Who Is Tinkerer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tinkerer is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Phineas Mason, with over 258 comic issue appearances. The Tinkerer is a Marvel character with an almost superhuman gift of genius in engineering, able to invent incredible gadgets from spare parts left lying around. His genius is comparable to the Fixer.

Who is Tinkerer?

Origin Phineas Mason is an insanely brilliant inventor who works for super villains designing their weaponry and gadgets, though he has been known to undertake criminal enterprises of his own. As his alias, the Tinkerer, he runs an underground military-style engineering bay disguised as a simple radio repair shop. Several times, customers have confronted Mason by entering his shop and presenting a radio to assist in his guise, often letting out a witty quip such as, "I've got a radio here that just can't carry a tune." The original scheme of the Tinkerer involved the employment of several thugs and placing bugs in repaired radios to gain secret information on people and blackmailing them. During an escape from Spider-Man he left behind a mask resembling his own face, and took off in a very UFO-like hovercraft. Thus it was believed for a short time that the Tinkerer's genius came from an alien culture and that Tinkerer himself was an alien. Creation The Tinkerer (Phineas Mason), is a Marvel comic book character, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. The character first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #2 released in 1963. The character is also known as the Terrible Tinkere.

Key facts

Tinkerer is of human origin and first appeared in "Duel To The Death With The Vulture; The Uncanny Threat Of The Terrible Tinkerer". The character is published by Marvel. With 258 recorded issue appearances, Tinkerer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.