WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for Morbius, in theaters now.
Morbius is the latest entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, and it has perhaps the weirdest examples of post-credits scenes yet. Being set after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, these scenes tease the future of what Sony has been planning for close to a decade now. Of course, these plans all hinge on a wing and a prayer… the wings of a vulture, in particular.
Michael Keaton’s incarnation of Adrian Toomes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe returns, and his debut in the Sony Universe even gives him back some familiar duds. Toomes having this costume doesn’t make much sense, but it could make total sense if Sony is in fact setting its budding universe in the same world as a now rightfully praised incarnation of Spider-Man.
Vulture Flies Into Sony’s Spider-Man Universe
In the first post-credits scene in Morbius, the crack in the fabric of reality caused by Doctor Strange’s spell in Spider-Man: No Way Home affects the Sony Universe. From this, Adrian Toomes is somehow jettisoned from his world into the Earth of Morbius and the Venom movies. Due to this mysterious circumstance, and the fact that he logically shouldn’t exist in this world, Toomes is released from the prison that he magically manifested in.
The next post-credits scene has him meeting up with Michael Morbius, likely a good few weeks or so later. He does so in full Vulture costume, somehow having regained the suit he had in the MCU. This makes absolutely no sense, as said suit wasn’t on his person when he came into the Sony Universe. One highly likely explanation, however, is that this is a stolen Oscorp suit, one last seen in the climax of The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Is Morbius Set In the Amazing Spider-Man Universe?
In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Oscorp is seen in the possession of several technological, animal-themed devices and suits. These include the Rhino armor stolen by Aleksei Sytsevich in the same movie, as well as the Amazing Spider-Man universe version of Doctor Octopus’ tentacles and The Vulture’s flight harness. While not exactly the same, the Vulture wings in the movie were somewhat similar to the ones later worn by Keaton’s Vulture in the MCU. Thus, it could be extrapolated that, upon entering into that universe, Vulture found an updated version of the wings seen in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and took them for himself. The director of the movie even confirmed that this is a different suit than the one previously seen.
If this is indeed the case, it confirms that the Sony Universe Spider-Man is indeed Andrew Garfield’s version of the character. Many already suspected this, with some believing that Andrew would again take up the role of Sony’s Spider-Man while Tom Holland defended the MCU. This theory became a fan demand after the character redeemed himself in No Way Home, with viewers eagerly wanting more adventures of his Spider-Man. The trailers for Morbius further fueled these theories, and it helps that it would be the most logical thing for Sony to do.
This setup would allow for an easy explanation of how Vulture somehow recovers his wings, not to mention begin establishing the Sinister Six in a somewhat organic fashion. With Toomes recruiting Morbius to his “team,” it would seem that Vulture has come full circle in a narrative way. Having originally stolen technology from Tony Stark, he’s now the Iron Man of sorts for the Sony-Verse, recruiting team members for an initiative far more sinister than the Avengers. This will likely see him show up in similar role during the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie, as well as perhaps even the Madame Web film. No matter where he shows up next, Vulture flies yet again, and he may be sharing the skies with another, far more amazing Spider-Man.
Too see Vulture fly into the Sony Spider-Man Universe, watch Morbius, in theaters now.
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