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TheSinister Six are a group of supervillains in theMarvel Comics universe, drawn fromSpider-Man'srogues 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 to world domination mostly facing spider-man.
| Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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| Doctor Octopus (a.k.a.The Superior Spider-Man /The Superior Octopus) | Otto Gunther Octavius | The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (October 1964) | Current member and leader of the Sinister Six. Left team after the third incarnation had disbanded. Founded the seventh incarnation of the team during theSuperhuman Registration Act and disbanded afterEnds of the Earth. While Octavius' mind was inPeter Parker's body, he captured and assembled his own "superhero team" which he controlled through tech implanted in the villains. The team later disbanded once the villains regained control; the team reassembled once again while under the influence ofKindred. Former member of theMasters of Evil, theThunderbolts, theAvengers,Parker Industries, theSpider-Army/Web-Warriors andHydra. |
| Electro | Maxwell "Max" Dillon | Current member. Left team after the fifth incarnation had disbanded. Re-joined team during Ends of the Earth and disbanded when captured. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Dillon re-joined the team while under the influence of Kindred. Former member of theEmissaries of Evil, theFrightful Four and theSinister Twelve. | |
| Kraven the Hunter | Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff | Current member. Left team after the first incarnation had disbanded. | |
| Mysterio | Quentin Beck | Current member. Left team after the fourth incarnation had disbanded. Re-joined team during Ends of the Earth and disbanded when captured. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Beck re-joined the team while under the influence of Kindred. | |
| Sandman | William Baker (a.k.a. Flint Marko) | Current member. Left team after the second incarnation had disbanded. Formed and led the fifth incarnation to get revenge on Doctor Octopus. Re-joined team during Ends of the Earth and disbanded when captured. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Joined a new incarnation led byAaron Davis and later left the team. Baker re-joined the team while under the influence of Kindred. Former member of the Avengers, the Frightful Four, theWild Pack and the Sinister Twelve. | |
| Vulture | Adrian Toomes | Current leader of theSavage Six under the influence of Kindred. Founding member, left the team after the fifth incarnation had disbanded. Re-joined team during theSuperhuman Registration Act and disbanded afterEnds of the Earth. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Former member of the Sinister Twelve. | |
The second incarnation was formed by Doctor Octopus, mysterio committed Suicide
The fourth incarnation was formed bySandman to get revenge on Doctor Octopus.
This team was formed byNorman Osborn at the time when he was unmasked as theGreen Goblin.
The fifth incarnation was formed during theCivil War storyline.
The sixth incarnation was formed following theOrigin of the Species storyline and were the main antagonists of theEnds of the Earth storyline:
The seventh incarnation debuted in theMarvel NOW! event. After their defeat by the Superior Spider-Man, who took the Living Brain to be his own assistant, the remaining five became the lead characters inThe Superior Foes of Spider-Man:
The Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Spider-Man's body) captures and assembles his own "superhero team" which he controls through tech implanted in the villains. This incarnation debuted inSuperior Spider-Man Team-Up #5 (2013). The roster corresponds closely to the original lineup.
In order to steal valuables from theChameleon, Boomerang's Sinister Six (minus the Living Brain and the Shocker) ally themselves with theOwl, who hires 11 others to create the "Sinister Sixteen".
Mojo and the Chameleon abduct Spider-Man and hisX-Men students, and force them to star in a show which pits them against the Sinister Sixty-Six. The group, which is not seen in its entirety, consists of holographic stand-ins of various enemies of Spider-Man.[1]
The eighth incarnation is assembled bySwarm inSpider-Man and the X-Men. While stealing a delivery of gold, the group is confronted by Spider-Man and his X-Men students; after Swarm is defeated byHellion, his teammates surrender.[2]
The ninth incarnation is assembled byMiles Morales' uncleAaron Davis, who is wearing a re-colored and modified version of theIron Spider armor.[3]
InFriendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (vol. 2) #6, Spider-Man plays with Nathan, a cancer patient, where they envision that Nathan becomes Spider-Bite and they "fight" the Sinister Sixty who wish to obtain Spider-Bite's action figure of Spider-Man.
In "Sinister War", six teams with 36 villains total are formed under the influence ofKindred and paired up in a contest to see who can take out Spider-Man first.
"Classic" Sinister Six (sinister six #10)
Savage Six
The Syndicate
Superior Foes
Wild Pack
"Sinful Six"
This incarnation of the Sinister Six fought the students of theAvengers Academy:
In theAge of Apocalypse 10th anniversary limited series,Mister Sinister assembles his own group dubbed the Sinister Six to fight Magneto's X-Men. However, this group is unrelated to the more established lineup of criminals.
On the planet Earth created by theShaper of Worlds, the Sinister Six are known as theSix Most Sinister, a group of criminals operating a tollbooth in the Webwood who are led by theGoblin King. When theChampions of the Realm attempt to pass through the Webwoods, they are attacked by the Six Most Sinister, who they easily deal with and leave defeated as they move on.
Doctor Octopus faces a tantalizing, unprecedented opportunity to scour the Multiverse, amassing an army of himself - theSuperior Four.
In an alternate reality in 2099 A.D., where the Fist – a splinter group ofThe Hand – succeeded in destroying the country, the Sinister Six have taken over Alchemex and rule the dystopian New York. Their leader, the Goblin, however, is secretly an informant working for the resistance. After being discovered, she is killed by Doctor Octopus, and they instead find a new leader in Venture, who now employs them with the Fist, in the past.
In a trilogy of Spider-Man novels written byAdam-Troy Castro, a criminal mastermind calling himself the Gentleman formed a Sinister Six as part of an elaborate scheme to claim vengeance on Spider-Man.
The Insidious Six are a band of Demons from the "Dark Web" event. They are a collection of characters parodying important Spider-Man villains. They battled Spider-Man and Rek-Rap.
Millennial Visions brings a brand-new look at the entire Marvel Universe, including aNoxious Nine that was formed after the members of the Sinister Six joined with Rhino, Scorpion and Carnage in order to take out the Blin Quay Nuclear Power Station. Carnage was atomized in a containment field that caused an overload, releasing high levels of radiation and fusing the genetic material of the remaining members to their costumes, greatly increasing their power and making them more animals than men.
A zombified version of the Sinister Six appears inMarvel Zombies: Dead Days. They are seen attacking innocent civilians upon the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, but are repelled byWolverine andMagneto.
In theMarvel Zombies series, the Sinister Six appear in an alternative universe that Zombie Spider-Man enters, working for theKingpin. They are quickly and violently ripped apart, bitten, and zombified (except the Sandman, who hopefully flees by turning into sand and disguising himself as the dirt that Zombie Spider-Man stood on), and end up eating Spider-Man's friends, which causes them to be killed in retaliation.
Several variants of the Super-Skrull appear, including a Sinister Six Skrull with the combined powers of Sandman (William Baker), Hydro-Man (Morris Bench), Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich), Electro (Maxwell Dillon), Venom (MacDonald Gargan), and Lizard (Curtis Connors).
Various versions of the Sinister Six appear over various domains of Battleworld.
After Peter Parker (Spider-Man) is consumed by the Venom symbiote, he goes on a killing spree, eliminating his rogues gallery one by one. J. Jonah Jameson begrudgingly calls upon Doctor Octopus to bring together the Sinister Six and combat him.[4]
Formed by the super-villainAbner Jenkins a.k.a. the Beetle to act as a mercenary group that worked for the highest bidder. The group later reformed as theDeadly Foes of Spider-Man, before tearing themselves apart with in-fighting. When Boomerang became the leader of the Sinister Six, the Shocker suggested going back to the name "Sinister Syndicate", but the idea was shot down by Speed Demon, objecting, "the Sinister Syndicate were losers!"[5]
An elderly version of the Sinister Six, dubbed theSinner Six, appeared inSpider-Man: Reign. This version of the team is forced into the employ of New York's fascist Mayor Waters via microchips placed inside them that would detonate if they attempted to leave the city. If they succeeded in killing Spider-Man, they would be given their freedom. When the enraged (and elderly) Spider-Man returned to the superhero game, he seemingly killed the Scorpion by throwing him out of a window and Hydro-Man and Electro by throwing them into each other, as well as badly beating Kraven and Mysterio, before the Sandman revealed the existence of the bombs and handed a detonator to Spider-Man, sacrificing himself to stop Mayor Waters' plans after Waters was revealed to be nothing more than a pawn of his aide,Eddie Brock.
A version of the Sinister Six names theSix Men of Sinestry appears inSpider-Verse in the dimension of Earth-803 where it is set in Industrial Age New York. Their objective was to steal the mayor's plan. They battled Lady Spider and were forced to retreat after they were overwhelmed, yet they were able to accomplish their task.[6]
The Swinester Six was an alliance ofSpider-Ham villains.
In theUltimate Marvel Universe, the Sinister Six is renamedthe Ultimate Six. The original five villainous members initially attempted to recruit Spider-Man as the sixth member, but failed to do so.[7] TheVulture would later join the team.[8]
The Sinister Sextet of Earth-311 is founded by the dimension's version of Carnage.
The Sinister Six ofEarth-6160 is formed by Kingpin.
The team appears under the corporate holding "Alchemax", attempting to create portals to alternate universes.
TheMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) filmSpider-Man: No Way Home features a 5-member supervillain team which very closely resembles the Sinister Six. This variation of the team consists of alternate timeline variations of the characters from theSonySam Raimi andMarc WebbSpider-Man films. In apost-credits sceneVenom (Eddie Brock) is revealed to have also been brought to the MCU timeline fromSony's Spider-Man Universe, though he does not join the other characters.
Former members and replacements listed last
A version of the Sinister Six appeared inSpider-Man: The Animated Series, renamed theInsidious Six. This incarnation was formed by theKingpin and is assisted remotely byAlistair Smythe.
The Sinister Six appears in theSpectacular Spider-Man animated series, a group of supervillains led and formed byDoctor Octopus in order to physically beat Spider-Man.
The Sinister Six (later, the "Sinister Seven" and the "Superior Sinister Six") appear in theUltimate Spider-Man animated series, led byDoctor Octopus. Unlike in thecomic book series of the same name, the team is known as the Sinister Six rather than the Ultimate Six.
The Sinister Six appear in the 2017Spider-Man animated series, led byDoctor Octopus. At first, the group is formed byNorman Osborn as the "Osborn Commandos" until Octopus takes over. Unlike other incarnations, this team is known as the "Sinister Five" until Octopus brainwashes Spider-Man into being their sixth member.
The Sinister Six appear as theSinister Syndicate in the theme park attractionThe Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. The group has captured the Statue of Liberty with an anti-gravity gun, and attacks the guests.
The Sinister Six appears in the musicalSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. In this version, their comic book origins are ignored. Instead, they share a common origin as former research scientists whomthe Green Goblin deliberately mutates into "freaks" as punishment for having abandonedOsborn Industries. Swiss Miss is an original character created for the musical. In the story, she is created by thenarrator of the play who felt the team could use a "woman's touch".
TheSinister Six became theFrightful Five after Kraven the Hunter was fired from the group after trying to quit it. Kraven befriendedSquirrel Girl who convinced him to turn good; he moved to theSavage Land to protect dinosaurs from poachers. The Shocker stole somePym Particles and was set to style himself as "The Giant Sized Shocker" before being talked down and inspired to do good by Squirrel Girl on her podcast, encouraging him to use his powers to turn turbines and generate clean and affordable electricity, making more money than bank robberies, and being a hero. The Scorpion has the ability to talk to scorpions.[9]
The game does not explicitly identify the game's antagonists as the Sinister Six, though all six of them have been members of the team in other media.
In theNES gameSpider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six, the Sinister Six is featured with the same line-up as the story arc the game is named for.
The Sinister Six are the primary enemies of the video gameSpider-Man 2: The Sinister Six.
The Sinister Six are the main antagonists in theDOS video gameSpider-Man Vs. The Sinister Six.
The team went byThe Ultimate Six,Norman Osborn's Six, and simplyThe Six.
The Sinister Six made their in-game debut as group during the level "Special Operations - Along Came the Spiders".[10]
Marvel Super Hero Squad Online was an MMO and card collecting game featuring the Sinister Six as theSinister Syndicate.
AMultiverse Sinister Six, consisting of various members of themselves, invade dimensions to harvest the mineral ISO-8. They command an army of Sinister Soldiers. During updates, various villains appear, either aiding them or just joining in the battles, such asJack O' Lantern,Hydro-Man,Silver Sable andDemogoblin.Superior Spider-Man was invited to the team, but declined.
The Sinister Six were also aided by autonomous robotic henchman, the "Sinister Soldiers", sometimes also known as "Portal Troops". Besides their base versions, they also came in Golden, 2099, Underwater, and Mysterio variants.
A special mission features the Sinister Six in collaboration with A.I.M. This version, however, is led byMysterio, who disguised himself as Doctor Octopus and tricks the other members, as well as A.I.M., to take control of the group and the A.I.M. faction in New York. It is unknown if the Vulture is an official member, but he assists the other villains against their fight with Spider-Man and his allies. In game, Electro does get the team tag, though Rhino does not, despite being in the event.
This team was formed by Otto Octavius, after he loses control of himself due to the dysfunctional AI in his tentacles influencing him and his darkest thoughts. He breaks out Martin Li and other villains Spider-Man has defeated and put in jail, offering them their personal desires and outfitting them with gear in exchange for their help to get revenge on and expose MayorNorman Osborn and his involvement in the creation of Devil's Breath.
This team was formed at Ryker's Island by Norman Osborn, who has the hands of theInfinity Time Stone, followingStar-Lord's attempt to separate the six stones from the hands ofThanos, which instead fell into other villains' hands on Earth. After gaining a Time Stone, Osborn released all villains who were imprisoned and recruit one of the supervillains to cause riot at the prison, with Otto Octavius as a second in-command, much to the latter's dismay.
Players battle Marvel villains with unique teams of iconic heroes.
The Hood's budding criminal empire is swiftly becoming a formidable threat to the people of New York City. Under the Hood's rule, players encounter theSinister Syndicate as an additional side scheme.
In this expansion, players take on a rogues gallery of classic Spider-Man villains, the Sinister Six and their sinister schemes.
First released in 1990 with Series I, the Sinister Six first appear in the "Team Pictures" set. They appear again in 1993 in Series IV featured on the card 'Spider-Man vs Sinister Six'.
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