Every Spider-Man Movie Villain Ranked From Worst To Best

Say what you will about Michael Keaton, he knows how to play a birdman.

His incarnation of Vulture soars over the pitfalls of his villainous predecessors in Homecoming, always retaining a modicum of charm even in his darkest hours.

It's easy to sympathise with Adrian Toomes as his layers are stripped away and his true, family-centric motivation for maintaining a criminal empire is revealed - and who wasn't on his side when the government muscles in on his alien salvage operations?

Toomes walks the tightrope of grey morality throughout, and his ruthless mindset is perfectly offset against the fledgling Spider-Man's purist take on good and evil.

Homecoming's tone is often lighthearted, almost John Hughes-esque during the high school scenes, but an appearance by Keaton is all it takes for a dramatic shift towards darkness, such is his screen presence.

In full Vulture mode, Toomes is as threatening as his is awe-inspiring and always conveys a sense of being Spidey's physical superior, without descending into farcical territory like the original Green Goblin and a dozen other villains we could mention.

Toomes also earns bonus points for running a crew comprised of other classic Spidey villains, such as The Tinkerer and two versions of the Shocker. They could have claimed standalone entires on this list with a little more screen time.

Keaton's contract with Marvel Studios is for one movie, but let's hope the Vulture makes a more permanent nest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.