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Who is Tombstone? The Spider-Man villain taking over amid Marvel’s Spider-Noir craze

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 …

Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge’s tombstone used in ‘A Christmas Carol’ movie | Hollywood

Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge’s tombstone used in ‘A Christmas Carol’ movie | Hollywood

Nov 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge’s tombstone used in ‘A Christmas Carol’ movie LONDON — If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge’s tombstone used in ‘A Christmas Carol’ movie Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The movie prop used in the 1984 adaption of “A Christmas Carol” was kept in place and became a tourist attraction. Town Clerk Helen Ball said the town is discussing what should be done to fix or replace the stone that is “hugely popular” with residents and visitors. This time of year, organized tours of locations used in the movie visit the grounds of St. Chad’s Church to see the marker. “There’s not much to see other than broken bits of the gravestone,” Ball told The Associated Press. “You can’t see that it says Ebenezer Scrooge at the moment …