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The members of the original Sinister Six. The Sinister Six are a group of supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, drawn from Spider-Man's rogues gallery. There are several different formations of the group along the history of Marvel Comics' publications whose objectives vary from joining forces against Spider-Man or another common enemy ...
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The Sinister Six is the name of various teams assembled with the purpose of defeating Spider-Man or pursuing criminal endeavors. Formed and recurrently led by Doctor Octopus, subsequent...
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Each of us almost beat him, all alone! Working together, how can we fail?
—Kraven the Hunter
The Sinister Six are a team of super villains who have joined together on multiple occasions to try and defeat their shared nemesis Spider-Man. The group typically bands together for a short time to try and reach their common goal, then breaks apart when they are defeated and later are reformed under the same name when different foes want to attempt a group effort again.
The members of the team change with each reformation of the team, with Doctor Octopus, Electro, and the Vulture being the most frequent reoccurring members. Many derivative groups have formed using similar names and goals, including the "Sinister Seven", the "Sinister Twelve", and the Savage Six.
Original Sinister Six
After suffering three defeats in a row from the wall crawling, web-slinging superhero Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus realized he required assistance from others in order to defeat Spider-Man. He got in touch with every known super villain Spider-Man had crossed paths with and only five responded: the airborne assassin the Vulture, the electrifying Electro, the wild Kraven the Hunter, the mysterious master of illusions Mysterio, and the shapeshifting Sandman. Knowing he'd never be able to keep the team together for long, Doctor Octopus quickly formulated a battle plan that would give each of the villains' personal glory and Spider-Man an early death. Each individual member of the Sinister Six would battle Spider-Man in a carefully chosen location, until the point where the wall-crawler was no more. Spider-Man himself had his own problems, as he had somehow lost his powers and prepared to return to normal life as a teenager. While blaming himself for the death of his uncle Ben Parker, Spidey lost his balance and fell down the side of a building, landing and clinging to a flagpole. As Peter returned to his normal life as a student and a freelance photographer, he was unaware of the fact that the Sinister Six realized the Daily Bugle secretary Betty Brant played a large role in Spider-Man's life and kidnapped her, along with an innocent bystander - Peter's aunt May Parker. It was then left to the Vulture to spill the beans to J. Jonah Jameson, warning him to inform Spider-Man that Betty was being held hostage along with Aunt May and if he wanted to see them alive, he'd have to battle the Sinister Six. Despite not having his powers, Peter put on his Spider-Man costume and went to fight Electro at an electrical plant. During the battle, Peter somehow regained his superpowers (it was speculated to be a psychological block, caused by his own self-loathing for the loss of his uncle, which he got over when facing a life-or-death situation) and easily defeated Electro. Spidey then battled Kraven the Hunter, who confronted him with some wild cats, and defeated him too. After defeating Mysterio and his android duplicates of the original X-Men, the Sandman (who trapped the wall-crawler and himself in an indestructible, airless chamber), and the Vulture, Spidey went up against Doc Ock, who lured him into an enormous fishbowl. The two foes battled, and Spider-Man was victorious. All six super-villains were subsequently sent to prison.
The Return of the Sinister Six
Many years later, the villains all escaped prison and went to get revenge on the wall-crawler. However, times had changed as Kraven had committed suicide, so the Hobgoblin took his place. The group was organized once again by Dr. Octopus, who claimed they would try to defeat Spider-Man. However, this was a trick, part of a larger plan by which Octavius alone would be the master of the world by extorting cocaine addicts. The Sandman, at this point in his career reformed, aided Spider-Man in defeating the Sinister Six, ultimately stopping Octavius's plans to conquer the world.
Revenge of the Sinister Six
A few months later, the group reunited once more in a bid to take over the world using alien weaponry. Sandman's foster family was hit with a bomb, and Sandman, believing Octopus had attacked them as punishment for betraying him, joined the other members of the Sinister Six in a plan to take revenge upon Octopus. Despite his grief, however, Sandman contacted Spider-Man and asked him to shadow the group as insurance against him being double-crossed or unexpected surprises. By this point, Octopus had already obtained his lost Adamantium arms (by killing a wealthy, unethical individual who offered to sell the arms to him) and stealing the old man's robot soldiers and weapons. Octopus easily defeated the other members of the Six with them, then zapped Sandman with a weapon that transformed his living sand body into solid glass (Octopus, however, was apparently not responsible for the bombing of Sandman's foster family, which was apparently done by the other members of the Six in order to coerce Sandman into joining their revenge scheme; in addition, Octopus had not only anticipated the Six's plan to reassemble and take revenge upon him, but had deliberately facilitated it, even secretly paying Electro to help ensure the Six reassembled so that he could coerce the other members into aiding his scheme). The assembled Sinister Six went off on a rampage, stealing advanced weapons and technology from several sources, including raiding an alien dimension for advanced weaponry and attacking a facility specializing in cybernetics, in the process having several successful encounters beating Spider-Man, the Hulk (in his Professor identity), Deathlok, Solo, and others (before acquiring more advanced alien weapons, the Hulk trounced the other members of the Six, then got stomped upon by Octopus because Octavius had the Adamantium arms). Merely defeated in his initial encounter with the Six, Spider-Man was left with hairline fractures on one arm and leg but was able to pursue them with medical attention including cybernetic casts. Eventually, Spider-Man and several other heroes confronted the villains as they were seizing a Hydra base to gain access to deadly, world-devastating weapons (during the Six's raiding assaults on various locations, the group engaged in wanton mass murder, simply exterminating anyone who got in their way, shocking Spider-Man, as, despite their lack of scruples, these particular villains didn't generally kill wantonly). The last member of Octavius' Sinister Six was revealed to be Gog, and a combat between members of the superhero community summoned by Spidey (including the Fantastic Four, Nova, the Hulk, and Solo) broke out, ending when the broken-glass body of the Sandman shredded Doctor Octopus, nearly killing him.
•Original Doc-Ock's incarnation:
Doctor Octopus (leader), Electro (Dillon), Kraven the Hunter (Sergei), Mysterio (Beck), Sandman, and Vulture.
•Second Doc-Ock's Incarnation:
Doctor Octopus (leader), Electro (Dillon), Hobgoblin (Macendale), Mysterio (Beck), Sandman, and Vulture.
•Third Doc-Ock's Incarnation:
Doctor Octopus (leader), Electro (Dillon), Gog, Mysterio (Beck), Hobgoblin (Macendale), and Vulture.
•According to Spider-Man, Mysterio was the one to come up with the name "Sinister Six."
•Boomerang owns the rights to the Sinister Six name.
•85 appearance(s) of Sinister Six (Earth-616)
•5 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Sinister Six (Earth-616)
•25 minor appearance(s) of Sinister Six (Earth-616)
•53 mention(s) of Sinister Six (Earth-616)
•10 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Sinister Six (Earth-616)
•127 image(s) of Sinister Six (Earth-616)
References
1.Superior Spider-Man #1 2.Spider-Man and the X-Men #4 3.Sinister War #2 4.Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 #1 5.Superior Foes of Spider-Man #12 6.Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #10 7.Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5 8.Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 6) #45 9.Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 10.Amazing Spider-Man #334–339 11.Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #12 12.Sinister Six Line-Ups 13.Spider-Man Unlimited #9 14.Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #16 15.Spider-Man #18–23 16.Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus #1–3 17.Peter Parker: Spider-Man #12 18.Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #1 19.Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #9 20.Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #11 21.Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #12 22.Civil War #2 23.Amazing Spider-Man #648 24.Amazing Spider-Man #659–660 25.Amazing Spider-Man #676 26.Amazing Spider-Man #682 27.Amazing Spider-Man #683 28.Amazing Spider-Man #684 29.Amazing Spider-Man #685–687 30.Superior Foes of Spider-Man #17 31.Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #234 32.Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #239 33.Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #236 34.Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #237 35.Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #238 36.Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #64–70 37.Sinister War #1 38.Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #7
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Mar 15, 2022 · Spider-Man faces a possibly-insurmountable threat with the prospect of his foes banding together. From the inaugural leader Doctor Octopus to lower-tier villains like Shocker, the Sinister Six has an enormous roster to pull from for future variants.
