...", was freed from the Raft and fought Spider-Man. On Octopus' orders, he stood down as Octopus gave Spider-Man a warning.

In "Picking up the Trail", when Spider-Man discovered Doctor Octopus' base of operations, Vulture was present as the backup plan in case the bomb in the base did not kill Spider-Man. When Spider-Man survived, Vulture picked him up and tossed him to the Oscorp power plant that he and Electro were attacking. Despite their efforts, Spider-Man took them both down.

### *Miles Morales*

Vulture himself did not appear, but was the subject of the final of Peter Parker's challenges for Miles Morales.

### *Marvel's Spider-Man 2*

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Six months prior to the events of the game, the Vulture was transferred out of The Raft to the district of Chinatown, south of Manhattan. Kraven the Hunter learned about Toomes' high intelligence and criminal activities and decided to select him as a target in his "Final Hunt" prior to arriving in New York City, hoping the Vulture would be capable of providing him a worthy challenge.

Kraven conducted extensive research into Toomes, learning about his experimental wings and where Toomes' was located. Kraven deemed Toomes' wings his greatest asset, given it granted him the ability to fly and strike down opponents with his blades at high speed.

Prepared, Kraven then hunted Toomes and fought against him. Despite the Vulture's unique capabilities, he was unable to match Kraven, who successfully killed him in their fight. As a prize, Kraven clipped Toomes' wings from his body to keep as a trophy. However, he later studied them. Kraven then recorded his experience fighting Toomes, musing that he wasn't as challenging to fight as he hoped he would be. Mary Jane Watson later finds the Vulture's wings when sneaking through one of Kraven's hideouts.

Vulture later appeared as a hallucination in Peter's mind that Miles Morales and Martin Li encountered while trying to free Peter from the symbiote.

## Characteristics

### Appearance

Adrian's appearance is typical of someone in their advanced years: bald and wrinkled skin. He is always seen wearing his winged suit, which is primarily black and light green with silver trim. The wings on the suit are retractable, and are wider than a man's height when fully extended.

### Abilities

Vulture is a gifted mechanical engineer, having invented his original flight suit. With Doctor Octopus's aid, he built a new, high-tech winged suit of his own design with newly added compact jet engine. This gives him the ability to fly at speeds of up to 95 miles per hour, launch energized knife-like projectiles from his wingtips, and enhanced strength. His age gives him low stamina, as seen during his fight with Spider-Man, in which he regularly has to stop momentarily to catch his breath.

## Original appearance

For more background of Adrian Toomes throughout comic book history, see **all appearances of Vulture** and the **original appearance of Adrian Toomes** on the **Marvel Database**
Vulture was one of the original members of the Sinister Six. His first appearance was in *Amazing Spider-Man* #2 (May 1963).

## Behind the scenes

Dwight Schultz is the voice of Toomes, who reprises his role as the Vulture from the 2002 *Spider-Man* video game. His holographic counterpart in Spider-Man: Miles Morales is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.

## Notes

### Annotations

1. ↑ Vulture is 76 years old in *Marvel's Spider-Man*, which takes place in 2018.

### Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *Marvel's Spider-Man* menu § "Adrian Toomes / Vulture"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Miles Morales* script § "Final Test"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 *Marvel's Spider-Man* script § "Picking up the Trail"
4. ↑ *Marvel's Spider-Man* script § "The Way of Nature"
5. ↑ *Marvel's Spider-Man* script § "Out of the Frying Pan..."

## References

* Insomniac Games (2018). *Marvel's Spider-Man* [Game]. Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation 4.
* Insomniac Games (2020). *Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales* [Game]. Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation 5.
* Insomniac Games (2023). *Marvel's Spider-Man 2* [Game]. Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation 5.