Who is Tombstone? The Spider-Man villain taking over amid Marvel’s Spider-Noir craze
If you have been watching Spider-Noir on Prime Video and wondering who the intimidating, hard-skinned character Lonnie is, that is Tombstone, one of Spider-Man’s most enduring villains, and he is having quite a moment right now. Spider-Noir has brought Tombstone back into the spotlight. (X/ @SpiderMan_Newz) Tombstone, whose real name is Lonnie Lincoln, first appeared in the 1987 comic Web of Spider-Man #36, created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Alex Saviuk, according to Polygon. In the comics, he is typically portrayed as an albino African American gangster who got into crime early, extorting fellow students for protection money back in high school. He also has a long-running grudge against journalist Joseph Robertson, a former classmate who once tried to expose his crimes, a relationship that several adaptations have leaned into heavily. In the original comics, Tombstone was first shown as a huge and intimidating man without any superpowers. Later, he gained super strength and almost indestructible skin after being exposed to an experimental gas created by Oscorp. Besides fighting Spider-Man, he has also been …









