William Ginter Riva

"Mr. Stane. Sir, we've explored what you've asked us and it seems as though there's a little hiccup."

- William Ginter Riva

William Ginter Riva is a former Stark Industries scientist. In 2009, he was a member of a science team ordered by Obadiah Stane to try and recreate the Arc Reactor technology, only to quickly fail at the task and be berated for his failures by his superior.

By 2024, the callousness he developed afterwards prompted Riva to leave Stark Industries and join forces with Quentin Beck. Alongside other disgraced ex-Stark Industries employees, he became one of Beck's accomplices in his campaign to wreak havoc across Europe, and help Beck become the world's next renowned superhero. He was instrumental in releasing Spider-Man's identity to the world, as he directly sent the altered footage of the Battle of London to The Daily Bugle that incriminated Spider-Man for the attacks.

Recreating the Arc Reactor
"Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!" "Well, I'm sorry. I'm not Tony Stark."

- Obadiah Stane and William Ginter Riva

William Ginter Riva was forced by Obadiah Stane to make a suit for him, similar to the ones that Tony Stark made in Afghanistan. Stane also attempted to get Riva to make a miniature version of the Arc Reactor, like Stark's. Riva confessed though that he was not of the same caliber of genius as Stark, because he could not reproduce his results.

Working for Quentin Beck
In 2024, Riva decided to work for Quentin Beck, a former co-worker at Stark Industries who was also disregarded for his work for Tony Stark and Obadiah Stane. Riva helped Beck program his drones to create illusions of the Elementals that were "terrorizing the continent". Riva was in charge of managing and maintaining the attack drones equipped with Beck's specialized illusion tech.

When Beck discovers a drone is missing one projector, Riva dismissed it as a minor inconvenience but Beck soon found footage of MJ finding the projector, and threatened to shoot Riva in the head with one of his drones if the matter was not resolved. Fearful, Riva complied and worked to compensate for the weaker drone, and ensure Beck's story to be rid Parker's friends.

During the Battle of London, Riva used recordings from the drones to doctor footage and release the altered events to news outlets blaming Spider-Man, and exposing him as Peter Parker.

Facilities

 * Stark Industries Headquarters: To be added
 * Mobile Mysterio Operation: To be added

Allies

 * Stark Industries
 * Tony Stark/Iron Man † - Former Employer
 * Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger † - Former Employer
 * Quentin Beck's Crew
 * Quentin Beck/Mysterio - Former Co-Worker and Associate
 * Victoria - Associate
 * Guterman - Associate
 * Janice - Associate

Enemies

 * Dimitri Smerdyakov - Former Associate
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Trivia

 * The character holds the record for the longest absence in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, as he first appeared in Iron Man in 2008 and was never referred to again until 11 years later, in Spider-Man: Far From Home.