Adrian Toomes (Earth-981)

{{Character Template|Title = Vulture|CurrentAlias = The Vulture|RealName = Adrian T. Toomes|Image = Ultiverse Vulture.jpg|Aliases = Bird-Man|Identity = Public|AlienRace = Human|Alignment = Bad|Affiliation = "Vulture robbers", formerly Nexus Consolidated.|Universe = Earth-981|BaseOfOperations = Manhattan, New York City, New York|Gender = Male|Height = 5'11"|Weight = 175 lbs (79 kg)|Eyes = Hazel|Hair = Bald|Citizenship = American|MaritalStatus = Single|Occupation = Criminal, engineer inventor, thief, former businessman|Origin = Adrian Toomes invented a winged suit, which gave him the powers of flight|Creators = FaKeRoBiN46|First = Ultiverse Spider-Man #12|HistoryText = ===Criminal Career=== Adrian Toomes was a wealthy business man until J. Jonah Jameson wrote articles in the Daily Bugle which lead the City to investigate him, revealing that his factories were causing mass pollution, leading to the authorities shutting them down.

In the years that followed, Toomes became a full time thief and built up a fortune by stealing high tech equipment from other company's, making weapons out of them, and selling them to criminals. For his operations, Toomes constructed his own battle suit consisting of 2 huge mechanical wings and adopted the guise of the Vulture. He would also managed to hire goons to accompany Toomes in his robberies, Toomes would also sport them with heavy body armor and jetpacks that enable them to fly.

Duel with Spider-Man
Toomes would later attempt to steal an experimental vibranium metal from a Roxxon laboratory. His goons are moments away from detonating a safe that contained the vibranium when Spider-Man shows up to stop them. Spider-Man makes quick work of his goons but Toomes manages to escape. Days later, Toomes forms a diversion for the webslinger so he couldn't foil his heist any further by attacking the Daily Bugle Building. He demanded Spider-Man on live television or they will start eliminating hostages.

As soon as the moment presents itself freelance photographer Peter Parker escapes into the shadows to re-emerge as Spider-Man. However, Spider-Man figures out that The Vulture has set a trap for Spider-Man and no one knows that they plan on being the only ones getting out of the station alive. After Spider-Man disarmed all the Vulture's bombs in the Bugle, Spider-Man freed the hostages and went after Vulture and foiled his Vibranium heist yet again and was arrested by the authorities.}}