

As the argument with Brice and Toomes still escalated, Toomes told Brice that he was being fired from his crew. Mason was present when Toomes returned having defeated Spider-Man and furiously confronted Jackson Brice about firing off their weapons in public. Tinkerer speaks to an angered Adrian Toomes Mason informed Toomes of this and witnessed Toomes putting on his Vulture suit, while Mason stayed behind and answered Toomes' phone again when his wife had tried to call him. Mason was then informed by a desperate Herman Schultz that a weapons deal with Aaron Davis had been interrupted by Spider-Man and they were not desperately on the run. While working in their headquarters, Mason heard Toomes' phone going off and decided to answer it. Tinkerer is called for help by Herman Schultz While Mason was still being busy working on some of his new technology, Adrian Toomes arrived delivered more technology to Tinkerer in his flight suit, telling him that "business is good" as they both smiled. Over the next few years, Mason continued perfecting his technology which in turn was sold of the streets, using Chitauri and Ultron based technology to create Anti-Gravity Guns and Matter Phase Shifters. "Whoever's making these weapons are obviously combining alien tech with ours." ― Peter Parker to Ned Leeds Tinkerer is delivered a batch of technology When Jackson Brice discovered that the group still had a large amount of Chitauri technology left, Toomes decided to keep it, convincing the group to turn to a life of crime by reverse-engineering and weaponizing the technology for sale. Later at their base, Mason was experimenting with the energy core, managing to activate the core and power a turbine while Toomes watched a NY1 report on the federal government creating Damage Control. Hoag told Toomes that he could talk to Tony Stark about possibly regaining the contracts if he had wished to. When one of Hoag's men, Foster, mockingly told him to not overreach in his work, Toomes punched him in the face, causing the guards around Hoag to draw their guns and for Toomes to leave the area. Toomes started begging her to let him have the contract, as he had a family to support. Hoag was still unrelenting, however, telling Toomes to leave. Mason realizes that he is now losing his job As Toomes explains that he had the contract to clean up New York City, Mason slipped the energy core into his pocket. Mason was inspecting a Chitauri energy core when Adrian Toomes was approached by Anne Marie Hoag and a group of agents, telling them that they are to withdraw from the area as the Department of Damage Control had secured the contract to clean up after Avengers battles. Mason was cleaning up Grand Central Station, with Herman Schultz. In the wake of the Battle of New York, the Toomes Salvage Company gains the contract to clean up the city. Kid's got a future." ― Adrian Toomes and Phineas Mason "When I was a kid, I used to draw cowboys and Indians."
