Spider-Man PS4: 10 Villains Insomniac Must Include
10. Tombstone
Marvel Comics
Tombstone might just look like a shiny mobster, but he'd make for a fantastic threat in the upcoming Spidey title, given the requisite attention.
Introduced by writer Gerry Conway back in 1988, Tombstone was a ruthless gangster with an indestructible body. The villain (not to be confused with other Spidey mobster, Hammerhead), also had a history with Robbie Robertson - a supporting character stationed at the Daily Bugle and a close friend of Peter's while he worked there.
If Insomniac wished to reference this relationship, potentially with MJ in the lead instead - given her job at the Bugle - then it would make for a fantastic, neo-noir style side mission. In rekindling Pete's days at the paper too, it would make for the perfect bridge between his earlier years and the place we find him in during the main story.
He might not be the most dazzling choice out there, but in fleshing out their new universe, Tombstone could prove to be a vital inclusion.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
