Spider-Man: Homecoming - 6 Things You Need To Know About The Vulture

6. He Was The Second Spider-Man Villain Ever

The Vulture originated 54 years ago in May 1963. Co-created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, he first menaced Spider-Man in Amazing Spider-Man #2. The only costumed villain to predate The Vulture is Chameleon in Amazing Spider-Man #1. Coming into the Spider-Man comics so early cemented The Vulture into Spider-Man lore and supposedly due to positive fan reaction, he would return just a few months later in Amazing Spider-Man #7.

In the long history of fictional Marvel science, The Vulture is able to fly and has enhanced strength due to an electromagnetic field he engineered. This field is generated by a pack within his suit. Unlike the mechanized film version of the character, in the comics his method of flight is not visible.

The Vulture is also the first villain that Spider-Man photographed before selling the pictures to J. Jonah Jameson. With those first photos, he was able to pay his aunt's rent for a year.