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Adrian Toomes gained self-cstccm from criminality. A founder of B&T Electronics with his fricnd Grcgory Bestman.Toomes had just completed his electromagnetic harness—which enabled him to fly—when be discovctcd his partner had been detrauding the company. I )esperate for iwcnge Toomes destroyed thc company s fu tory and found a substantial caebe of money. Hc then embarked upon a lito of crime. throughout which he has been contmually dogged by Spioer-Man.

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FIRST APPEARANCE Ayengers *72 (January 1970)

REAL NAME E'aine McLaughlm OCCUPATION Professional criminal BASE Denver. Colorado

HEIGHT S ft 6 in WEIGHT 125 Ibs EYES Green HAIR Red SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Snarp cnminal rmnd; good organizor: a skilled hand-to-hand combatant.

Gang boss Virgo was recruitcd to bc a member of Cornelius Van Lunts ZoniAC crime cartel, in which each member would adopt thc guisc of a di (Teren t sign of thc zodiac, and control a tcrricory in a difFerent American city. Zodiac was equipped with statc-of-thc-art weaponry and their ultimate goal was global domination. Howevcr. their bid for power was foiled by thc combined forces of SHIELD and thc Antngers. Later. a rogue Zodiac faction led by former Cartel member Scorpio and using androids to represent thc twclvc zodiological symbols targeted the original Zodiac leaders for death. In the end. Virgo was slain by her robot counterpart. TB

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Cynthia von Doom was a sorceress who belonged to a group of Latvcrian g>-psics called the Zeftro. She married Werner von Doom, a healer.Their son Victor grew up to becomc Doctor Doom. Cynthia summoncd thc demon Mephisto, who ołTered her great power so she could ovcrthrovv l.atverias ruthlcss king and give her pcoplc a homeland. She unleashcd terrible magie but could not control it.

One of the kings guards killed her, and her soul joincd Mephisto in I leli. After Cynthia s death, young Victor found his mothers trunk of magie paraphernalia.

Ever\' ycar sińce he has tried to summon her back from

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FACTFłLE REAL NAME Adrian Toomes OCCUPATION lnventor; cnminal BASE Slaten Island

While Toomes was in prison, his cellmate, Blackie Drago, discovered thc location of Toomes’ spare Vulture suit. Finding it dilłicult to use. Drago also sufTered defeat at Spidcr-Mans hands, before being bcaten by 1’oomes. who had cscaped incarceration. Since then,Toomes’ criminal shenanigans have continued to he intersperscd with battles with the wallcrawler. AIthough now an olei man,Toomes’ hatred of Spidcr-Man is likely to keep him alivc for years to come. A >

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HEIGHT 5 ft 11 in WEIGHT 175 Ibs EYES Haztrf HAIR Norie

FIRST APPEARANCE

Amazrng Sptder-Man Vol. 1 #2 (May 1963)

Von Doom, Cynthia

FIRST APPEARANCE Aslonrshrng Tales #8 (October 1971)

REAL NAME Cynthia von Doom

OCCUPATION Sorceress BASE Astral piane

HEIGHT S ft 8 in WEIGHT 150 Ibs EYES Brown HAIR Brown

SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Knowtedgo of magie allowed her

to contact domoos; howevor she often unieashod foces that it was

beyond Iw abilities to control.

Fteclromagnoiic harness wom tx«vftaih costume enabtes ihe VUIturo to fly ot spoods ol up to 95 mph. It afso augments hss sfrangth, agiity. and endorance to superhuman lovois.

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