Vulture, along with the other members of the Sinister Six, joined with Rhino, Scorpion and Carnage (forming the Noxious Nine) in order to take out the Blin Quay Nuclear Power Station in Brooklyn, New York. After Sandman, Mysterio and Electro were killed, Carnage was atomized in a containment field that caused an overload, releasing radiation throughout the plant and fusing the genetic material of the remaining members, including Vulture, to their costumes. Later, the now-animalistic members of the Noxious Nine, including Vulture, tracked down Spider-Man and killed him.