Spider-Man: Homecoming - 13 Biggest Rumours You Need To Know (July 4th)
8. Vulture Will Be Aided By The Tinkerer (And Chitauri Tech)
According to an exclusive scoop by JoBlo, Vulture will indeed be the main villain, and not only that, but he will be assisted in his nefarious plots by another Spider-Man bad guy stalwart in the shape of The Tinkerer.
Their scoop reveals that The Tinkerer will help the Vulture develop his flight suit using Chitauri technology recovered from the Battle Of New York, because everyone knows using unknown, advanced alien technology you found is always a great idea. And there is some suggestion that Logan Marshall-Green will be playing the tech-genius.
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If Marvel are indeed pushing Spidey's links to the MCU. it would be pretty smart to retroactively link to the main narrative flashpoint of the franchise to date. Since The Avengers, almost every subplot has blossomed out of that Battle with Loki and the Chitauri, and having villains profit from the destruction would be a clever new dimension.
You would have to worry that introducing such a minor villain wouldn't suit the requirements of the first solo Marvel Spider-Man, but then going too big too early might have just as damaging an effect. We've seen Green Goblin twice now, and introducing Oscorp right from the off might be deemed "jumping the shark" when there are lots of other villains Marvel could play with.