Vulture (Marvel Comics)

Vulture
The Vulture as seen in interior artwork from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (October 1964). Art by Steve Ditko.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Isidoro Scarlotti: Young Men #26 (December 1953) Adrian Toomes: The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May 1963)[1] Blackie Drago: The Amazing Spider-Man #48 (February 1967) Clifton Shallot: The Amazing Spider-Man #127 (February 1973) Jimmy Natale: The Amazing Spider-Man #592 (April 2009)
Created by	Stan Lee Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter ego	Isidoro Scarlotti Adrian Toomes Blackie Drago Clifton Shallot Jimmy Natale
Team affiliations	Sinister Six Orchis Savage Six
Notable aliases	Director Vulture Falcon
Abilities	Genius intelligence Electromagnetic harness grants: Superhuman strength, durability, speed, agility, and lifespan Flight Youth vampirism Armored version grants: Razor-sharp wings Feather projection

The Vulture is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most of whom are depicted as recurring enemies of the superhero Spider-Man and part of his adversaries composing his rogues gallery, typically using special suits which allow them to fly at vast speeds.

The first incarnation of the character, Isidoro Scarlotti, is an Italian scientist and an enemy of the original Human Torch and Toro. The second and most prominent incarnation of the character, Adrian Toomes, is an inventive but maniacal genius who designed his suit and turned to a life of crime, becoming an enemy of Spider-Man and a founding member of the Sinister Six, with later characters to assume the mantle including Blackie Drago, a former cellmate of Toomes, and Clifton Shallot and Jimmy Natale, human/bird hybrids of independent origins. Toomes is later revealed to be the grandfather of the superhero Starling.

Since his conception, the character has been adapted from into various other forms of Spider-Man media, including television series and video games. In live-action, the character was played by Michael Keaton in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Morbius (2022).