Tinkerer
| Tinkerer | |
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Art by Peter Poplaski.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (April 1963) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Phineas Mason |
| Team affiliations | Masters of Evil |
| Notable aliases | The Terrible Tinkerer, Dr. Walker |
| Abilities | Expert weapons designer and manufacturer Scientific Genius Extensive scientific knowledge |
Tinkerer (Phineas Mason) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (April 1963). The character has an almost superhuman gift of genius in engineering, able to invent sophisticated gadgets from nothing more than spare parts left over from ordinary household appliances.
The character will make his cinematic debut in Spider-Man: Homecoming, played by Michael Chernus.
Phineas Mason is a brilliant inventor and technician who designs advanced weaponry for criminals and sometimes undertakes crimes of his own. As the "Terrible Tinkerer", he runs an underground fix-it shop disguised as a radio repair shop. On at least one occasion, a potential customer gained the inventor's attention by presenting a transistor radio and telling Mason that "I've got a radio that just can't carry a tune". Tinkerer's original scheme involved the employment of a team of petty has-been stuntmen and thugs. They specialized in placing bugs into radios and blackmailing state officials and politicians.
Tinkerer tried to present himself as an alien to confuse his pursuers by leaving behind a mask that looked like his face when he escaped from Spider-Man in a hovercraft shaped like a flying saucer. His next encounter with Spider-Man resulted in deploying the Toy, a hi-tech robot that serves as an assistant and lackey. Toy also helped Tinkerer escape from his hideout when it was raided by the police.
He is known to have created the suit for Mysterio, a man that once worked as one of his alien-suited servants. He created the Scorpion's tail, and much later he was hired by the Kingpin to rebuild the Spider-Mobile to destroy Spider-Man.
He redesigned Rocket Racer's rocket-powered skateboard, designed an armed wheel-shaped vehicle called the Big Wheel, and repaired the Goldbug's bug-ship. He robbed loan companies by using remote-controlled toys until stopped by Spider-Man.
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