some villains operate more efficiently
behind the scenes welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll explore
the comic book origins of the tinkerer
you see my skill enhancement suits work
perfectly as with most comic book
characters they’re often reimagining and
different versions to a character’s past
we have chosen to primarily follow the
storyline which unfolded in 1963 s
amazing spider-man number 2 which was
expanded upon in 1976 s amazing
spider-man numbers 159 to 160 the
tinkerer is one of spider-man’s oldest
albeit not best recognized foes having
debuted in 1963 his first appearance
raised as many questions as it answered
in this story Peter Parker was given the
opportunity to assist a famous professor
with his experiments as a favor to the
professor Peter agreed to pick up a
radio which he had taken to a strange
little shop to get repaired this shop
was run by an old man who seemed
eccentric but harmless however
unbeknownst to Peter the old man who
called himself the tinkerer was in
league with creatures from outer space
that were bent on conquering the world
Peters spidey-sense went crazy after he
picked up the radio although he told
himself he was just imagining things he
eventually found that the professor’s
radio had been bugged
switching to his spider-man persona he
returned to the old man’s shop to find
out just what was going on there he
learned that the tinkerer was helping
the space aliens to gather important
scientific and military secrets
naturally
spider-man couldn’t allow this to happen
when he intervened he was captured
fortunately spider-man escaped the trap
before succeeding in driving away the
alien menace in the ensuing struggle the
tinkerer escaped but not before
spider-man discovered that the old man
had been wearing a mask
to make him appear human spider-man
deduced that the tinkerer must have been
an alien in disguise or was he the
tinkerer laid low for many years not
reappearing until 1976 in this story arc
the tinkerer revealed that he was indeed
human rather than an invader from space
the mask he had left behind had been a
red herring meant to throw spider-man
off his trail the villain also revealed
that his real career
was not to be a supervillain per se but
to use his incredible talents as an
inventor to help other supervillains
over the years he had become the go-to
guy for unique and special weaponry such
as the souped-up spider mobile which has
lately been chasing spider-man and
nullifying his powers
needless to say the webslinger made
short work of both the tinkerer and the
spider mobile over the years the
tinkerer remained a behind the scenes
weapons maker for various villains from
the Rocket Racer to the kingpin while in
the employment of the latter an
interesting fact was revealed about the
tinkerer namely that he was the father
of Rick Mason a former shield operative
who had become a freelance secret agent
the tinkerer may have decided that his
career path lay as a behind-the-scenes
force behind felony but he has still
managed to make appearances in media
beyond the printed page he has sometimes
had a different appearance than the one
comic book readers are familiar with but
this didn’t affect his ability to create
obstacles to frustrate the friendly
neighborhood spider-man master planner
its tinkerer spider-man and the cops
have come and gone they recovered
nothing are you a fan of the tinkerer
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com everything
proceeds out into my master plan
behind the scenes welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll explore
the comic book origins of the tinkerer
you see my skill enhancement suits work
perfectly as with most comic book
characters they’re often reimagining and
different versions to a character’s past
we have chosen to primarily follow the
storyline which unfolded in 1963 s
amazing spider-man number 2 which was
expanded upon in 1976 s amazing
spider-man numbers 159 to 160 the
tinkerer is one of spider-man’s oldest
albeit not best recognized foes having
debuted in 1963 his first appearance
raised as many questions as it answered
in this story Peter Parker was given the
opportunity to assist a famous professor
with his experiments as a favor to the
professor Peter agreed to pick up a
radio which he had taken to a strange
little shop to get repaired this shop
was run by an old man who seemed
eccentric but harmless however
unbeknownst to Peter the old man who
called himself the tinkerer was in
league with creatures from outer space
that were bent on conquering the world
Peters spidey-sense went crazy after he
picked up the radio although he told
himself he was just imagining things he
eventually found that the professor’s
radio had been bugged
switching to his spider-man persona he
returned to the old man’s shop to find
out just what was going on there he
learned that the tinkerer was helping
the space aliens to gather important
scientific and military secrets
naturally
spider-man couldn’t allow this to happen
when he intervened he was captured
fortunately spider-man escaped the trap
before succeeding in driving away the
alien menace in the ensuing struggle the
tinkerer escaped but not before
spider-man discovered that the old man
had been wearing a mask
to make him appear human spider-man
deduced that the tinkerer must have been
an alien in disguise or was he the
tinkerer laid low for many years not
reappearing until 1976 in this story arc
the tinkerer revealed that he was indeed
human rather than an invader from space
the mask he had left behind had been a
red herring meant to throw spider-man
off his trail the villain also revealed
that his real career
was not to be a supervillain per se but
to use his incredible talents as an
inventor to help other supervillains
over the years he had become the go-to
guy for unique and special weaponry such
as the souped-up spider mobile which has
lately been chasing spider-man and
nullifying his powers
needless to say the webslinger made
short work of both the tinkerer and the
spider mobile over the years the
tinkerer remained a behind the scenes
weapons maker for various villains from
the Rocket Racer to the kingpin while in
the employment of the latter an
interesting fact was revealed about the
tinkerer namely that he was the father
of Rick Mason a former shield operative
who had become a freelance secret agent
the tinkerer may have decided that his
career path lay as a behind-the-scenes
force behind felony but he has still
managed to make appearances in media
beyond the printed page he has sometimes
had a different appearance than the one
comic book readers are familiar with but
this didn’t affect his ability to create
obstacles to frustrate the friendly
neighborhood spider-man master planner
its tinkerer spider-man and the cops
have come and gone they recovered
nothing are you a fan of the tinkerer
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com everything
proceeds out into my master plan
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