Adrian Toomes was an aerodynamics engineer who developed a magnetic air transport and presented it to OsCorp. Norman Osborn rejected the designs and four months later, announced that OsCorp was developing Flight Tech. Toomes was furious but Osborn refused to apologize for it, stating that Toomes did not have the credibility to prove he invented the system and that no one would believe that he, an old timer, could have done it. Toomes donned his flight suit, calling himself the Vulture and swooped in on Osborn, taking him hostage. Toomes demanded Osborn announce to the world that the flight tech was his invention, give him the money he deserved and issue and immediate apology. However, Osborn adamantly refused to do so and Spider-Man got in the way twice.