"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote: > > Is it must me, or is the Vulture mosly just comic relief, > the idiot supervillain who doesn't have a chance but just > can't figure that fact out? (Did you read the Spidey-Vulture > clash in one of the recent Peter Parker issues? That was a > hoot.)
IIRC, The Vulture was definitely one of the lesser-villians, and would have been a match for a non-powered superhero. He wasn't all that onerous a villian, and pretty much stuck to robbery as his great list of crimes, but was one of Spidey's first. He was also necessary experience for Peter to grow as spiderman, both in skill and philosopy. If he showed up recently, he would definitely be way outclassed. If you want a laughable villian, how about Osprey?* -- Matt * Oprey was a victim of an arch-villian who strapped an anti-grav pack on him and was presumed dead somewhere in space. One of the _Marvel_Super_Heroes_ RPG books used him as a sample character as part of their demonstration of character creation. His story was that he somehow figured out how to control the anti-grav pack and now uses it to fly, but that's about it. No super strength, no cunning intellect, no grand resources or crime lab, etc. He was always worth a laugh when anyone mentioned him.
