Sinister Six
The Sinister Six are a supervillain team who feature in Marvel Comics.
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History
Origin
The Sinister Six were a team of human supervillains that were brought together by Doctor Octopus. After a recent defeat by Spider-Man, Octavius was sent to prison but managed to escape through his mental link with his mechanical tentacle arms. Upon escaping, he decided to enlist numerous other supervillains under the promise that they could defeat their mutual foe Spider-Man by working together. Those that answered this call were Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, the Sandman and the Vulture who came together to form the Sinister Six. Knowing that he would 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 hopefully 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 Web-Slinger was no more. Spider-Man himself had his own problems, however, as he had somehow lost his spider-powers and prepared to return to normal life as an ordinary teenager. While blaming himself for the death of his uncle, Ben Parker, Spider-Man lost his balance and fell down the side of a building, landing on and clinging onto 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's 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 ever wanted to see them alive again, he would have to battle the Sinister Six. Despite not having his spider-powers, Peter put on his Spider-Man costume and went to fight Electro first at an electrical plant. During the battle, Peter somehow regained his spider-powers and easily defeated Electro. Spider-Man then battled Kraven the Hunter, who confronted him with some big cats, and defeated him also. After defeating Mysterio and his android duplicates of the original X-Men, the Sandman, and the Vulture, Spider-Man went up against Doctor Octopus, 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. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #1)
Sinister Seven
After Doctor Octopus's murder at the hands of Kaine, he came to leave the patents for his inventions to his cousin Elias Hargrove. With the information left behind by Octavius, he called a gathering of the remnants of the Sinister Six with these including Vulture, Hobgoblin, Mysterio, and Electro where he blackmailed them into helping him acquire Otto's equipment that was being held by the government. However, their gathering at a secret safehouse was interrupted by the Scarlet Spider who had followed Toomes. (Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus v1 #1)
Sinister Twelve
A few years later, Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin, had been unmasked to the public and imprisoned after losing a battle to Spider-Man. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #1) Defeated but unbowed, Osborn concocted a fiendish contingency plan. He contacted a group of super-villains who also bore grudges against Spider-Man, and all of them had been financed by Osborn's fortunes for years. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #9) Eager for revenge, the villains agreed to band together, and the Sinister Twelve was formed. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #10) Mac Gargan, the Scorpion, was the de facto leader of the Twelve while Osborn was in prison, and it was he who kidnapped Peter Parker's aunt May and threatened to kill her if Spider-Man did not help Osborn escape from jail. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #9) A desperate Spider-Man, with Black Cat's help, broke Osborn out only to be confronted by the Vulture, Sandman, Electro, Chameleon, Lizard, Hydro-Man, the Shocker, Hammerhead, Boomerang, and Tombstone. Osborn, now in the guise of the Green Goblin, introduced them as the Sinister Twelve. The final member of the group, Scorpion, shocked everybody present when he arrived, revealing that he had bonded with Eddie Brock's alien symbiote, becoming the new Venom. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #10) Although Osborn was displeased with Gargan's new power, he nevertheless watched with glee as the assembled villains converged on the hopelessly outnumbered Spider-Man and Black Cat. Despite the odds, Spider-Man and the Black Cat fought back in a heroic last stand. Before the two could be killed, salvation arrived in the form of Captain America, Iron Man, Daredevil, Yellowjacket and the Fantastic Four, who struck back at the villains (Spider-Man's wife, Mary Jane Watson-Parker, had called S.H.I.E.L.D. to aid him for fearing he was heading into a trap). A furious Green Goblin rocketed away and kidnapped her, and Spider-Man pursued him, fighting off Venom, who was trying to stop him. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #11) Spider-Man and the Goblin clashed once again upon a bridge, this time with Mary Jane's life at stake. Finally, Osborn gave a vital clue as to Aunt May's whereabouts and was defeated by a combination of being shot by Mary Jane, struck by lightning, and attacked by Doctor Octopus, who was brainwashed by the police into trying to kill him. The Goblin fell into the river below, and Aunt May was found and saved. In the aftermath, Peter received a pre-sent letter from Osborn, thanking him for all the 'excitement' their rivalry has provided over the years and telling him to rest easy until they meet again. The rest of the Sinister Twelve were subdued by the heroes and arrested; Gargan ended up, ironically, in Osborn's old cell. (Marvel Knights: Spider-Man v1 #12)
A new version of the Sinister Six apparently banded together during the Superhuman Civil War, but were stopped by Captain America and his Secret Avengers. (Civil War v1 #2)
Ends of the Earth
Doctor Octopus summoned Electro, Mysterio, Sandman, the Rhino, and the Chameleon to implement the first phase of a global plan. The group conducted several coordinated thefts to secure specialized technology and components, including the hijacking of a high-tech Octobot manufacturing facility. The Chameleon utilized his shape-shifting abilities to infiltrate secure locations and monitor Spider-Man’s movements, while the other members provided tactical support and physical defense during the acquisition of advanced hardware. Following the successful gathering of these resources, the group retreated to a hidden underwater laboratory where they began the assembly of a macro-scale device. Doctor Octopus directed the team to monitor global communication networks as they prepared for a large-scale offensive aimed at world domination. The warriors maintained their positions and guarded the facility against potential interference as they awaited the final activation of their equipment. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #648)
Iron Spider's Sinister Six
Superior Foes of Spider-Man
Sinister War
Overview
In appearance, the Sinister Six were a team of supervillains that assembled to kill Spider-Man. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #1)
Members
- Doctor Octopus :
- Electro :
- Kraven the Hunter :
- Mysterio :
- Sandman :
- Vulture :
- Chameleon :
- Hobgoblin :
- Lizard :
- Hydro-Man :
- Shocker :
- Hammerhead :
- Boomerang :
- Tombstone :
Notes
- The Sinister Six was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where they made their first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #1 (January, 1964).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, the Insidious Six appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, the Sinister Six appeared in the setting of the animated television series.
- In Spider-Man, the Sinister Six appeared in the setting of the 2017 animated television series starting from the episode "The Rise of Doc Ock" Pt. 4". Originally, they were the Osborn Commandos established as a fighting force set up by Norman Osborn with hem consisting of staff and students of the Osborn Academy.
Video games
- In Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six, the Sinister Six appeared in the setting of the 1992 NES video game.
- In Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six, the Sinister Six appeared in the setting of the video game.
- In Marvel's Spider-Man, the Sinister Six appeared in the setting of the video game.
Novels
Other
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1: (1964)
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
- Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v5:
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